DD1 (DC3) is now just over four months. For the last three weeks or so sleep has been bad. I am exclusively breastfeeding, and she used to go from 7pm until about 3am and then up at 7am. Now we have about three or four attempts to settle her at 7pm before she stays asleep, then she’s up at midnight, 3am and 5am, OR if I do dreamfeed at 10pm, she’ll be up 1am, 4am and 530am. When she wakes she only needs a few sucks and then she’s asleep again,it seems so pointless and annoying. Later in the night she is prone to waking herself up with a bowel movement, so I always sort that out, but I’m shattered. Any ideas? Both my boys also did this and there was no respite until I started a formula dreamfeed at 10pm...I don’t really want to do this. I feel like I am failing for a third time...,
Also during day she now won’t feed unless she’s asleep or waking up from a sleep. She fights and is incredibly distracted (this is worse than the other two).
DS1 who is 4 and four months is autistic and I have really struggled and do struggle to cope. DS2 whois 2 and 3 months has delayed speech (looks like gross motor planning issue rather than ASD I hope). Am anxious DD is going the same way as DS1...
During day DD would sleep for 3 hours if I let her in morning. It’s all wrong!
Help!