Cooper has passed the 5 month mark now, and overnight wakings seem to be finally settling down. We usually just have 2 per night now. Thank goodness. Still hoping that will soon reduce down to one!!
He has just started sleeping in his own room, too.
Ok, so I started writing this post a while ago. Cooper is now 5 1/2 months, and the wheels have well and truly fallen off the sleep wagon. We're talking about waking every hour overnight and needing to be held during daytime sleeps again. I've given up on his cot and had him back in our bed the last few nights... this has resulted in one slightly longer sleep each night.
Oh the tiredness! This is what I was expecting at the start, and pleasantly surprised that it wasn't as bad as I thought. I wasn't expecting it now though, and it's killing me!
I took him back off solids, as I thought maybe that was somehow disturbing him, but that wasn't it. For a little while he had nappy rash and pink cheeks, so I thought it might be teething. He is still chomping really hard on my fingers, so that might be a factor. But I'm starting to think that maybe it's just all that he is learning at the moment... his brain is just too fired up to sleep.
Ah well, this too shall pass!
Hugs.
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