Hey Girlies sorry your having such a bad time
As some of you know jacob used to wake every hour until he was 5.5months and then i had enough so i took some advice from some people on here, changed things dramitcally and now he goes down at 7pm and wakes at 5.30am without getting up once. BUT it was hard work for the 1st 2-3weeks but it worked for me....so ill just short form what i did down as in work and it might work for some and not for others. Or some people might think its stupid
Jacob used to get up every hour from 9pm till 6am wanting feeding
and i used to give in. But i had it as i knew he was getting it wrong cause he was taking more at night and refusing feeding in the day
So i basically refused to feed him at night
I cannot let lo CIO never have done. So basically the 1st night he had last feed at 8.30 and bed at 9pm and then he woke at 11 looking for a feed and i re-settled him after 1hr of crying but me just cuddling him and re-assuring him he went off woke at 1am and i did the same. woke at 2.30am and i fed him this time as i knew he'd been ages. Woke at 3 looking for food and i resettled him after another 30-45mins then woke every hour and i just kept re-settling so basically got no sleep but i knew it would be worth it. Next night was the same and the 3rd night was the worst. But by the 4th night something changed and jacob went down at 9pm and only woke about 2am for a feed
then back down till 6!!! then after about a week i cut out that early feed and he would still wake and i would re-settle him by cuddles (i dont believe in not picking them up) after a few days this time he would wake got less and less until after about 10 days he was only getting up for 1-2mins for a cuddle. then he one night never woke
but after 2 weeks he started waking for his dummy but after a week or so stops and etc. So majority of nights he goes down and doesnt get back up till morning other days he is up once or twice but only for dummy and just stays in his cot. But i normally need the toilet so i go then
And we co-slept until he was 5months too. But i found everytime he woke it was so easy just to put him in bed with us but we were not getting any sleep. So i knew consitancy was the best thing and it is tiring when you think of but they will sleep a bit longer etc. Now jacob wakes between 5-5.30 every morning and i could put him in bed with me and he would prob sleep another hr or so but if i do that i know it will get into a habbit so i just get up then and start the day and i know when the darker mornings come in he will go longer.
Anyway my best bit of advice is consistancy with anything you do. And be strong.
I know easier said than done but ive been through it and know the other side is better.
As for teething i find once you get the 2 top and bottom out the way the rest are easy. Jacob isnt bothered by his now and he has his 9th just coming through
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I couldn't get Bonjela so I used the homeopathic teething tablets I had, she was quiet for a few seconds as the dissolved and she played with them and then she started screaming again till I fed her. She shouldn't be hungry. Even after I fed her she was fussing for 2 hours.
Failed again .
i still say no chance haha
