8 week old - lost ability to sleep?

[Mandymoo]

Have posted this on behaviour but thought would give it a go here..............

ds 8wks today and so far been good sleeper and had almost become predictable with his sleep times.

Was slightly jaundiced at birth so that made him more sleepy.

My failsafe bedtime routine was to feed him in our bed where he would fall asleep and then we would put him in his cot.

However, last 2 days/nights, it would appear ds has lost the will to sleep

he falls asleep on the breast but almost immediately wakes up again. If he does manage a few mins sleep, he's moaning and groaning and throwing his arms and legs about which in turn then wakes him up.

Any tips/advice?

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Yeah, he seems fine in every other respect. How long does a growth spurt last?!

DD never went through this - help!

Hi Mandy - all I can say is that you will most likely find that his sleep patterns change constantly up to about 12mths old.

He will have growth spurts, developmental changes etc. and these will all impact on his sleep.

I know how hard it is when you have been used to having a good sleeper and it suddenly all goes pear shaped, but just keep repeating the well worn mums' phrase "it's only a phase" and it will change again in time!

I could give loads of practical sleep advice (I've tried most things with my two dds!) but at this age I think you just have to go with the flow a bit as he is much too young for any sort of sleep "training".

Hang on in there .

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He's actually now sleeping but waking up every 2 hours in the night for a feed - does this sound like a growth spurt?

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My ds did the same at 7 months. I know that not everyone will agree but I started to use tracy Hogg's sleep technique which worked wonders. It includes swaddling (I thought it was horrible and restrictive at first but really helped ds sleep for longer spells which ment he was happier and slept better the longer he slept) and "shhh-patting" (saying shhhhh slowly and gently patting him rhythmicly to sleep). May sound a bit odd but it worked wonders for him. Got it from a book called "The babywhisperer solves all your problems". I didn't agree with everything she said but if you take the bits that work for you, ignore the bits you don't agree with and stick with it it does work.

I know I will prob get lots of people disagreeing with me about following routines but ds still sleeps really well (11months) and give us a good nightssleep every night while all my friends who let babies fall asleep at the breast/bottle/intheir bed/in the car have probs getting a good nights sleep. Not saying it will work for everyone but surly it is worth a try!!