Soothing help?

[kmagarden]

Hi, I don't know if I'm doing this right. I actually sent in an email in the middle of the night last night! But then I saw this live help option. So I'm trying this. My baby was doing great, sleeping 5-6 hours at a time at night from about 3-4 months. For about the last month and 1/2 (he is now 5 mo, 2 wks) he is getting up constantly all night long. He just wants to be attached to me. He isn't necessarily hungry, he is using me as a pacifier. He is my fourth child, and I am running on empty. I am totally exhausted and am constatntly grumpy and irritable all day with my other poor children due to lack of sleep. Plus I've always gotten sever headaches due to lack of sleep my whole life, so those are regular now too. I don't know what to do. We've considered letting him cry it out, because I can't continue like this. But I do worry that he's actually hungry. About once during the night he actually does a good feeding and isn't just holding my nipple in his mouth. I know he can go 4-5 hours occasionally during the day without a feeding. I've tried offering him the breast more often during the day, to pump up his calories. But he will only eat when he is interested. I do take him to bed with me to nurse, his crib is mear feet from my bed. But I don't sleep well with him attached to me and can't leave him there all night. Any suggestions would be MOST welcome. I've seriously considered switching to formula to help decrease this dependancy on me. I've even tried to give him a formula bottle a couple of times, but he completely rejects it. For which I guess I'm a litle grateful. I've nursed my other 3 children until they were just over a year, and would like to see this through, but after 6 weeks of little to no sleep, he litterally wakes up after 1/2 hour to an hour and a half all night long - it is negatively affecting my whole life. He seems to be gaining weight normally. HELP!

[AnaSola]

My dear friend, I feel your pain, fustration and totally understand how you feel. But don't worry as help is on the way.:)

Ok, here is what I'll sugest for you to do:

1- stop letting your baby using you as a pacifier! this is a no no, ok? I won't say to let him cry out, never do that instead... try to use this product as it has worked wonders with many of my clients that had that same problem. below is the link to the product I recommend you to review:
http://www.1.thezaky.com/en/home/index.php

2- read this article I wrote about using other healthy alternatives to formula and give it to your baby before goes to sleep to give him all the nutrition he needs plus let his beautiful belly full.:)
http://www.breastfeedingwomen.citymax.com/articles/article/3961332/100066.htm

I bet you if you supplement with a "natural alternative" to formula only for the night time feeding and use "the Zaky infant pillow" your problem will go away and you will sleep like a baby!

Hope this helps my dear friend.

Much love

Ana

[kmagarden]

I know I shouldn't let him use me as a pacifier. :-) I know I am letting him win. But if I try and hold him, he will just throw himself at my chest and scream and scream and scream, no matter what I do. If my husband tries to hold him, he pushes off and tries to "escape" from him and screams and screams and screams. It is so frustrating. You'd think by the 4th kid I would know what I was doing! LOL. But they have all thrown their unique curves at me. I'm looking at your articles now. . . Your alternatives to formula are nutrious enough? Are they more filling than breastmilk? The zaky pillow lookss very interesting. . . . I'm reading up on it now.