Fellow moms!

My 5 month old still wakes up 5+ times a night. She slept great for about 2 weeks in her crib and has had a horrible cold cough for over a month. Which we resorted to letting her sleep on a boppy lounger in my bed. Moving my husband to another room. No judgement please full time working parents who are more than desperate for sleep. Now that she’s finally starting to feel better I need this girl sleeping longer and I’m her own bed.

She’s never slept great, 3/30 minute naps at daycare is a great day! She wakes up crying roughly every hour and seems to need to be rocked to sleep, she rarely falls asleep on her own. I’m worried I’ve created a monster.

I’ve tried many types of swaddles, adjusting bed time, offering formula with my breast milk, feeding her oatmeal/food before bed. She drinks at least 2 4 oz bottles a night. Based on her oz intake during the day she does need the 8 oz during the night. I’ve tried offering more oz throughout the day but she stops at 4 max. I’d be more than happy to get up 2/3 times but we can’t do 5+ much longer and I’m starting to feel like this is not normal and something more is wrong.

I’m sure I’ve lost majority of you, but if you’ve stuck around and have advice I am willing to do almost anything at this point.

Thank you mommas!