Help!! I need sleep

[smurfett]

HELP!! My DS is 6 mth old & wakes up frequently during the night, how can I get him to drop his night feed? Also he is an early riser how can I get him to sleep longer?
He has not slept through once yet.
He has been formula fed since 13 wks & has been on 2 solid meals a day for the last 4 wks (which he is loving), he has between 5 & 6 ozs sometimes less but defo no more than that & bottle feeds 6 times a day.
He has 2 naps during the day which can be anything from 1/2 hr to 2 hrs depending on how he feels & is usually shattered by 6pm. He goes to bed anything between 6pm & 7pm & then it's guess work from there usually up for feeds at 9pm, 12, 3am & then up for the day at 5am not wanting a feed until about 8am. In between the feeds during the night I have to get up a few times to put his dummy in as well.
About his weight, he puts on average 5ozs a week & is slightly below average weight.
We have just moved him into his own room 3 nights ago.
I don't pick him up to feed him during the night now & he feeds & goes straight back off to sleep.
I was due to go back to work today but thankfully have put it off for a couple of months, so I need to get his sleep sorted soon.
Any help appreciated.

[nobodysfool]

My ds used to wake up at the slightest bit of light in his room so we bought black out blinds(argos sell them cheap and in lots of colours) we walso bought blackout lining to attach to his curtains.
RE: bottle. i gradually reduced his milk by half an ounce every couple of days till he was only having an ounce then i offered him water instead.He got bored with the water and didnt bother waking for a feed.He still woke in the night till he was 7 months so dont beat yourself up seems everything is normal to me!
Hope you get some sleep soon.I remember that awful feeling so well x

[smurfett]

Thank you for your advice.
He does have a blind up & blackout linings & it is dark when he goes to bed & still dark when he wakes up for the day at 5am.
I have tried all different things like adjusting the heating incase that was waking him up etc.
Will give it a go reducing the amount he has during his night feeds & see how that goes.

[mmelody]

Hi Smurfett.. no advice but huge empathy as I also have a DS 6 months who is a frequent waker and is up for the day by 5am. Ive just bought the No Cry Sleep solution book which seems to have some useful tips in it.. will let you know how it goes.

[denbury]

i hate it when we are up before cbbeeies!!!! j isn't a good sleeper but we try and ignore as long as possible. he has his own reflex though and is quite good at being sick!!! i do get use dto reading though which i enjoy

[nobodysfool]

Any sleep last night smurfett?

[smurfett]

I havent been on for a couple of days as I now have flu which doesnt mix well with lack of sleep, I just couldnt seem to get my brain in gear.

Wed night was same as always but last night he fed as usual through the night but then slept till 6.30am so that was good. Lets hope he keeps it up, but I very much doubt it.

I was thinking of keeping a diary of his feeds could anyone point me in the right direction for finding out how much milk he should be having for his weight (15lb)?

here's to a full nights sleep (hoping).

[nobodysfool]

I followed the Gina Ford book from week 12.I loosely followed the milk diary in there and my lo seemed to fall straight in to the routine.I know she is not everybodys cup of tea but i now have a 31 month old who has an afternoon nap and sleeps from 7pm to 8am.Cant believe we want to try for another lo.Dont know if i can do without sleep again!