I would welcome some advice on my 4mth 2wks old boy. He has never slept through the night and wakes up starving.
We give him a bath at approx, 7pm, he falls asleep on dads lap at 7:30pm and we transfer him to his moses basket. I then go upstairs to sleep at 8:30pm (to get a head start on unbroken sleep) and daddy gives him a dream feed at 10.30pm and brings him into our room to sleep in his cot as 11pmish.
He then will wake approx. twice in the night anytime from 1am/2am/3am and also at 4amish/5amish (depending on when he woke first). He then tends to wake at 6am at which point I usually have him in bed with me until 7amish (but if he carries on sleeping he may sleep to 8am). I trynot to pick him up straightaway but this never works and he usually drains his bottle each time.
I think I feed him enough during the day and try and make sure he has naps. I have no fixed routine in the day as we do different things each day. He will only sleep on my lap or if I push him in his pram (and then wheel into the house) for naps.
I heard that it's not a good idea to dream feed as it stimulates their digestion. Will it improve with weaning (hoping to wait until 6mths but he is a big, lively boy). I don't think it's 4 mth sleep regression as he has always been like this - he may be possibly be teething.
Where am I going wrong or is this normal? Should I have a stricter routine? Feed him more in the day?
Thank you.....