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Latest post on 10 March 2016 - 11:26

Tessa thank you very much for your lengthy reply. I appreciate your effort and the time you dedicated writing it. I should have written a bit about him, he's far from a textbook baby. Up to a week ago he was waking up every 2.5-3hrs to bf, I did consider myself lucky with 3hrs of unbroken sleep. Naps are another thing, very difficult to help him fall asleep and naps for 30' tops. He's grumpy most of the day cause he catnaps the whole time. He's a very alert and high energy baby. Not cuddly, I cannot hold him and sit down, never, he kicks and screams. He's only happy when I hold him standing, even better if I walk, as he loves to look around even when tired and sleepy. He usually screams when I put him in the baby carrier and pushes me. My back hurts from carrying him, I cannot continue this for long. He has recently started waking up more often, every hour. Sometimes I can sush him back to sleep, sometimes not, he cries and screams and stops only when bf, even if he had eaten very recently and too much. He wakes up early in the morning and doesn't sleep again, last night he slept only 6hrs. He continues the day being very tired, he feels sleepy every 1-1.5hr and as his naps have gotten shorter 20' he wakes up tired but unable to fall back to sleep. I have read books, blogs to lengthen naps, nothing works. He doesn't sleep well while out in the stroller, doesn't sleep after bf, doesn't sleep in the baby carrier, doesn't take pacifier, white noise does nothing. As I said he only accepts to be carried around, it might take 1hr so that he'll sleep for 30'. Sometimes he cries because he's tired and I cannot calm him at all. As I said he was never a good sleeper but now it's out of control. I don't think it's great expectation to want a rested baby. It looks like we entered earlier the 4th month sleep regression. Plus lots of developmental leaps ahead of us. I just want to have some professional advice to help him sleep better. I don't have unrealistic expectations, some slight improvement would be great. I would be grateful if someone has a good Pediatrician to recommend.

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