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sleep and feeding....help!

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tara4567 · 21/01/2012 08:18

Hi, my LO was sleeping 7-4am from 6 weeks and she is now 16/17 weeks and for the past two weeks has now started sleeping 7-1, 1-3, 3-5. She wakes and feeds properly the first feed and then only small amounts at the other times. She also seems to be a bit off her milk in the day time too and on some bottles only eats a very small amount. She used to feed every 3 hours in the daytime but im thinking maybe she wants her milk less often now? This morning for example she woke at 6 and still doesn't want any milk despite the last feed being at 1am. Can anyone offer advice or support as I don't really know what to do to get her to sleep longer or get her apetite back.
Thanks xx

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nutterbutsquash · 21/01/2012 10:39

No advice but am going through the same . Thought it might be 4 month sleep regression. Dd now 5.5 Months so really hope end is in sight...

SeptMummy · 21/01/2012 12:20

ah I was just about to post something similar! My DS is also 16/17weeks and has on average always slept from 11.30/12am-5/6am straight. He is a very active LO and barely naps during the day (he probably gets about 1-1.5hrs total) and up until recently (had colic/wind at 2months) wouldn't go to bed until we did!! Since New Year, to try and gain sometime to ourselves and save our DS from getting overtired I have really tried to get him to bed at the usual 7-8pm babies bedtime! We have progressed well on this front and now for 2wks straight will settle at 730/8pm to bed. I have to wake him for his 11pm feed and for the first week he continued to sleep his usual 11.30/12am-5/6am.... but for the past 5 nights he has woken at 1.30/2, 4, 6 and wanting food each time, although sometimes i think its just for comfort?? and basically he is very unsettled (farty/tummy cramps??) from about 4 so stays in bed with me, dozing!! He is bf with a lunchtime and 7pm feeds topped up with Formula (hv recommendation due to slow weight gain)
any advice to get back onto his usual pattern would be much appreciated as i feel i've had barely any sleep this week and DS is pretty shattered too.....!

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