I'm struggling right now with what to do - I was quite happy to let my 4 month old suck himself to
sleep and would happily let him come into our bed, he always
sleeps better there & I don't believe in «training»
babies to
fit in with our
schedules... However, from being a «good sleeper» he's now nearly 5 months and his
sleep has deteriorated to a 2 or 3 hr stretch, then he's up every 45mins / 1 hr or so throughout the night - not fully awake but crying for a feed to get back to
sleep.
If you follow Dr. Marc Weissbluth's Healthy
Sleep Habits Happy Child regime of putting a
baby down every two hours you can make the
schedule work to
fit your younger child.