Whoever coined the phrase "he/she sleeps like a baby" should be made to work in a maternity ward at night. Obvioulsy the have clearly never been near a baby. We are in month 5 now of parenthood and our little man Noah still wakes up every 2.5h. This is getting quite tough now after such a long time of sleep deprivation - especially for Raquel who does all the breast feeding at night.
We've tried quite a few things like:
* letting him cry for a while (which he does for about 60 minutes, then falls asleep with sheer exhaustion and presumably with a sore tummy and throat - just to wake up an hour later even more unsettled than before)
* doing extended evening feeds combined with relaxing baths (no impact whatsoever) ... read more >>
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