Why won’t he sleep

The last two nights have been horrendous, he’s had us up every hour or two but as soon as I give up and bring him downstairs he crashes . I know at his age - 11 weeks its normal for him to be still waking up but usually he goes 2/3 hour stretches and goes straight back down without a screaming match we have had the last two nights . It’s like as soon as he touches the mattress in the Moses he’s off . Iam also sick with flu and this isn’t helping and could do with his typical night time routine which is typically bed at 11 then a bottle at 2/3 then another 6/7 . Any tips on how to get him back to this ? Then I aslo have his dad saying he needs to learn and let him scream the house down but can’t when have an older one and nasty next door neighbours and he’s moaning he’s tired when it’s me who’s up with the baby most nights as he works .

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Please don’t let an 11 week old baby cry it out - they need you. A young baby can’t ‘learn’, sleep isn’t taught it’s developmental and so many things can affect it. Is baby sick too? Have you tried co-sleeping? Very normal for baby to want to be close to you x

Two books I recommend. The sleep easy solution by Jennifer waldburger or the happy sleeper by heather Turgeon. If u don’t have time to read, listen to it. Make sure hubby does too, if u can

The first book says u can start sleep training by 5 months. So he’s going to need u until then.

Dad or someone else, your mom if available, will have to take on some night cuddles to give u time to sleep. Maybe split the night in half for shifts? Just a suggestion

I would never let him cry it out but it’s causing rows in the middle of night as he won’t stay asleep for more then 1 hour if we are lucky . He’s not sick it’s just me , dad and sister who’s are . Don’t really want to co sleep as we did that with his sister and it was hard work to get her to sleep alone once she hit two x

Don’t want to sleep train him , just would like him to fall back into his own little sleep routine he had where he would have more than 30 mins to an hour between each wake up and not wake up as soon as he is placed in the Moses like before as barely functioning right now and got a major busy week of builders in the house , appointments and school runs to do x

It will be developmental and it will pass. It's really hard when you're ill but I don't agree with your husband on this. I know you don't want to co sleep but I would, until you are better and have more strength physically. Stay strong!

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