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I find that bathing our baby in the nighttime bath stuff works awesome. We also let him get absolutely exhausted. Our guy eats twice the amount from normal before bed (almost like he is preparing to sleep for 7 hours) and has an awesome sleep. I have no other real suggestions but I do hope these might help.

I use the bedtime bath stuff, smells great! I can get him calm and to sleep, its getting him to stay asleep that is the problem.

Is he snuggly enough? My little guy has to have the exact amount of padding around him to have a solid sleep. I hate to say it but sometimes he will only get his best sleep in his bouncy chair. Even rarily in his carseat. You could try that. My philosiphy is that it doesn't matter where they sleep just if they sleep and are comfy, lol.

Rachael Caleb was like that too...but because he is such a light sleeper we literaly had to have him sleep all by himself, In his own room. Once we started doing that he started sleeping longer and longer. I also dream feed. He drinks most of his meals at 7 and 10 pm. He will drink up to 15 oz in that short amount of time. He never wakes up hungry after giving him an 8 oz bottle with cereal in it at 10. We use to have to be so quiet at night so that he wouldnt wake up......Try swaddling only his arms at least. Well we help aid he sleep so well that now he can sleep in the same room with his big brother (big brothers dream to be able to have a sleep mate) I will only let him CIO if he is whimpering or crying is calm..if he cries like something is wrong I run to his room pick him up and hug him and once he is calm he will fall asleep again.

Sometimes I can't get him to take more than 5 oz or so at bedtime. I guess I better suck it up and start making him sleep in his crib. I'm just sooo tired.....

Just give it a try...if he is anything like Caleb it should work out.....I know caleb loves to snuggle but sometimes they need a little help to get them on a good sleepiing pattern.

I would put him in his bouncy, car seat, what ever as long as it worked! He won't sleep in them. He will only catnap in his swing. It took him months to even like the darned thing. I wish I knew why he was so difficult. He is definitely his mother's son!

Gabriel will only eat 4 oz. of formula at a time, unless its morning, then he'll eat 6 oz. Lucas doesn't take a pacifier does he? Maybe instead of feeding him through the night, see if a pacifier will suffice. It may be that he just needs some comfort, not hungry. Gabriel eats cereal and formula at about 6 pm, then I start getting him ready for bed... bath, play time, and then I give him another 4 oz of formula. All I do is put him in his crib, and he's out for about 12 hours. Maybe you could also try putting Lucas in his own bed/ room. On the rare chance that Gabe does wake up during the night, its usually because he a nasty burp thats stuck. I just pick him up, rub his back, then lay him down w/ his pacifier. If he is still awake, he'll eventually talk himself to back to sleep. I dont suppose that seeing as how you are co-sleeping, you or Dh are not the ones waking him up during the night?!!! Rolling around, flailing arms or snoring?!!! LOL! I dunno! My kids sleep like angels, so just thought I'd throw a few possibilities out there!

I know a lot of people will not agree with me but I really think he just might need to cry. I have noticed that if I leave Mason alone to cry and go in every few minutes to pat and shush him he will calm down and go back to sleep. I feel very strongly that babies have to learn to fall alseep on their own because if they wake up in the middle of the night they will want you to calm them down to go back to sleep. We experienced this with our first son and are trying different tactics with our second son. It is working for the most part. Do what feels comfortable and good luck.

Thanks Chelsey. I am a quiet sleeper, I do not even move. We have a huge king size, but perhaps my dh does wake him sometimes. I try and try to offer a pacifier in the hopes that Lucas will take one, but no such luck. Most of the time he does just want comfort, it's a different cry when he is hungry. The kid loves making his mommy nutso, I think! As if I'm not nutty enough anyways!LOL!

sonya I agree....I have let caleb cio when i know he is fed changed and all is well. But it usually only takes him at the most 15 minutes and then he is out.....at night if he cries and its a normal cry I will sneak in check up on him but not pick him up......he has learned to put himself back to sleep.

I guess I better get cracking then and toughen up. I have never had a problem letting other people's kids cry it out a little while, I am just so in love with my son, it breaks my heart. But I need to sleep too!

i dont let jasmin cry and she needs me to get her to sleep, im going with the approach that if you make them secure they will do it on their own when their ready??

How dard is the window covering in the bedroom that you put Lucus to sleep in. In my house we have navy blue window covering and we all sleep good. Just a suggestion

That has been my approach too Lisa, but doesn't seem to be working. He really has come leaps and bounds since he was newborn, but I'm a little desperate since 4 mos of no sleep=groggy, cranky, mommy!

Letting him cry is totally okay! You may not get much sleep for the first couple of nights, but he'll evetually realize that nobody is coming to rescue him, and he'll get used to going back to sleep on is own! You really need to sleep if you are working full time... so I say do whatever it takes to get some rest!