How do i break bad habits?

My 14 week old has fallen in to several bad habits and I am suffering with very broken nights. At 4 weeks old he had to have a heart bypass and we were in hospital for 3 weeks during this time, there was little difference in day and night and he fell in to a 2 hourly routine of being woken up for observations.

Over the last 7 weeks, since being home, I have struggled with;
Keeping him awake during the day
Getting him to take a full feed (he prefers to snack regularly)
Getting him to stay awake past 7pm
Getting him to stop waking every hour in the night after 1am
Being wide awake from 4am

I have tried imposing a routine on him for 2 weeks now (a morning 1 hour nap, a 2 hour lunch nap and a 1 hour afternoon nap, a bath at 6ish and bed at 7) however, its very hard when he wakes so early and is tired. He mainly breast fed, but does have a bottle fed at 10pm.

I also have a 2 year old so can not do controlled crying and need to get to toddler groups where he just sleeps.

Any advice as I'm getting desperate! Many thanks.

written 18 weeks ago by Sleepy10124 - 21 replies - viewed 164 times

labels: Changing bad habits

Category: Routines

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