Hi, I'm really struggling with getting my 11week old to get enough sleep and looking for advice please!
He goes down about 9/10pm and only manages 3-4 hours before he wakes (has done 5-6hrs but not regularly). He used to then be awake for 1-2 hours (feeding, getting back to sleep and back to moses basket - usually took 3 attempts), but would then have another 3-4 hr sleep. Now he's having the initial 3-4 hours but I can't get him back into a decent sleep after that - he'll wake up frequently for the rest of the night, after anything from 15 to 90mins.
The last few days he's slept on my chest for 2-2.5hrs from around 7/8am as I'm desperate for him to get some sleep. (He's also asleep on me now as I know he's overtired.)
He also doesn't nap properly in the day, he'll sometimes have a decent sleep if we've been out and he falls asleep in the car, but other than that he just has a bit of sleep in my arms (won't stay asleep if I put him down). In total he has nowhere near enough to bring him to the 14-15hrs they're supposed to get in a 24hr period at this age.
I bf on demand and his feeds are long and frequent, which I think makes it harder to get naps in - it takes so long to get him to sleep that by the time he's fallen asleep he's hungry again. I don't want to try to stretch out feeds as he dropped from 50th to 9th centile and has been to slow to gain weight. Following HV advice he has formula top ups after 4 feeds a day (2oz).
Sorry this is so long! What can I try to get him more sleep?! Short of me staying up all night with him asleep on me!
Thanks in advance x