My 1 year olds doctor told me to lock him in his room all night..

Baby boy has been extra clingy the past 2 month (I believe due to teething and weaning him from nursing at the boob) so he does not sleep good at all. He wants to stay on my boob all night since we started him on soy milk during the day (he has a milk allergy)

I’m 5 months pregnant so I know he’s just getting a few drops of my milk when I do give in & nurse him.

Anyways to make the long story short I explained to his doctor at his wellness visit our struggles with his sleep & how it’s effecting me I’m so tired & pregnant at the same time so I end up continuing to co-sleep & nurse him at night.

*****His doctor told me to put him in his room at 8:00 pm, shut the door & don’t go back in till 8:00 a.m no matter what. He also said if we need to put thick blankets on the walls so we don’t have to hear him scream.

He also said it sounds like our 12 month old son is being manipulative.. ? A 12 month old.

I said “that sounds like child neglect, are you serious?”

This is our second child and he’s a lot more strong willed than our daughter who is now four years old & has always been very easy going since birth! But our son is complete opposite. He’s so happy but boy he already throws tantrums.

I know I should’ve sleep trained him but baby boy & I both almost died during his delivery so I hate seeing him in distress (screaming crying) and I cannot let him cry it out. I tried when he was 6 months old and it tore me up for weeks all because I let him cry for 10 minutes, then gave in & cuddled him to sleep. I’ve tried maybe 3 other times but it kills me each time & o always feel shitty for letting him scream for 10 minutes. So he’s just been co-sleeping and nursing whenever he wants at night (horrible habit I know)

But tonight I decided I would do the very best I can and just keep putting him back in his bed instead of our bed. I did not nurse him to sleep I gave him a bottle and rocked him. He slept for 2 hours. He’s woken up 3 times.

The third time he didn’t even attempt to nurse and he was asleep after I lightly patted him on the bottom for about a minute or so. Now he’s been sleeping sound.

So that just goes to show I do not need to lock him in his room for him to have screaming fits by himself all night until morning! I could never.

Am I the only one that thinks I should change doctors?!