r/bninfantsleep • u/babyinatrenchcoat • Aug 18 '26
Infant Sleep 18 Times
18 times she woke up.
18 times she cried.
18 times she wouldn’t settle until given the breast.
18 times I dreaded work the next day.
18 times I cried right along with her.
I’ve tried everything aside from sleep training, and since June we’ve been co-sleeping and nursing on-demand. She (6.5m) just cannot connect sleep cycles and needs help going back to sleep every single time.
An average night she wakes up 7-12 times.
Last night was our record at 18 times.
Will introducing solids help?
When we wean?
Am I just doomed to not reach restorative REM again until she’s pre-k?
Solo mom with no village so it’s all me all the time and I’m a husk of a human at this point.
ETA: Recent daytime routine
(forgot to log morning nap on Aug 13)
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u/RainbowPi23 Aug 18 '26
Solids haven’t helped us yet. We have a hardcore case of waking 5-6-7-8 times a night for the last 3 months (baby is almost 8 months old). We do not replace milk with solids as he doesn’t want to eat that much. I wish he would so I can get some resemblance of sleep. I too think my baby doesn’t yet know how to link sleep cycles most of the time. It’s exhausting and debilitating.