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12 week old started to wake in night again - any suggestions?

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daisyhun · 15/04/2007 13:12

Hi - first time Mum in need of advice!

My 12 week old dd is a great sleeper at night and started to sleep through at 6 weeks. However the last 4 nights she has woken at 3.30am ish and I have fed her and she has then gone back down til morning.

Is this normal for babies to start sleeping through, then change pattern again?

Should I not feed her and try to get her back to sleep with a dummy maybe? I tried this for about a minute last night but she seemed frustrated.

Coukd it be a mini growth spurt?

Or am I just expecting too much too young, and this is normnal behaviour for 12 week old?!

I was just getting used to a nice long sleep at night...

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AnnabelCaramel · 15/04/2007 13:13

I'd say growth spurt for sure. 12 weeks or so well known for it.

Trinityrhino · 15/04/2007 13:16

growth spurt I reckon
feed her I would say

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daisyhun · 15/04/2007 13:26

Fab - so she will hopefully only do this for a few days then revert to previous pattern?

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rabster · 17/04/2007 09:18

Daisy - my DS is doing the same (though he always had a 3am feed, he is now waking every 2 hours at night)

Has it stopped yet?

yomellamoHelly · 17/04/2007 09:26

With trinityrhino. Mine is 16 weeks and went through the same thing. Was just stocking up.
Do the night feed in the dark with no chat and she should stop waking once she doesn't need the extra milk any more.

fortyplus · 17/04/2007 09:29

Mine slept through like a dream from about a month old...

...then had periods of waking in the night at intervals until they were about 6 years old!

Children are just bloomin' selfish if you ask me!

embarrassedtoask · 17/04/2007 10:17

Oh no! She's still waking at about 3am for a quick feed, then falls asleep whilst feeding and goes back down no bother - only takes about 15 mins in total but is still a shock after sleeping through for 6 weeks!

It has been going on for about 6 nights now - surely too long for a growth spurt?

Have been keeping lights low, no chat or eye contact (she doesn't really open her eyes for it anyway!) and putting her straight back down - I always used to do this at night anyway which I think helped her to be such a good sleeper at night (she's not good at napping during the day though!).

embarrassedtoask · 17/04/2007 10:18

Sorry - forgot I had changed nickname since last post on this thread - this is daisyhun in disguise!

Beetrootccio · 17/04/2007 10:19

babies do this. as soon as you think you have sussed it they change..and ime you need to just go with it for the time being. one night feed to not too bad ...and if you are breast feeding a night feed is good for your milk production

embarrassedtoask · 17/04/2007 10:41

OK - darn it, just when I was boasting to everyone that she was sleeping through!

One night feed is fine actually. I am breast feeding only at night and first thing in morning, ff at other times, so I am pleased in a way that she is getting more bf than she would if she slept through.

rabster · 17/04/2007 10:41

embarrassed - oh no! i was hopingyou were gonna say, yeah it all stopped after a couple of days!
ds started doing frequent night feeds 2 nights last week, then stopped (phew! I thought it was all back to normal) and then started again a few days ago. I can't carry it on for much longer!!!!!

embarrassedtoask · 17/04/2007 10:43

Rabster - you and I seem to have similar experiences what with dummies etc and babies the same age - we should keep in touch!

rabster · 17/04/2007 10:46

embarrassed - yes I agree! It was lovely to hear someone inthe same situation with dummies, and not stressed about it lol! can we do private messaging, or do you use msn?

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daisyhun · 17/04/2007 10:47

I have no idea how to do private messaging but on MSN now!!

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daisyhun · 17/04/2007 10:47

Oh and have just changed my nickname back to daisyhun after totally blowing my cover - oops. Sorry to confuse!

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rabster · 17/04/2007 10:48

oooh bit scared about giving out msn online incase other people find it later. Can you withdraw messages after?

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tobywankonobi · 02/03/2009 16:09

I too have the same situation, I had been proudly telling everyone that my 12week old had been sleeping through 8.30-6 for the past 2 weeks, obviously should have kept quiet as he has started waking again for a night feed. Help! do i go with flow and feed him as that seems to do the trick or am i creating bad habits and should try not to feed him? If so any suggestions on how to get him back to sleep?

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