My 18 month old wakes up at least 10 times every night! Cries and whines and kicks

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Sherrie B

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(we are co-sleepers)? I have not slept since he was born. I have diluted his milk to half and half and now have started to give half water and juice. When he wakes up he wants either binky or bottle and falls right back asleep. I tried letting him cry but then I get nooooo sleep and the whole house is disrupted for hours and this is the fasted way to get back to sleep. What the heck am I doing wrong? I have an 18 year old son and I never had this problem with him. He slept in a crib in his own room and only woke sometimes. Could it be my age, I had him at 48 and am very tired and lacking in energy and discipline, unlike my first son. I am very exhauseted and at my wits end!
 
Is it possible he is a light sleeper and your movement, snoring etc is waking him up? I co-slept with my son until he was 7 months old and my moving around began to wake him up. The transition to his own crib was hard for the first couple nights but then he began to sleep through the night. Or if you're dead set on continuing to co-sleep try running a humidifier or fan for some white noise to drown out any noise you might be making.
 
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