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Right.That’s it. I’ve had enough. My son is now OVER 12 months and still insists on a little chat around midnight. In fact, he also likes a little cuddle at 4am and a dribble at 5. What is it with this child, he must really love me to want to see me so much! Thing is, it’s getting a little old. Not sleeping that is. Three months I could handle, then it got to six and now it’s twelve…hmm I sense a pattern here. Part of the problem was definitely the fact he would not take a bottle. I have a theory about formula fed and breast fed babies and I have a definite *hunch* that bottle fed babies sleep better. I have no proof of this, maybe it is just a fantasy that it is possible for babies to sleep.
So far this is what we have tried –
· More milk in the day.
· Less milk in the day.
· Snacks throughout the day.
· No snacks throughout the day.
· Naps.
· No Naps.
You get the idea, we’ve tried everything. Now this leads me nicely onto the old “leave him to cry” theory. I am against this approach for one reason – it stresses me out and makes me shout at my husband. I don’t like the idea of my child crying for me and me not going to him, it’s unnatural isn’t it? Anyway I’ve tried it and it didn’t work. I would like to think that when I am an old lady crying (in my senility) in an old peoples’ home that I won’t be left to cry alone in my room, “leave her, she’ll soon learn!”. There’s an old mantra I quite like here, treat your children in their infancy how you would like to be treated in your old age. I hope mine don’t plonk me in front of the 2050’s equivalent of Jake and the Neverland Pirates and make me eat raisins.
Anyway, one of the things I definitely recommend is using a baby sleeping bag. We discovered with Son 1 that he would ALWAYS wake up at 4am (cold) if we didn’t use one. It is quite simply, a must. It’s also safer as there is no risk of loose covers going over baby’s head. On that note I want to showcase son 2’s most recent lovely gift from Vertbaudet. They were kind enough to send us a lovely sleeping bag as seen here (£33). I really like it and in my head I keep thinking he looks a bit like a Prince in it (have no idea why, it keeps coming into my mind but that could be because I’m obsessed with the Tudors at the moment.)
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Anyway, no time to write anymore, I'm just going to rest my eyes....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
That's tough after 12 months. I think I agree with you on the breast/bottle thing too! On the plus side, what a stylish sleeping bag - with getting up to admire at 4am ;)
ReplyDeletethanks but even the sleeping bag isn't worth it! Am so tired!
DeleteHave you tried a couple of drops of lavender oil on his mattress....I recommended it to a friend of mine with a 3 yr old with the same problem and he is sleeping right through now...
ReplyDeleteMight be worth a try
Other than that - feed him up before you put him down at night, warm bath before last feed of the night....
All 3 of mine were bottle fed and all slept through from really early on....
Lou :-)
Feel your pain. Know it well. Child only really started sleeping at 2. We took him to an osteopath who specialises in children and after 3 session he started sleeping like a baby (just not my baby). Try it!
ReplyDeleteHonestmum - I need to know the name of this osteopath please! I will try anything, is it something to do with the spine?
DeleteThis really hits home, my little boy has never been a sleeper I breast fed until 4 months and was told give him formula as his last feed To make him sleep - it didn't work. I tried as you have and he is now 10 months and can wake 2..3 or 4 times a night mainly for a cuddle or a bottle or maybe he is cold. We do get the odd night where he does sleep through but it's not often enough. I think our babies just aren't sleepers.
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