15wk old feeds 2hourly at night 3hourly in the day

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

Anything I can do to reverse this? Tried feeding more frequently during the day but if she's not ready for it (never sooner than 3hours), she just screams.

Think she's prob going through a growth spurt but I'm exhausted!!

Are you breast or bottle feeding?

Breast. Of course last night she went from midnight til 5am! We're co sleeping and I'm not really clear when she fed last night. Too exhausted to keep proper tabs. Been trying to move her into a travel cot this week but she fusses do much and so loudly then seems to sleep better in bed.

Maybe she feeds so often because I'm being really confusing with the sleep situation???

I'm sure I'll get FLAMED for this but I'll tell you anyway.

I HAD to wean DS at 17 weeks. Not a lot of food, but a few teaspoons of baby rice with expressed milk at dinnertime.

He was the same, it's practically impossible to feed her that much. Health visitors and other people who don't have such demmanding babies don't understand how hard it is to feed them that often, when you're not getting enough sleep and bf is knackering anyway!

In my opinion it was either give him a bit of baby rice and carry on breastfeeding or give him formula! (HV told me to give him formula). So that's another option, maybe give her a bottle at night? I gave in and let DS have a bottle of formula before bed from 6 months and it makes him sleep loads better!

I gave DS a bottle of formula at bedtime at 4 months but it didn't make any difference to his sleeping. DD I'm not against doing the same but wondering if it's just cos I've buggered up nights and sleep patterns. Have just been following her up til now, not doing a routine, maybe I ought to though?

before our baby started refusing bottles, we had some success with dream feeding her a bottle of formula around 12 at night - dh would waken her, give her the bottle, and she stayed asleep a few more hours, bfing the rest of the time. good luck with whatever you decide...it is very tiring... if you do decide to continue ebf try to feed her more during the day with no distractions

Is baby definitely hungry, or waking and needing to be fed back to sleep? We went through a phase like this. Have you read 'The No Cry Sleep Solution' by Elizabeth Pantley - I found it useful. Our baby sleeps better in a warmer room as well.

I wouldn't give solids till 17 weeks at the absolute earliest and I would speak to your HV first.

I think feeding like this is quite common and you haven't done anything wrong! Good luck.

Do you have a night time routine at all? We do a bath, story then relaxing and quiet feed in the bedroom. DS definitely knows the difference between day and night since we implemented the routine.

Yeah we have a bedtime routine which inevitably is slightly different each night to work around whether DH is here to help put DS to bed while I sort out DD. I don't think it's a day/night confusion because she does sleep in between the feeds, she's not awake and playing. There may well be an element of feeding to sleep, but wouldn't she then take her dummy?

Feeling a bit confused about it all today to be honest

DD3 was like that, has it been going on a long time? We had weekls where we were up 3 times a night then she would only wake once for awhile then it would be every hour. She is coming up to the dreaded '4 month growth spurt' so it might settle soon

Not much help but going through the same thing, ds is 13 weeks and feeds/ wakes every 1/2 hours during night. I have tried feeding more in the day But no difference. We co sleep too and i think part of the time he just wants a cuddle so now i will only feed every 3hrs in night and dh rocks him to sleep in between. ALso going to try travel cot next. Just keep telling myself soon he will be weaning and hopefully sleep better...

Maybe it's the 4 month sleep regression come early and not a feeding issue at all? Been going on about a week. Dream feeding makes no difference.

Oh my god I am so tired, the most tired I've been all her life. Oh for the days when I could nap, DS is 3.5 and just dropped his nap....

Feeding this frequently can and often is normal My 8 month DD has always fed at least every 2 hours, day and night, and still does even though she's now on solids.

It is not impossible to feed this much, although yes, it is tiring (8 months with no more than 2 hours max sleep in a row)....

Waaaaaaaaaaa!! DS wasn't a brilliant baby, DD has been better so far. He did however start sleeping through at 7months once he was on 3solid meals a day, I am begging the powers that be that DD will be the same!

We've just emigrated, I am missing my mum so much now!! She would have popped up to see us and at least taken DS off so I could catch up.

Instead he is spending today watching films and playing on the iPad!

It sounds like you have a good routine. My DS still hasn't settled into a regular sleeping pattern but has gone trough many phases like the one you are experiencing and also phases with longer periods of sleep. It's no help but just going with it and rejoicing when your DD settles into a more manageable pattern is probably your beat course of action!

Take comfort in the fact that there are women the world over going through the same sleep deprivation and worse.

Yeah to be honest I've put it not perspective by reminding myself that DS was still topsy turvy with sleep and feeding at this age but has been a dream sleeper since 6/8months

Ok, will just kick back into survival rather than fix-it mode!

Survival mode is good :)