With both our ours we got to that tired point where you desperately just want a good nights sleep but the baby is still up throughout the night so we did the same thing with both.
There's a point where you begin to suspect that the baby is awake all the time, or waking up lots, and isn't actually that hungry more just wants comforting. At that point (and we had to swaddle SFJr1 up as he would wake himself with his own hands) we put them in their cot in their own room and after their night feed they got nothing till morning. We'd pop our head in every now and again to check they were okay, that they hadn't been sick or were getting too stressed, but crying non-stop was okay as was just lying there. Enough so we knew they were safe. It's still hard work as the noise is terrible but with both within 7-10 days they were sleeping through most of the night.
Going off your past posts I think you're still a few weeks off trying this but it shouldn't be long now and words can't underline enough the difference it makes.
There's a point where you begin to suspect that the baby is awake all the time, or waking up lots, and isn't actually that hungry more just wants comforting. At that point (and we had to swaddle SFJr1 up as he would wake himself with his own hands) we put them in their cot in their own room and after their night feed they got nothing till morning. We'd pop our head in every now and again to check they were okay, that they hadn't been sick or were getting too stressed, but crying non-stop was okay as was just lying there. Enough so we knew they were safe. It's still hard work as the noise is terrible but with both within 7-10 days they were sleeping through most of the night.
Going off your past posts I think you're still a few weeks off trying this but it shouldn't be long now and words can't underline enough the difference it makes.
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