Hi there, I’m hoping for some advice...
My 8 month old DS has always been an ok night sleeper, waking up for feeds and then going back to sleep straight after. At about 7 months he dropped down to one feed a night (which I was pretty ecstatic about!) but then got chicken pox shortly after which unsurprisingly played havoc with his routine and sleep. He’s all recovered now and his sleep is more or less back to normal, except for one thing. He now wakes at 4 or 5am every morning and cannot seem to get himself back to sleep. I watch him on the monitor trying to get back to sleep multiple times, but after a few minutes he throws his arms and legs around and seems really agitated. After 20 minutes of so of this I go in and try and comfort him, but the only thing that will get him back to sleep is to feed him. He doesn’t seem hungry as such, but it seems like the milk (he’s Bf) soothes whatever is bothering him. Has anyone experienced anything similar or have any thoughts on what might be bothering him? He doesn’t cry so I thought it probably isn’t teeth, but could be I suppose? I know this isn’t the biggest problem in the world but it’s really bothering me!
Thanks for any input