sleeping through the nightish then suddenly waking at 3am again

[Ran15]

I have a 7 week old son who about 3 weeks ago starting going down after the last feed at 10 - 11pm then waking between 5am and 6am which was great. The last 3 nights he has been waking at 3-4am and last night he did not sleep again after this feed. I don't think he is getting hungry as he is taking more food than before throughout the day time. Is this normal? We are moving him from a crib to a cot tonight to see if that makes a difference. Any other advice, tips?????

[Bubbaluv]

Normal. Could be a growth spurt, but they do tend to just become more alert and therefore more wakeful at about that age.

[Ran15]

Great!! hopefully he will decide to sleep through again soon. Thanks for the reply

[hopefully]

I am that you've had any time of sleeping through! it's probably growth/wakefulness related, but if he's done it before there's a reasonable chance he'll settle back into it in a few days - if he doesn't within a couple of weeks perhaps you can start questioning whether he's waking out of hunger, habit or excessive day time sleep...

[ang22]

my little boy is twelve weeks and is doing exectly the same. He normally feeds at ten then sleeps till 6 but last two nights has been awake at three which he settles again with a dummy quite quickly but then wakes at 5 and could only settle by feeding him. Last night he would not settle at three at all. He is also feeding loads through out the day so i am guessing it is a growth spurt.

[katherine2008]

lucky you, my 8 week old dd wakes at 2am every night and then again at 5.15am...!!!