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8 mth old waking every 3 hours

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Junos32 · 08/02/2009 00:13

Hi there,

My 8 mth old son spent the first 2 wks of his life in the neo natal unit as he was 5 wks premature and his sucking reflex wasn't developed. In the unit they woke him every 3 hours for a feed (i was expressing so he was having breastmilk). While i was happy to continue this for a while i have been unable to break this routiene. He goes to bed every night at 7pm with out any trouble but then wakes at 10pm, 1am, 4am etc. He goes back to sleep fairly quickly usually after less than 15 minutes. He is not hungry as he never wants his bottle and can sleep with or without a dummy. He is very much a textbook baby so much so he won't sleep for longer periods than 3 hours. Has anybody else had this issue?

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naughtalessnickerless · 08/02/2009 01:27

DS was prem. He woke a lot too. Scbu (old name for neonatal unit) recommended putting a radio on low in the room he slept in (for a while, and gradually turning it down), as scbu is busy and noisy all night long ... it worked.

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