u/ThrowRaCookieMonst1

i’ve been blessed with the happiest, healthiest four month old, but i’m really struggling with sleep. since she was about a month old, she began to only tolerate contact naps as well as nursing to sleep (she’s ebf). we started with a bedside bassinet but eventually transitioned to co-sleeping simply because she wouldn’t tolerate being put down (even with warming the bassinet prior, swaddling, tortoise slow transfer, you name it). she began to have the occasional night where she’d sleep through the night, but i think we’ve hit the four month regression due to increased night wakes. she can ONLY close her eyes if she’s nursing. i decided to give sleep training a shot, using a combination and probably a million different methods with the exception of CIO. i bumped up feedings in her routine to help break the association, but ever since i started sleep training, bed time has become a nightmare because it seems like she knows i’m switching up her routine so it’s just a scream fest until she nurses. i can finally get her in the crib once she’s fallen asleep, but once she wakes again the cycle repeats. i can’t get her to settle in the crib. holding/rocking doesn’t help. just nursing. i KNOW she’s just a baby and one day ill miss the closeness this brings us, but im averaging about 1 hour of uninterrupted sleep a night, maybe 3 hours total sleep. my husband works offshore so additional hands are only available when he’s home. i’m open to suggestions, but please be kind, she and i are both learning.