My LO is 5.5 months and up until a few weeks ago was sleeping 8-7 (approx) most nights. It started with an extra wake up where I’d give a bottle and she’d go back off, but now she is fighting going to sleep and waking multiple times, she doesn’t cry every time she’s just wide awake.
Last night she went down at 7 (after a wake window of around 2.5 hours) and kept waking every 15-30 mins until eventually I gave another bottle about 9.30 and she drifted off until 1. When she wakes in the night she isn’t always upset, sometimes just eyes wide open and restless thrashing around in her crib, she often dozes straight back off if I pick her up.
Occasionally she’ll stir with a bit of a squeal cry as if she’s having a nightmare and I have to
keep popping her dummy back in. I try the dummy first and if it’s multiple times or has been a long stretch between bottles I’ll feed her.
I’ve noticed she’s suddenly taking long naps in the day too (which I’m guessing won’t be helping the night but is an improvement on the usual 20/30 min ones!) do I wake her of a day?! She seems wingy if she wakes too soon :( today she has been sleeping 1.5-2.5 hours each nap x3. She’s also not had the ‘cat nap’ that is advised but had a longer third nap.
Is this teething? Regression? Growth spurt? Hunger? Any similar experience. I’m thinking is her next to me too small, but she sleeps fine in the day!