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Help! I'm exhausted! 6 months and still 2 hourly?
My second son was born in June and was 10p 14 so was big boy. I had to stop feeding after 3 weeks due to mastitis and he was using me as dummy and latching problems. He's 6 months and still having bottle every 2 hours! Hes been eating solids since he was 3 months. He eats at least 3 times a day including bottles. He goes to sleep around 7-8 then up for bottle 11 then 1 then 3 then awake at 6. I now have my husbands oldest son here for Xmas holidays and I'm getting depressed due to lack off sleep. I'm over being mum.
My husband is a chef and is working more now due to quiet season so I don't get many breaks. He also doesn't seem very enthusiastic about baby sitting if I go out for a few hours with a friend so it makes me feel worse.
My 4 year old is also high functioning autistic and didnt sleep through till 3 and a half. My mum has 3 you g boys and has now moved over an hour away so getting a break is near impossible.
How can I change my baby sleeping pattern? He only ha 100 mil bottles and I can't seem to make him last longer to drink more mils.
Thanks for the answers. Firstly my children were PLANNED!!!! thankyou to that asshole comment i also am not having anymore children.
Both my sons had latching problems due to flat nipples, so he would wake up crying then as soon as i would sit up to feed him he would go back to sleep i couldnt feed lying down.
Wy is it people on YA are so anal? seriousy being nasty is just proving you have a nasty personality!
Thankyou to the decent comments though. Also my husband is deaf. So unless he sleeps with his hearing aids in he cant help me with the baby at night.
my husband works slpit shifts. Starts at 5.30am.
3 Answers
- ?Lv 69 years agoFavourite answer
"I'm over being mum"
"My husband...doesn't seem very enthusiastic about baby sitting"
Birth control, dear. Try to do the best you can with the lapses in judgment already made.
- ?Lv 59 years ago
If you wait to go to sleep until after first feed, which is 11pm, you wil still get 6+ hours sleep before 6am. If you go to sleep with baby you will get 3-4 more hours. If you get a lot accomplished, at night, perhaps your husband can get up with the baby and take care of it while you get a couple more hours sleep.. If he is a chef, he doesn't have to be at work before 9am, probably later even.
How can a baby use you as a dummy (which is normal) and have latching problems?
- ?Lv 79 years ago
Wow. I would hire a mother's help and get some rest during the day. Napping is the only way you are going ot make up the deficit, but with a 4 year old that's dicey unless he's in playschool.