I don’t know what to do

[Tayla97]

my son is 15 weeks old and for the past 2/3 weeks his sleep has changed when he first wakes up in the morning he will have a bottle and be awake for 1 hour maybe an hour and a half, he will yawn once or might rub his eyes and I know I have to get him down otherwise he kicks off. But my worry is he will be down for a good hour, wake up and he is all smiles and alert I then take him downstairs and within 10-15 minutes he’s screaming like he’s in pain and there is nothing that will console him. I would give him a bottle thinking maybe it’s hunger, I would try and burp/wind him that wouldn’t calm him but it turns out if I go back upstairs and settle him for sleep he dozes off. I’m just so lost atm because once he gets tired that’s it he is inconsolable! I thought maybe at the beginning it could be a growth spurt, perhaps teething or even the start of the 4 month regression he was just starting it early but everything I read or even other people’s experiences just doesn’t match what he is going through and I know all babies are different but I don’t know what to do and I don’t know if I should phone the doctors to seek help. I sound so stupid because I’m worried that my baby is sleeping but it’s just worrying that soon after a nap he wants to go to sleep again. Thank you in advance💙

What is the rest of the day like? How much is he sleeping versus awake (very roughly) overall, and is he generally content and alert when awake (when fed, changed, and not trying to go back to sleep)?

I would say that baby's sleep needs and patterns vary hugely, and in general, so long as they are (mostly) happy and alert when awake and meeting basic developmental milestones, they're probably doing what's right for them. If it really doesn't feel like something is right, though, perhaps ring your health visitor (or go to the baby clinic if you have them in your area). They see so many babies, the best ones really have seen it all before.

He definitely has about 15 hours sleep per day. He’s very alert and happy when he’s awake it’s just after certain naps within a few minutes he’s screaming, just inconsolable which has made me worry because of the way he gets, he’s gotten better over the past couple of days in the sense he doesn’t go from 0-100 I keep telling myself that he is fine, he’s eating normally sleeps through the night after his last bottle pretty much it’s just the way he gets the scream and cry is as if he’s in pain and I feel awful because I can’t help him