My 13 week old DS has been a wonderful sleeper since about 5 weeks. He's a happy-go-lucky fella during the day - feeds well, naps well (never more than 3.5 hours during the day in total) and developmentally is coming along marvellously. I bf during the day and my DH gives him a bottle of formula at 10.30pm. He gradually started waking progressively later from 5am to 5.30am and even 6am one day!
And then the growth spurt hit! Had a couple of days of almost constant bf during the day and we increased the late night ff to a whopping 240 ml (8 oz), most of which is he able to finish. At this point he had started waking earlier - fussing at 4am and waking for a feed around 4.45 - a full hour before he was prior to the growth spurt, but we 'rode the storm' that is the growth spurt and acknowledged that he was probably just hungry so fed him as and when. I think the growth spurt is over now - he's not doing the annoying latch-on/latch-off business anymore and no longer seems ferociously hungry all day, and otherwise has settled down again to being a happy-go-lucky fella again.
The one leftover from the growth spurt is the early waking. This morning he woke again at 4.45. This time I tried to settle him with cooled boiled water (did NOT like that - in fairness, it's the first time he's ever had water!). And when that was rejected, brought him into bed with us where he then proceeded to sleep soundly till 6am!
So he IS capable of sleeping till 6am - his tummy can cope - but he still wakes earlier, possibly out of force of habit now? Short of bringing him into bed with us every time, how can I get him back to sleeping progressively later and later every morning?
I realise he'll be teething soon so maybe all this won't matter - but if I can have another few weeks of sleeping till 6am or even past it, I'll gladly accept it!