nightmare night last night up every 2 hours again so far this week we've only had one night where he's slept for a solid 4 hours - or at least he has he wakes up cos he comes out of his blanket, creates so I go in put him back in and so it goes on last night he went to bed at 8.15pm, woke at 10.15 for a feed as I fed him at 7pm, then midnight out of the blanket wide awake - back in it and went back to sleep till 3am, then fed then awake at 5am, 5.20am, 5.40am (fed) back to sleep till 7am. what can I do??? surely a 5 month old baby should be able to go for longer than 2 hours without a feed? I was sure it was just the heat but last night was nowhere near as hot as before. We've tried dream feeds which made him worse so stopped those, his naps during the day are getting back on track again, mondya was a v good day for napping and actually a good night for him this week. should I start weaning properly? the few times I have tried him he likes to do things himself and we end up with food all over his mouth/hands/legs - rather amusing to watch thou, has to be mr independant! lol. tried the porrige this morning again - thru lack of anything else, he took a mouthful and has decided that's not for him anymore lol.
failing all of those is it possible that my milk's deminishing? althou he's settleing/contended by day feeding every 2.5 hours or so, i'm just so tired it feels like we've gone back to him being a NB again. i've been offering water all week as well, some day's he'll take a lot others not so much, and has a (what I term to be) full/good feed on top. the water I was offering b4 and after a nap of 1.5 hours esp when it was v hot in the week.
any help greatly taken! this has been going on for about 2 weeks I think. I didn't want to wean just yet till after we move in about 4 weeks time. jsut can't see how it's anything else, would a top up of formula help? my h/v said now I can start him on babay rice or formula to see if that helps, but i'm just not sure.