13 week old waking frequently at night - ideas please?

[rhetorician]

DD2 is basically a very easy baby - feeds and sleeps, is cheerful and alert in between. Until about 2 weeks ago she was waking at 11 and 3 for feeds, and then at around 7. It was brilliant :) But about that time she started to go down for the night in her cot around 7.30 and not wake until 11ish when we went up. So I think she is making up for the feeding she is not doing in the evening (previously she was downstairs with us) later on in the night. My DP (who is breastfeeding her) is knackered! even though it's nice to have our evenings back. Any ideas? she may just have had a growth spurt I guess, but it would be great if we could go back to 2 wake-ups a night...

13 weeks is still very young, and you just basically have to feed them whenever they want. You were doing v well, just waking up once a night (at 3). Why don't you go back to that routine, and keep baby up till you go to bed. It will get a lot easier when you wean at 6 months and baby will probably sleep even better.

The best thing you can do for your dp is support her. Clean the bathroom,make a delicious healthy meal (Breastfeeding needs more calories and you can get very hungry), take baby out for a long walk between feeds at the weekend, so dp can have a nap etc etc.

These are precious days and they will pass quickly. Try to just go with it. x

I agree with the above comment and as you said in your own comment, your DD is perhaps going through a growth spurt. My DS will soon be 5 months old and usually feeds at 10pm then once more in the night then again at around 6am. All of a sudden he's started waking up at 12:15am! It bothered me at first (not because of being woken up just because i'm a creature of habit) but now I've accepted that his sleeping patterns are going to change as he grows.

it's ok - I have no expectation about her sleeping through the night or anything - just my poor DP is getting fed up and weary, despite the fact that I do all of the things that sunshine suggests - bottom line is she has to feed the baby and that's knackering!

I'm in the same boat with my DD who has started waking more in the evening since moving her bedtime from 10/11pm to 6:30pm - I can't keep her up any longer, we end up with a screaming overtired baby!

I'm exhausted but currently co-sleeping so no idea what to do, but I think will just try to cope now seeing as the 4month sleep regression is round the corner!!