HIya my lo has not slept right through from 4mths and used to wake up at least 4 times a night and the only way i could get her to sleep was by givin her my boob!

Shes now 7months, goes to bed at 8pm awake, gets up at 3(give her boob as only way to get her back to sleep) up again at 5.30(and again with the boob!!) then her days starts anytime after 6.30!!

I used control cryin to drop off two feeds which worked a treat but she seems to need milk durin the night due to bein thirsty-apparently i was the same as a baby and always needed milk/juice durin the night until i was a toddler!

I take her into my room and feed her at 5.30 then she comes into bed with us-tho to be honest i cant sleep with her in bed scared incase my partner rollson her but i lovethe cuddle time i get with her!!

So no advice really to give but at least ur not the only one!!

xxx

thanks,

i do dream feed him before i go to bed and yes i put him in bed with me. i quite like him in with me, i said it was something i would never do.

 i sent dh in to him last night but ds got really upset when he realised it wasn't me so he ended up on the boob. i can't leave him to see if he would go back off after a little cry because ds1 is in the next room. xx

have you tried a dream feed? I found I couldn't do it when I had my ds (he's now 4) but with my dd (who's the same age as your ds) I usually give her a feed when I'm going to bed. She stirs a little but doesn't generally wake up she just latches on feeds for a bit and then when she's stopped I put her back in to her cot. I stopped doing it for about a week and a half (stupidly listening to dh - like he's an expert!!) and she started waking up between 4 - 5am. I thought at first it was her teeth but now pretty sure  it's because she's not having that night feed.

My dd has been really good with her sleep since about 4 weeks she goes to bed between 7 - 7:30 (same time as her big bro) and then would usually wake about 5:30 - 6:00 when she was havin the night feed. This past week has about killed me as just not used to the getting up in the early hours (ok I know it's only an hr earlier but it is so hard). dh had the balls to say he was soo tired today, he wants to try being a mum and wife some day then he'll know what tired is lol!!!

The other thing is when your son wakes do you bring him into bed with you? Some people don't like to (my hub being 1 of them) but sometimes if you're really tired it can help you catch a couple of winks whilst keeping baby happy.

Anyway I hope I've been of some help and good luck

Cate (mum to Issie & Joe)

hi, ds has now turned 7 months and was had been sleeping through for about 6 weeks. he has now started waking several time for a bf and won't go back off unless i give it him.

he doesn't feed lots in the day, 6am, 9am and 2pm and has 3 good meals a day. it has coincided with him being really clingy i wondered if it could be seperation anxiety. has anyone had similar?

a tired mummy