Baby Doll,
1) My boy doesn't drink from bottle, i direct latch all the time.
2) Mine was also co-sleeping with us. I decided to eliminate the co-sleeping using PU/PD
3) Mine also biting the sprout. I didn't really start training him. Maybe just keep trying to offer the magic cup to him?
4) Mine needed to be nursed or rocked to sleep. And wakes up every 1-2hours and wants comfort nursing. Going through PU/PD right now to eliminate this
If you send to infant care, i think they'll end up letting him cry it out alone. Why not use PU/PD and train him yourself? Its tough for us to hear him cry, but at least you are by his side to assure him.
Two nights into PU/PD, i'm not a pro yet, but quite surprised by the results last night. The first PU/PD took only 15mins, but he woke up in 30mins. The 2nd PU/PD took 2hours non-stop crying, still didn't stop, i latch him, and continued another 1 hour of crying and he managed to sleep for 2hrs 15mins.
The subsequent PU/PD only took 10-15mins where he slept averagely for 1-2.5hours. There were in total 5 wakings. On a positive note, i didn't latch him until 6 hours later which was a huge improvement.
Be wary of the sleep monster. I had coffee at 12MN and slept at 3am last night so that i can stay awake for all his night wakings. I'm currently a walking zombie...
If you need to talk, feel free to email or call me.
yolk/lilyn,
thanks for your advices! i will persevere..
lilyn,
read in one of the many books, it says that naps and night time sleep can be trained separately, something gotto do with the left brain or right brain thing.
besides, i can't do it alone for the whole day. I'll probably start with the naps next week when hubby has more free time to be at home with me. i salute you for doing it all by yourself for the past 6months!