feeding/sleeping issues

Hi there

Could be a growth spurt. I think Cooper got one around 4mths.

I was always told that its perfectly normal for babies to wake up more than once during the night.

Cooper sometimes wakes twice in a night, and he's hungry. However he's FF so we are still trying to work out if it's habitual waking or hungry waking.

You may need to look at increasing your own milk supply (I'm gathering your BFing).

If he's hungry, feed him.

Daytime sleeps are normally about 45 mins or so, but sometimes I get 2 hours.
I don't get any long stretch at night. He normally goes to bed about 7, then up at 10:30ish, then again 2-3ish then 6ish. The last couple of nights he has added a 4:30ish in there **yawn**.

Im not too worried about it as I have read from lots of people on here that waking frequently is normal....I just wondered it if was getting a habit for him.

Oh and sometimes he throws a spanner in the works like tonight....bed at 7, then up at 8 then back to sleep for 30 mins then up and wide awake so up to play then more food ....he has finally gone to sleep now. He wasn't really grizzling or anything, just awake and wanting to play.

Kind of makes me want to throw any routine out the window and just go with the flow....

Argh! It also sucks when it seems everyone else with babies the same age are sleeping a decent 7 hours or more

typical..mine actually slept 8 hours last night:( but i know what you mean it does seem as if everyone elses babies sleep longer:(!! we still have to replace the dummy (three times last night) but that's my choice to keep giving it to him..

do you bath him etc at night..or have anything that happens specifically at night?

I can relate and it does get better! If he's taking a good feed at the times he wakes, he must be hungry. My daughter was the same. Up until 6 months she would wake twice a night for a bf. It then dropped to once a night, after introducing solids and now she is sleeping through until 5-6am.

Nothing but feeding worked for us, so I figured she was hungry. Once he get's bigger and onto solids he'll start sleeping through. Good luck

I could have written your post, I think! My baby is 4 months and we wake three times most nights. I have tried feeding him more often during the day (sometimes 2 hrly) but this doesn't seem to have a huge impact. Like you, when he wakes he takes a full feed and is then straight back to sleep. After seeking lots of advice from Plunket and friends, I am fast coming to the conclusion that we will just have to ride this out. I know it will get better and ultimately, we have a very happy and healthy baby. It's just Mummy and Daddy who would like him to sleep a little bit longer at night

You could try holding him out during the day? Jack was feeding 3 hourly then one day I decided to hold him out till 4, and with the exception of when he had his first 2 teeth come through, he has been 4-hourly ever since. Mind you, I've had him in a routine since he was a few weeks old.

If Jack wakes in the night I try to settle him, then if that doesn't work I give him some water (as he's a comfort sucker), and then if that doesn't work (could be up to 2 hours sometimes) I give him a bottle. I don't wait till he screams though to give him a bottle (not that much of a meany). I was told that a lot of babies wake because they know they will be fed, not because they need to be fed. I think the way you tell is if they don't have a good amount for the first feed of the day then they don't need a feed at night. If baby is over 10lb they have the capacity to sleep through so its just waiting it out or trying different approaches.

caro07 wrote: He just jerks off all the time

It took me a while to get what you meant there.
I'm like, he's not a teenager!!

He always feeds well in the morning. Who knows. I am tired already without trying new things during the night. I have rewrapped him and put his dummy in a couple of times and he just wakes again. I think I will just keep feeding him for now.