Nearly 6 months and still waking every 1-2 hours overnight. I’M TIRED
We have taken a side off of his cot and attached it to our bed and my baby sleeps there. He still wakes every 1-2 hours for a feed (he sometimes will do a random 2.5 hour stretch if we’re lucky). I have to feed him (EBF) every time he wakes or he kicks off and screams and screams and screams (my parter has tried to settle him but he cries so much he coughs and starts to choke on his saliva 😢). I’ve tried other ways to settle him, occasionally tapping his head will work (for maybe 1 wake).
I’m following wake windows, I keep him stimulated during the day, take him out for walks, swimming, baby classes etc. He sleeps a ‘normal’ amount of time for his naps. We’ve got blackout blinds, make sure the room is a good temperature, stick to the same bedtime routine. I feed him in his cot, he then rolls onto his tummy and goes to sleep.
I don’t know what I’m doing wrong 😩 I feel maybe he’s started to reverse feed? As in he gets most of his calories overnight instead of during the day. I try to offer him the breast as much as possible but he will only take one breast and be done after 5 minutes whereas he can stay on my breast overnight for 15 mins +. I’ve read I need to stop feeds overnight so he’s hungry in the day time but I can’t do that as he screams so badly!
Any advice / tips / reassurance would be great! Thank you x
