5 month old will not sleep 😖
Please help!! I am literally at my wits end, my 5 month old has always been a bad night sleeper, I’ve not had more than 2 hours in one stint since she was born (completely different to my first). Initially she was being swaddled and she would sleep for 1-1.5 hours before waking to be fed (EBF), then it got hot so we stopped swaddling, and she was up every 45 minutes. We have tried putting her in the Purflo, the Rockit Zed, white noise, putting her down on her side and rolling her to her back, breastmilk on a muslin next to her, she will not sleep in her cot and it’s killing me. I always end up co sleeping but I don’t want to because I can’t sleep then, I’m so worried about my husband somehow rolling onto her (she’s on my side) and a previous shoulder injury just gives me such pain when she’s in the bed. Her cot is an extension to our bed so there’s no bridge between the mattresses. PLEASE someone help! What on earth can I do? I have chronic dry eyes because of the lack of sleep and have also been struck with a bad case of tonsillitis too. I just need to get some sleep and need her to sleep at night. During the day she sleeps quite well, either in the pushchair or in the car or the carrier, but the nights are horrendous and I’m literally at breaking point. She’d probably sleep on a pillow but I know that’s not safe sleep, it’s almost like she’s not cosy enough in the cot because it’s so bare 😖 please please any and all suggestions welcomed!