Struggling with sleep deprivation
I’m really struggling atm. I thought my son was going through the 4 month sleep regression, if he is we’re now on week 5. I used to combi feed my son but started EBF about 6/7 weeks ago. He’s been waking up every hour, I feed him back to sleep. A few days ago I started to question whether i’m producing enough milk but yesterday during the day he went 1.5/almost 2 hours without needing a feed. Although, for the last 2 weeks he’s been feeding for about 5 minutes or less and does this every hour. He’s also teething. I’ve tried to stick to a bedtime routine but I co- sleep and feed my son to sleep, so I go to bed at the same time as him. If my partner’s home he’ll get him ready for bed (it’s usually in a rush as he’s often hungry for milk by then, so he doesn’t really follow a routine). I honestly don’t know what to do and wonder if i’m doing something wrong
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Have you tried rocking to sleep when he wakes up, instead of feeding? It could be that he's formed a habit and isn't actually hungry.
I agree with Victoria! Or try a pacifier. My baby will wake up a bit and I giver her her pacifier and she falls right back to sleep
My baby is exactly the same as Maddie's! I often go to bed at the same time as the baby too :)
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It doesn’t sound like you’re doing anything wrong! My little one is feeding 2ish hourly allll night and even hourly in the early hours. He goes around 3 hrly during the day. X