Ds is 16 weeks and for about the last 3 weeks nights have been hell. He's falling asleep very quickly on my breast, unrousable to feed more, but then when I put him in his cot he cries and shoves his hands in his mouth so I start feeding again. When he finally does go down, usually after an hour or more of this, he only sleeps for 90 mins max. Tonight since 10 pm and now I've had about 90 mins sleep.
I can't sustain this - I have a 2 year old dd to look after in the day.
I've been to bf support and had help with my latch - I thought this would help.
Tried to cosleep so he can bf when I'm lying down, but I have very small breasts and couldn't get my nipple to reach to his mouth in that position. Co sleeping not really a practical option for us anyway.
Am I doing something wrong? I really need to get more sleep than this, it's becoming so hard.
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