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HELP! DS's sleep and eating habits gone mad!

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Holymoly321 · 25/11/2005 10:51

DS is 9 weeks old, weighs 13lbs and at the moment has a really horrible cold. He had his first set of jabs last week. Thing is, his normal pattern of eating and sleeping has gone out the window and I don't know what the problem is - he seems hungry all the time at the moment - surely he can't be ready for solid food at this early age! His normal pattern was something like this
7am - 6oz bottle
9am - nap
11am- 6oz bottle
12-2pm sleep
2pm - 6oz bottle
6pm - 6 oz bottle
7-11pm sleep
11 - 6oz bottle
sleep till 3am
3am - 3oz bottle then back to sleep until around 6am.
BUT - now he seems to want each bottle earlier and earlier and has been wide awake at the 3am feed - so wide awake that he's smiling, kicking the crib so much it's shaking and generally it's taking almost two hours to get him back to sleep! Grrrr! Last night he had a 6oz bottle of 'hungrier baby' formula (had to try something!) at 11pm then woke up at 2pm!!!!! Argh!! Could this be due to his cold or could he want more food like baby rice? Sorry for long post but this is driving me crazy!!!!!

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flamesparrow · 25/11/2005 10:55

Growth spurt? Don't they have one about every 3 weeks or something silly.

hunkermunker · 25/11/2005 10:56

Please don't give a 9-week-old baby rice!

Give him more milk.

He is definitely not ready. Definitely not.

Holymoly321 · 25/11/2005 11:02

that's what i thought. any tips though for things i could try? sorry about typing - having to do it one handed as he won't settle!

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flamesparrow · 25/11/2005 11:06

Just more bottles - if he wants them, then give them.

beejay · 25/11/2005 11:07

Sure it's the cold that's doing it. Give him some calpol

Holymoly321 · 25/11/2005 11:11

I thought 9 weeks was too young for calpol?

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beejay · 25/11/2005 17:18

The calpol website says after 2 months okay if they weigh over 4kg and were not premature have a look:

www.calpol.co.uk/en/article.asp?id=115

Holymoly321 · 25/11/2005 20:21

beejay, thanks so much for the site address. It looks like I'm already doing the all the right things, which, though frustrating because there is not much I can do, was very comforting, because it looks like I'm doing everything I can IYSWIM!!

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flamesparrow · 26/11/2005 10:58

How's he doing now he's on the calpol?

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