Baby 4 months was sleeping through, now waking every 3 hours - HELP!

[mollykins]

My DD started to sleep through from her dream feed at 11pm to about 7ish, this carried on for 3 weeks and we were beyond ecstatic after 3 months of broken sleep. Now she's started waking again and she's not crying so much as moaning. I'm wondering if she needs more food in the day. She's just weaned onto the bottle from breast and I give her 7 oz 4 times a day with a breast feed at 7am. Any thoughts/advice? It's really frustrating feeling like we're going backwards...

[ladette]

It's a long time since mine were that age, and back then it was acceptable to start weaning onto solids at 4 months. Waking after sleeping through was the sign to start weaning. I know that's not the done thing now - would have a word with your health visitor, tho no doubt there'll be lots of advice for MNEtters who've been through this more recently.

[helips]

My ds started waking in the night, not crying but just making a noise at that age. He wasn't upset and didn't need feeding, just liked talking to himself in the night! Sweet but very annoying for me and dh, I would just leave him for a little while and then he would go back to sleep. Not sure if this is what your dd is doing but it sounds like she is having enough milk in the day. Do you try and comfort her straight away or is it worth leaving her for a little while to see if she settles herself?

[mollykins]

Last night I left her for about an hour and her moaning was sort of on and off but when it started to get more frequent I went in to comfort her. Maybe I should leave her for longer as it's not an urgent hunger cry (I don't think)but it's keeping me awake!

[bubblagirl]

could she be teething or need more milk at bedtime to help settle or maybe an extra feed i'm sure my ds went through growth spurt at this age and needed baby rice before bed

[ChasingButterflies]

How long has she been waking again? My ds, also 4mo, was sleeping through from 11.30-8 until a week ago, when he suddenly started waking three times! Only one of those was for food; before that he'd wake a couple of times just to grumble and kick his legs/thrash his head about. He's in a crib by my bed so impossible for me to sleep through! But the past two nights he's slept through again, and I suspect, like bubblagirl, it was a growth spurt. Is your dd acting any differently in the daytime - wanting more food, naps disrupted, more irritable, etc? IMHO I wouldn't rush to introduce any solids, things might yet settle down

[mollykins]

Yes she's a bit hungrier in the day - and her naps are a bit out of routine. Hopefully it is a a growth spurt and she'll settle down again then. thanks for your advice.

[ChasingButterflies]

Fingers crossed for you - I had convinced myself that ds sleeping through was just a nice bonus... until he stopped and it felt like a huge step backwards! Hope you get some uninterrupted sleep soon