3 months old, suddenly waking in night

[MegBusset]

Up to a few days ago, DS (13 weeks) was almost sleeping through - just waking at 4/5ish for a feed and reasonably easy to resettle til 7.30ish.

BUT it has all gone a bit cr*p in the last few days. Night before last, he woke at 3 and point blank refused to be resettled - after 1.5 hours I managed to BF him to sleep in bed, but then I couldn't sleep for the rest of the night (I could never co-sleep properly as am far too easily disturbed by his every noise or movement).

Last night he woke at 11 (this is unheard of in the last 8/9 weeks) and had quite a big feed. Then again at 2.30, and again refused to resettle - I BF to sleep but he woke up the second he hit the cot. Tried BFing in bed, no dice. Eventually, some time after 4, we decided we couldn't face another night of 3 hours' sleep and gave him some Calpol

He has been feeding quite a lot during the day and also been a bit cranky, so really hoping this is a growth spurt and will be over in a few days... please can anyone give me reassurance that this is common at this age and will be back to normal soon? [hopeful emoticon]

sounds like growth spur. they also like to change their habits, just to keep you on the edge... . are you sure he's not coming down with a cold/constipated etc?

spurt

Gawd, I really hope this will not become a habit - don't think I could cope!

Don't think it's constipation as he's doing at least one poo a day, though he has been quite windy... no other signs of illness. He is obv tired this morning (me too!) but only took a 20-min nap anyway

Anyone else?

bump for you

sounds like you LO is doing great.

my dd is 8 months and is just sleeping through

i'd just feed him when he wakes and hope it's just a phase!

No advice I'm afraid but I'm in the same position. Dd2 is 13 weeks, was very nearly sleeping through but the last 2 weeks it has all gone downhill, culminating in last night, waking up about 5 times. She seems properly hungry though so I'm hoping it's a growth spurt and she settles down again.

Thanks... it's not the waking I mind, or the feeding, but the fact that it takes soooo long to resettle him... just feels like I've spent the whole night sat at the end of the bed, rocking and shhhing him!

Fingers crossed for tonight...

He's woken and had to be resettled twice already tonight

wind??
What's your HV like? I'd give her a ring . I hope tonight will be better.

he's only 13 weeks. this is normal.

Franca, I am taking him to HV's drop-in clinic tomorrow for a weigh-in anyway, so will ask her then. I did wonder if it was early teething as he's been chewing his fists like mad the last couple of weeks.

Good news is, he has been asleep since 9ish so at least I can relax with glass of wine and BB for a while

Well, it was another awful night until we gave him Calpol again in the wee small hours... then out like a light.

Could it be teething, surely it's a bit early?

And how bad is it to give Calpol to help sleep? Surely it wouldn't work unless he was in some kind of pain?

I was actually about to write a similar post myself. DS is nearly 13wks and was regularly doing 9-3ish then waking again around 5.30. A week or so ago he did 2 nights 9-5.15 and we thought we'd had a breakthrough, but its been downhill since then.
Last night was horrendous - he woke at 11.30 after lots of unsettled shuffling and flailing. Took ages to get him back down but he was up again 1.30 and then 3.30 then 5. He didnt seem hungry but wouldnt settle without BF whereas usually if he's just woken I can rock him bck to sleep without a feed.
Gave him formula when he woke at 6.30am as thought it might knock him out but after an hour of trying to get him back to sleep I stopped trying.
Tried to get him to nap at 11am when he was yawning but he just screamed for 45 mins. He finally zonked out of his own accord at 2 in his pram, but woke 20 mins later, so had to take him for a walk to coax him back and give up any ideas of him settling at home. I'd also like to know about Calpol - never given him any 'meds' before - bit scared!

Teething
Growth spurt
Developmental leap
Under the weather

All or any of the above (and more) can affect a child's sleep pattern to my recollection.

Even now, and ds is over 2 yrs, we get occasional nights where his usual 10 hour kip (yes it does eventually happen!!) can be interrupted once or twice.

My ds had a growth spurt at around 4 months and cut his first tooth at 4.5 mths - he had been sleeping for 5/6 hour stretches and then suddenly started waking again.(like a baby )

All I can say is try to stay very quiet, very calm and comfort him and place him back into his cot - I had ds's cot next to the bed and just gently stroked his tummy till he slept again. It should eventually sort itself out - it is sooo frustrating because you probably feel so tired - but it should get better!

agree with rantmum! my one year old did same and never returned to sleeping all night!

haven't met a breastfeeding mother yet, who gets a full night sleep.

practice co-sleeping, it really does make it easier for everyone.

My breastfed DS1 slept all night from 12 weeks!

All babies are different. What you are describing is normal. With a 13 week old baby I would not waste time 'shushing' them back to sleep. I would feed him and if he doesn't settle bring him inot bed, latch him on and go back to sleep your self. I did this with all of may 4 babies and didn't have sleep problems with any of them.

There is hope, dd2 has returned to her usual sleeping self, was only up once last night at 3am for 10 mins then settled until 8am.

Hoorah.