Sleeping Lately? Not Me-

My breast fed girl didn't sleep more than 3hrs at a stretch until 8-10 months. I didn't introduce anything but breast milk until 6months. I think she just got hungry fast. At about 7-8 months I did the cio to get her to sleep which set the tone for her being a well behaved sleeper albiet waking up to nurse. She didn't sleep through the night until 20months. My formula fed nephew whom I cared for for a number of months slept through the night literally since brought home from hospital. I think the waking up is just a sacrifice for breastfeeding. It will get better each month as baby stomach gets larger and can hold more.
Hang in there.

You didn't say how much he weighed. I don't know but from my experience there is a weight that a kiddo gets to and then they aren't hungry and sleep through the night. I can't recall the weight but I do recall our PEPS group - and the heavy weights would sleep through the night first.

Good luck - you're doing the right thing.

Feeding the veggies might be too hard on his digestive system, that could be a cause, it's fairly common in his age. I would eliminate those for now and just do the rice cereal or oatmeal with the breastmilk and the puff crackers for snacks..

As for nursing at night, we co-slept, so I just rolled over, nursed and that was it. Burping a sleeping baby... I just rubbed his back and patted it a bit while he slept. I also put a pad down on the bed under him, so when he did spit up at night or had an accident, then it didn't soak through the mattress.

When I can't sleep, it's usually b/c my mind is racing or something. I red about this and it works. I keep a pad of paper and pen on my nightstand and do like a 'brain dump'. Write down my thoughts, grocery list... to do list... whatever it is I'm thinking about. I usually go to sleep quickly after that.

You don't burb a sleeping baby. I never burb in the middle of the night after about 4.5 months. I read somewhere you don't really need to.

I used the baby whisperer method around the 5 month mark with my son. I got him to stop his waking. He started doing an 8 hour block. What I did was start with the first waking. I would just go to him and tell him it was time to sleep, not eat. When he was younger, I spent a lot of time patting his butt. So, I would pat his butt to sooth him. If that didn't work, then I would pick up him till calm then put him down. I did that drill over and over again and again, and eventually, after about 3 weeks, he was only waking the once. Around 8 months, he started waking for a second time, so next week I will be back to breaking him of that.

You aren't sleeping because your body has entered sleep deprivation hell. Once you get your son to sleep better, you will be able to sleep again after being woken, but right now, your body is in "why sleep?!?! I will just get woken up!"

Hang in there. The 6 month wonder week should really let him self-sooth and hopefully you can then get some sleep.

Sleep is a habit, so you just need to start teaching him to not wake. Many babies do need to be feed once or twice a night till 12 months, but they should be doing a good solid 6-7 hours by 6 months. If they aren't, you need to break the wake habit and teach the sleep one.