20 wk old not sleeping at night for more than 2-3 hr at a time

[aiden123]

My 20wk old used to sleep from 7-1pm and then wake every 2.5-3hrs for a bf. During the day she was feeding the same 2.5 -hrs. In the past two weeks she is now waking every 3hrs for a bf.

I am back at work and I take her with me. I am exhausted.

Help,, I am so tired. Is there anyway I can get her to get back to having a longer sleep.

I have tried to give her a bottle to see if she will drink more but she refuses the bottle.

so essentially it's one extra feed at about 10pm?

first, could anything at that time be waking her up?

if not, have you tried, or are you able to get into her room the minute she wakes and shush her back to sleep? this used to work for ds but you had to get there v quick and it only worked for the first wakening of the night.

if that fails, it could be a growth spurt, or that she needs to feed more in the day, being bigger (is she on solids yet? if not, don't try them just because you think she might sleep longer - it sometimes has the opposite effect)

Mine did this and I considered weaning (there is a thread on weaning somewhere). However I rode it out and it was a growth spurt and a tooth and things settled down again. It is a nightmare at the time though, I do feel for you. Could she be teething? I just got her into bed with me for a few nights when I was that exhausted so she could just latch on without me having to get up. She had no problems going back to her cot again as I used to put her back at some point before the morning.

Thanks for the advise! Perhaps I was expecting too much from her. I was getting jealous of all the stories I was reading of other babies sleeping through frm 8wks. I was hoping that her sleeping patterns were going to extend and not increase. I suppose looking at the bigger picture, it really is for only a short time, isn't it.