Should he be waking this often

[Lily189]

Hi my son is 14 weeks old and still wake 2 or 3 times a night for bottles hes goes into his night sleep about 9 and dosnt usually wake until 12 or 1 sometimes later but after that it's nearly every 2 hours hes wanting a bottle
Should he not be more settled during the night I've tryed an extra oz in his night time bottle it makes no difference I have his night time bath body lotion and room spray none work I've I've tryed not letting him sleep as much during day nothing works

The lack of sleep is awful lol
Has anyone any tips on helping him sleep more through the night
All advise be great thank u

Hes formula fed now was breast fed until 7 weeks

Sounds like 4 month sleep regression territory to me....

I really feel for you but that's not abnormal I'm afraid - he's still very small! Babies have a lot of weight they need to pack on during this period so feeding 3/4 times per night is totally normal, even though it's knackering. He's much too young for sleep training or anything like that, if he's waking wanting food it's because he's hungry so you just need to stick with it I'm afraid. It honestly won't last forever!

Totally normal! He's still very little. It will get better in time!

What's that first time mum still learning lol

Totally normal - 2-3 times is actually really good going IME

My daughter woke every 2 hours til we sleeptrained at 10 months. 2 or 3 wakes at 14 weeks is very normal.

Yep, normal baby.

Sounds very normal (albeit tough going for you)

You are very lucky! All totally normal. I lost count of how many times Dd woke at that age. It took her 11 months to sleep through. She was breastfed though and liked to be attached to me half the night when she was teething!

Mine was up every 2 hours, fed 12x per 24 hrs till he was 6mo. It got better then!

Very normal. The waking every two hours is to do with transitioning between sleep cycles. There’s not a lot you can/should do about it this young. Some of them just grow out of it some need a nudge towards better sleep once they are 6 months or so.

I'd actually say thats pretty good!

I'm sorry, but that's actually really good, not really bad...

My nearly 4 year old still wakes at least once most nights, and my nearly 2 year old is up at least 3 times a night.

This is a marathon not a sprint. Most babies don't start sleeping through until they are not babies any more, and often a lot longer than that.

There is so much emphasis often on how bad newborn also can be, and people reassuring that it gets better, that actually it is misleading, and often, frankly, wrong, as sorry isn't a linear thing that goes from awful to great as they age. It meanders a lot.

As your baby is bottle fed, your should utilize the biggest advantage you have and split/alternate the nights, as that will help your energy levels a lot.

I wish my toddler only woke that often.

I'd be so happy if my son woke that often. He's 16 weeks and is currently waking every 20-40 minutes, all night long. I'm broken and not coping very well - so 2 to 3 times for a feed at 14 weeks sounds like bliss to me...

Totally normal. Mine were far, far worse! It's brutal. But you'll get through it. We all do, somehow. I don't know if 4 month sleep regression is even a thing! Babies are just shit sleepers.

This is a marathon not a sprint. Most babies don't start sleeping through until they are not babies any more, and often a lot longer than that.

Never has a truer word been spoken

My 13mo wakes up more than this!

All kids are different. Our boy was a terrible sleeper. He was up 2 to 3 times a night until around 10 months old and even now at 2 and a half he wakes sometimes once or twice! He's still teething though so its mainly the pain waking him. We found when he reached 9 months, the dream feeds at mid night really helped tick him over until about 5am. But lack of sleep... you get used to it! To have a baby that sleeps through the night is pretty rare from my experience with my little one and friends.