My descent into madness

We went camping 2 weeks ago and DS slept well, woke only once in the night. Since we've been home he has woken on average 4 times every night, sometimes I'm sure its up to 7. I try not to feed him all the time, but if its been 3 hours or if I'm sleepwalking I do it cause he settles so quicly afterwards. My questions are what am i doing to encourage this continous waking? And if your baby slept well at this age what did you do? or is it just luck?
He has the fan on him so he's not hot, he's wrapped, has a dummy, settles quickly so not in pain.
Your comments appreciated, thanks

I would think it could just be a growth spurt and sleep deprivation is enough to drive anyone mad.  From memory I don't think I changed anything and we just got thru it but it is a bit of a blurrrrrr.  Hope it gets better for you soon

Huge hugs to you!! Personally, I'd feed him every time he wakes until about midnight, that way if it is a growth spurt he's going to get what he needs, and maybe let you get some sleep for a decent block of time (if he's like my daughter she'd do this when she was growing and I fed and fed until midnight, then we'd both get to sleep until 5 or 6am) it seems like hard work but at least then you're encouraging some sort of sleep pattern, if he settles into that routine you then start moving last feed back by half an hour a night.

Dream feeds work really well too, just pop food in his mouth when you're on your way to bed so you can catch a decent few zzz's before he wakes again.

Not up with the lingo yet so unsure what a dream feed is.... oh man I'm a newbie!! but have you tried a bottle at night just to see if that fills up his tummy? Luke and Zavier were waking all the time during the night, to the point where one night i had to leave the room to stop screaming and now I just bottle them before bed, it means we get some sleep too!! Because it sucks getting no sleep, and then having no energy the next day because you are so sleep deprived!!
I wish you luck

We tried giving him 100ml EBM then a feed before bed at about 2230 and he still woke at 0100 so I know its not hunger that is waking him, I think he's just a bit of a toad. Last night was better he only woke 3 times between 2100 and 0700 and and i only fed him twice, one time I just settled nim bacjk to sleep but it took a bit and involved screaming, but thenhe slept for 2 more hours. Thanks for your replies, Its ood to know that it is normal and not my fault, I'm wearing a muslin in my bra to see if he sleeps with it better

Sorry - also is there some noise in his room? maybe you could try a clock that ticks or a radio that is off station really low so there is just the shhhhh noise in the background (white noise)

Well he had a fan going all night for the past few weeks that I turned off last night didn't seem to make any difference.

Thats why the holidays were so great cause I could wake him up and tell him it was his turn. J actually acts up worse for DH than me he screams for longer. thanks

Hi, Have you tried letting him sleep unwrapped? It seems like you've tried everything else, Maybe you can leave him unwrapped and see if that works....