Not settling between bottles

[amys14]

My little one is ten weeks old. He is finally going a decent amount of time between feeds (around 4hrs) however between bottles in the night he just will not settle. He sleeps for maybe 20 minutes then starts rumbling and gurning and crying until we hold him then he falls asleep and we put him down and it starts all over again!

During the day he can nap and sleep quite well sometimes around 1.5/2hrs at a time so I know he can do it. It is just night time. This means I’m actually getting no sleep as he’s obviously right beside me in his basket and by the time I’ve settled him and put him back down he’s up again!

He was diagnosed with reflux and has ranitidine plus the mattress is raised.

Any ideas? He just builds himself up and up if he try and leave him to see if he’ll settle on his own until he’s screaming the house down.

I know 10 weeks is still young but everywhere I turn whether it be baby centre, nhs or health visitor they all say that by 8-12 weeks baby should be sleeping between bottles at night. I wouldn’t care how many times he needs a bottle at night as long as he settled for a decent time after each to let me get a sleep 😓

We have same routine every night and baby naps and sleeps in same place.

I’m gradually heading of all the other mums from my antenatal classes getting better nights sleep and nothing is changing for me! I thought when he started going longer between bottles that would mean more sleep but it just means more unsettled periods

Ps we are on top of the reflux in case anyone is wondering and are holding him upright for 20-30mins after bottles to ensure no hiccups or problems with reflux.

Why can’t someone invent something to stately hold your baby upright when sleeping 😓😂

My 9 week old started doing this.. I don’t know if it’s possible for you but we moved her from the basket into the cot (still next to the bed) and the last 3 nights she slept from 9pm until 5am, she was more settled with more room, and if she did struggle to settle she can wriggle about for a bit without knocking the sides of the basket and waking herself up more. I know it doesn’t help with the reflux situation as you have the raised end but it has helped me. (She also has reflux issues and is quite often sick in her bed even though we keep her upright after a feed )

Thanks @sthitch I’ll give it a try I think and put him in his crib in our room! My husband and I have both still been doing “shifts” downstairs with him at night cause otherwise we’d both get no sleep and we have a toddler who wouldn’t get much rest either! Will give it a go! X

There’s no harm in trying as he will have ‘move in’ soon to a bigger bed- I honestly can’t believe the difference - plus the cot has a nicer mattress so it’s probably more comfy.

I hope things get sorted soon for you though as having to do shifts at 10 weeks must be dreadful!

I’ve been feeding my DD every 3 hours throughout the day with the last feed around 8:15pm and the last 3 days she has slept until 5am (5am feed, 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm) or roughly to that and it’s working for me -but I know babies have a mind of their own! She just can’t last more than 3 hours in the day as she starts getting hungry and I can’t up the quantity as she’s so sick so we feed her more often instead. I don’t know if putting his feeds closer together will work or he may just think he can have a bottle every few hours in the night as well!!

I ended up cosleeping for the reasons you describe. My baby slept through from the first night, couldn’t settle on their own.