Need some advice.
DS is 7 wks and since I've had to formula feed I've been loosely following GF for sleep and feed times, but about 30 minutes later, so my dh can enjoy bathtime. DS has always been good at going straight to sleep after a night feed and will lay in his cot in the mornings quite happily gurgling to himself, as long as his isn't hungry. But we have a worrying trend.
I feed him at 10.30/11pm and he used to wake up at 3ish and happily take only 3oz (normally give 5oz in a day feed) and go back to sleep till 6.30/7 ish. He has now started waking up at 1.30/2 and crying after his feed. He then wakes again at 5 ish.
Last night I gave him another 2 oz after the 2 o'clock feed and he still cried for another 30 mins befor ehe settled at 3.15. He then woke at 5.15!! I left him talking to himself until 6, fed him 4 oz and then had to lay with him on my chest for 30 mins to get him to sleep. Haven't done this since he was 3 weeks old. He threw up twice and eventually nodded off. He has reflux, so it's not unusual for him to be sick, and he is on gaviscom and his cot is raised, but I'm not sure it's the reflux causing the problem.
I fed him 3oz at 8 so we could get back to our normal routine, and now he seems fine.
The change in times to two night feeds instead of one has been going on for a week now, although the crying after a feed onlty started last night.
GF reccomends not upping the 10.30pm feed until all other feeds have been increased, but DS is already taking 30oz in a day, which is more than reccomended for a 10 1/2 lb baby. Also I iknow I should be cutting down the numer and amount of nightfeeds, not increasing them.
I don't understand why he is happy to go 4 hours between feeds during the day, but only 3 or less after the 10.30pm feed.
One night, after feeding at 6.30, I decided to leave him and see how long he'd sleep. He went to 11.30 so I know he can go 5 hours.
Yours concerned
BR
PS sorry about the long post.