Bad Habits

Our son has developed some bad habits:

1. He needs attention
2. He does not sleep alone
3. He does not like to sleep
4. He wakes up every 2 hours at night when at sleep
5. He’ll “spit” out his food when full
6. He is a Mamas boy (added by Papa)

1. He needs attention
Ever since he was born, we’ve had friends, family and guests coming by to see him, play with him, lift him up to kiss him, etc. Due to this he gets bored if he doesn’t get attention. He simply cannot play by himself. He has a cousin sister who is only 3 days older than himself, and she can play by herself for hours. The main difference between her and our son is that she has not been given that much attention.
Now you’re probably thinking, why is this a problem ? Well it’s a problem because, when I’m alone with him, I simply cannot get any work done. If I lie him down, he starts crying. If I put him in his baby bouncer he starts crying, unless I sit next to him and play with him or lift him up and hold him. I’ve tried to leave him alone, when he cries, so that he may change this habit and be able to play with his toys by himself, but after 15 minutes of him crying a waterfall, I simply couldn’t bare ir and picked him up. Now I’m thinking if I should get one of those baby carriers, and carry him around all the time, but I’m worried it will only manifest the bad habit even more.

2. He does not sleep alone
Our son usually goes to sleep around 10.30 PM. At this time I feed him and he falls asleep while feeding. I then have to wait for him to fall into a deeper sleep before I attempt to move him to his bed. If he wakes up, when I’m moving him, he starts crying. He will only sleep if he lies next to me, which of course is a problem as our bed is not big enough for Mama and Papa and Junior. So in the end Mama and Papa usually lie at the very edge of the bed, while junior is spread out in the middle.

3. He does not like to sleep
In the first month after his birth he would sleep, eat, and poop. That’s basically it. After that he started to stay more and more awake. Whenever I try to put him to sleep during the day, he will fight back and not try to sleep. You can see on him that he is dead tired and has red eyes due to the need for sleep, but he’ll try to resist as much as he can before eventually going to sleep. Somebody should have a talk to him to explain that he’s a baby and thus he needs to sleep. Its like he’s in a hurry to become an adult or that he’s worried he might miss something while asleep.

4. He wakes up every 2 hours at night when at sleep
This is becoming a big problem for me as I get minimal sleep. I cannot sleep during the day as my son can. He doesn’t get up because he’s hungry or anything, he just want to suck on my nipple for 30 seconds, and then he falls asleep again. So every 2 hour, he’ll start going “eh eh eh”, and then I pick him up from his baby cot and lay him next to me. If I dont pick him up, his “eh eh” will turn into crying.

5. He’ll “spit” out his food when full
When I’m feeding him food (not milk) he’ll start going brbbpptt when he doesn’t want anymore. Papa thinks its quite, and so did I. But after cleaning the table, walls and the floor for food for the tenth time, its not cute anymore.

6. He’s a Mamas boy
Yea, so ? (Papa can write in his own diary).