15wk old DS not going through the night any more - help!

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I've posted about this a few days ago in the Behviour thread but not sure if that was the right place so I'll try again here. Basically, DS was going through the night (approx 11h) really well - pretty much every night from being 10 weeks old. At 12 weeks he caught a cold and had his 12 week jabs and basically hasn't been the same since and is now waking in the night again for a feed or feeds. We also went on holiday for a week over Christmas and I think this may have disrupted him too.

I was wondering if he's been having a growth spurt but his stomach hasn't grown as fast as the rest of his body. I try to feed him 7oz every 3-4 hours through the day (ie. 5 feeds/day) but he rarely finishes them. He then has a full 7oz bottle through the night and sometimes wakes a second time for about 4oz. Could it be because his stomach's too full through the day to take any more so needs to wait until it's empty again (ie. at night) before he can take any more?

I'm feeling a bit frustrated with all this as I know that he can go through the night, as he showed a few weeks ago. Does anyone else have experience of this and will it sort itself out naturally? If not, is there a way of trying to ease him towards taking more through the day? Thanks

Sorry to scare you but my ds was sleeping through until 12 weeks and I thought I had it cracked. He then started to wake up a lot and is still waking twice at 13 months. I have heard this happen to other people as well.

Not sure what to advise as I am breast feeding. Sure they'll be lots of people with advice. I waited it out and let him lead the way but I know that many people get tough with the night waking albeit when then are older than 15 wks.

Sorry, I know how awful this is as my ds actually slept quite well for the first few months of his life. The sad fact is that just because they slept through before doesn't mean they are going to continue to do so.

It could be a growth spurt, or teething, or just wanting his mummy. It probably will sort itself out (it did eventually for my ds).

Hope you feel better soon, lack of sleep is terrible.

I'll third what has already been said - I don't think this is that uncommon (though must be knackering). I distinctly remember when dd (first child) was little that there were lots of children who slept through early on, and then for whatever reason, stopped. Am aware because dd wasn't one of them - she didn't sleep through the night until she was about 10 months, so I was obessed about how much sleep the other babies in the post-natal group were getting.

Thanks for the replies - I do hope that he can sort this! He does seem hungry and settles back down straight away once he's been fed, so I'm really hoping that this is just a growth spurt and it'll sort itself out once it's settled down. I'm dreading having to settle him without feeding him - at the moment it's quick to feed him and pop him back into bed but trying to settle him without doing that I know would take much longer and I don't know if I could cope with that. I'm battling the return of an anxiety disorder just now and I'm not sure I'm up to anything more challenging that what I have at the moment!

HC - when did your DS start going through the night again?

err, I won't tell you as it will be depressing.

No reason to imagine your ds will take that long though

They really are all different!

Sorry, posting about this a lot at the moment but I don't know what, if anything, to do! Last night DS had 7oz at 3am then 4oz at 6am. I cajoled him to take another 4oz just after 11 this morning. He just doesn't seem interested in it at all - if he would take the full feeds through the day I feel he could get through the night, but he just isn't interested! Apart from this night feed and sometimes one in the afternoon which he'll take enthusiastically he has to be persuaded to have anything. Is it that he just doesn't like milk very much? He seems pretty chilled and content and as far as I know he's growing OK, it's just frustrating to think that if he would just have full feeds the whole night waking thing may well be done away with!

Anyone else's baby like this?

Honestly it's completely normal.

Take a look at this.

I know it's from a bf site but the principle's the same.

The samed happened her ewith exc br f DD1. A couple of us were totally veside ourselves. I don' t know why/what it is. In our case things have started to improve after about a month of going with the flow, feedingnight&day. she's now 20 weeks and managed a bit longer the last week or so.

Hang in there. Exhausting though! And tonight will bring fireworks too

Thanks, I do hope he can get through this soon, I've been feeling so tired this afternoon. Plus, it's so hard to get anything in to him - I feel he must be hungry but he just sits calmly looking around and doesn't seem to want anything. I'm not complaining about that side of things at all, it's just when he's then up perhaps more than once in the night it all gets a bit wearying!

Please, please don't become obsessed with when he will sleep through again. I did this with DD1 and every morning would pour over the amount of times that she woke up at night (sometimes she woke every 40 mins all through the night!!). I became quite seriously depressed as I couldn't think about anything else. She eventually started sleeping through the night aged 3.....
I now have an eleven week old who has slept through once (by this I mean 6 1/2 hours). Last night she woke me every 2 hours (sigh) I refuse to become stressed about it though as it does no good.
Your son seems to have been affected by his jabs but has shown to have the ability to sleep well for really long periods. I'm sure he will do this again very soon.
You have my sympathy as I know it is extremely difficult-keep repeating 'this too will pass'.

15 weeks? DS didn't sleep thrugh til 16 MONTHS!!

growth spurt. You'll be fine.