Hi, I'm aware sleep problems must be a frequent topic, but I've trawled through the site and cannot find anything that answers my question!
My DD is 10 week old tomorrow. She has a feeding pattern of 3.5-4hrs every day, and takes on average 20-25oz daily. She cries each time she wants feeding. I have been getting her into a bedtime routine which consists of bath at 7.30pm(ish), in pjs, and then a last feed around 7:50 before bed at 8pm. She is generally very good at this and will fall asleep almost straight away, though sometimes she will stir a little and kick about before she nods off.
Then she wakes, usually between 3-5am. The problem is, she does not wake crying! Instead she kicks her legs about, makes a kind of grunting noise, moves her head side to side, but all with her eyes closed. I am unsure if this normal and if she wants feeding or not?
I usually give her a dummy which will settled her and all the movement stops. When the dummy falls out she will fall asleep for 30mins-1hr, but then wakes again. Eventually waking every 5 mins or so. Each time, she does not cry and never seems fully awake.
If I get up to feed her, she usually opens her eyes when I get her out the cot to take her downstirs, but sometimes falls back to sleep when I am preparing the bottle! Even after feeding her, when I put her back in the cot to sleep, she continues doing the same, but wide awake!!
Is she stirring because she's hungry? Or is something babies just do during the night?! To be fair, I've never left her without giving her a dummy because the noise disturbs me so much and I cannot sleep through it! If I did maybe she would wake fully and eventually cry? I try to avoid letting it get to that point as the OH is awake early for work! I have thought of putting her next door in her own room but I feel she is too young for this yet.