Hi, my boy is 12-week-old, he doesn't sleep longer than 2 hours at night, every time he wakes up, I feed him. we are doing mix feeding, 90% breast, 10% bottle. I tried to figure out the possible root cause:
- hungry? I read a book called "the baby whisperer" by Tracy, I do top up and dream feeding (bottle is used for this feeding) at night, so I don't think he is hungry. every time I feed him at night, he takes one side, sometimes both side, but he refuses bottle at night except dream feeding.
- diaper? I change diaper every 6~8 hours, so only one change at night, doesn't seem like diaper bothers him
- too hot/warm? I lower the room temperature and only over him with blanket, doesn't help
- cry it out? sorry, I can't do it, I don't accept this method at all
- prop? I don't think at his age feeding is a prop, not until he is 5 months. am I right?
- illness? he used to have reflux symptoms, but much better now, we went to see 2 pediatricians, both of them don't think he has reflux as he double his birth weight.
I am doing co-sleep, on the same bed, but not the same blanket. no improvement in night sleep either. when I say no longer than 2 hours, actually most of the time is only 1.5 hours, 2 days ago, every 1 hour and 20 mins. and in the early morning, 5:00~7:00, in the worse case, he would wake up every 20~ 30mins, and then sleeps for an hour. for his naps? most of them are half hours, but sometimes can be 2 hours, even longer than his night sleep!
does any mom have the similar experience? how do u resolve the problem?
thx.