Looking for any advice really as I'm not sure if my DD is going through sleep regression, or just an awkward sleeping phase!
My DD turned 16 weeks on Monday. He started to sleep through the night at 8 weeks. He would go the whole night and wake happily at 6/7am. As soon as he turned 14 weeks, he began waking during the night. This could be every hour, every 2 hours or sometimes every half hour. The first week or so I would just get up and put his dummy in and he would happily settle back off for however long (as stated previously) but this didn't seem to get better as I found myself getting up between 5-10 times a night just to put his dummy in or stroke his head. He didn't appear hungry and when he was waking, 9/10 his eyes were still shut and he was just jiffling around in his cot and whinging a bit until me or my partner got up. I began to think this was habit but it just started out of no where! About a week ago I decided to try feeding him when he woke to see if that would solve it and he would only take a few once's then settle back off for a few hours.
His bedtime is roughly 7pm. I have tried keeping him up longer to see if that would help but he just gets upset/over tired, so I've stuck to putting him to bed at 7pm when he is drowsy and ready. Last night he only woke 1:30am and then 4:30am and both times I fed him. Am I doing the right thing feeding him? If this is sleep regression, is feeding the right answer? But it seems to settle him for a few hours which is why I have begun doing it and seems like the only sensible answer. Any advice for this very OT mum or do you think it's just a case of riding it out? It's been a good 4-5 weeks now!