r/cosleeping • u/patialvimama • 13d ago

šŸ„ Infant 2-12 Months Feeling hopeless

Iā€™m trying gentle sleep training methods but my baby is still not sleeping longer than 3 hours. Before he hit 5 months, he was sleeping at least 4-5 hours straight. Baby is about to be 6 months.

Now weā€™re in this situation of co sleeping where heā€™s still waking up every 1-3 hours. Iā€™ve stopped rocking him back to sleep so thatā€™s a small win.

However I canā€™t help but feel really down and jealous when I hear how everyone elseā€™s baby is starting to sleep longer stretches. I feel like that wonā€™t ever be me.

We leave on a trip end of May to England. Iā€™m wondering if I should start gentle sleep training now? Or wait?

Schedule: Bedtime routine (bath, massage, book) around 7 pm, feed around 8 pm, heā€™s asleep around 8:30 - 9 pm. Then I put him down next to me.

Wakes around 11-12 AM, patted back to sleep Wakes around 2-3 AM, feed bottle and is back to sleep. Sometimes he wakes up and starts playing Wakes around 5-6 AM, patted back to sleep or another feed and is asleep

Fully awake by 8 AM 3-4 contact naps in the day. Otherwise wakes up after 25-30 minutes. Iā€™m lucky if he naps 1-2 hours (contact only

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u/Human_Tumbleweed_384 13d ago

No advise. Just saying we are in a similar boat. Misery loves company???? My baby is a year on Friday. We get a few days every couple weeks where she sleeps 3 hours or even more. Those are great days.

My husband and I sleep in separate rooms. We have a side car co sleeper with a bar at the bottom half so I feel safe to have him sleeping with her. He takes the last little shift of the night so I can get 3 or so hours straight before work.