13 week old waking every 2 hours?

[Kate3150]

I know this is a common question and hard to pinpoint answer but anyone have any suggestions what it could be at this age?
He used to only wake 2-3 time’s but now it’s crying every 2 hours. I go through the checklist... nappy...feed etc but he seems so sleepy when he’s crying I don’t know what to do. Cuddles don’t seem enough either. What could it be at this age?? X

Following this !! Ds is 14 week and is the same, up every 1-2 hours atm, it's knackering isn't it !! Before this he was sleeping 10-7 with the odd dummy replacing 😩 sorry not much help, but your not on your own.

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Went down at 8pm... awake at 11, 12.15am, 1.30am.... feel like I’m doing something wrong as like you mine used to have a decent stretch of sleep xx

Growth spurt I’m afraid. You’re right on time for one.
Try feeding about 5:30/6pm, then again at 7pm and then dream feed at 10pm. The closer times between these should give you at least a little bit more sleep whilst he ups his intake.

Growth spur or the 16 weeks sleep regretion. It'll get better, hang in there.

Eyes are so sore writing this 😂 3am wake up now. Thing is he’s not feeding a lot when awake which makes me wonder? If it was a growth spurt wouldn’t he be feeding lots when waking? He’s sooooo sleepy x

No for a growth spurt they tend to increase the amount of times rather than the actual amount.
It’s to promote production. Google cluster feeds. The trick is to alter the timings so they suit you better. Baby’s tend to do this more through the night as that’s when you produce more

Ahhhhhh i am you! Been a month of this for me, baby used to sleep 9 hours, as you said, and then got worse and worse from 14 weeks (peaked at every 40 minutes) - she's now 18 weeks and lm currently feeding her after the first 5hr stint in a month!

We had this with both ours, leading into the 4-month sleep regression. Some nights it was every hour. We ended up needing to do some gentle sleep training, and they then went back to normal. When things got really bad, DH covered all night wakings except for the ones we thought were reasonable for feeds. That got things partially under control again.

Early 4mo sleep regression. My DS began to do this at 14 weeks. It lasted around a month.

Are you ebf, combi fed or FF?

We find our DS needs white noise to guarantee us more than a few hours of sleep. Maybe try that.

It won't last forever, it's just a phase.

4.30am wake up! Hubby just given him a cuddle and he’s gone back off ( for now!)
Can regression start as early as 13 weeks?? He’s not fed for longer than 5 minutes each time he’s woken up. I’ve tried to encourage him to feed for longer but he’s zonked out bless him. He’s EBF X

Do you have s set night time routine? I found this helped in keeping my DS a bit more settled.

6:00pm bottle feed
7:00pm bath
7:30pm cuddle and quiet atmosphere
8:30pm nappy change
9:00pm in the nursery, feed in dim lighting then put down for the night.

This may or may not work for you. When baby wakes, try to settle them in cot/Moses basket before taking them out.

If baby isn't feeding for more than 5 minutes.i would say it's not hunger it's comfort.

13 weeks is tiny and that is completely normal. Some toddlers are still waking that many times

My baby started waking every 1-2 hours as she went into her fourth developmental leap around that age, 3-4 weeks later she is starting to get a bit better.

Change your thinking.
There's nothing wrong.

It's what some babies do im afraid. Your baby is so little, its totally normal. My 5mo wakes up 2 hourly sometimes. Other times only wakes once. There's no rhyme or reason you need go just go with it and have faith it'll pass. And try and be consistent with bedtimes to give him the best chance. Good luck!

Look up the wonder weeks. It's probably a development phase. Just survive until you get more sleep. It's normal. And exhausting

Thanks everyone, I’m a first time Mum and quite critical of myself, so always wonder if there’s something i could do better. I think because he’s slept reasonably well from birth this is a bit of a shock to the system 😂.
I don’t bother with a routine as such as don’t feel
It has much of an impact on him. Only thing I do is take him up to bed same time every night and feed him in silence with lights dimmed- that’s about it x

Normal way baby stimulates increased milk production is to increase the number of feeds, as others say. Feeding for longer just empties breast, so he is waking earlier, to slot in another feed, and after 15 mins feeding, he's done, and stimulted more milk for more growth. PatricksRum and others are right Baby is doing a good job Not easy for sleep deprived you though.

Good idea from Rosehip345 to wake him by an early nappy change and cluster 3 feeds earlier in the late afternoon and evening so with luck you can go back to getting a longer stretch of sleep.

If no luck getting back to a longer stretch for a while, Peanut55 wise words it is sometimes a help to remember it wont last forever. Can you try to get more sleepi every time he sleeps, and leave all the housework It is a tough time

It's soooo tiering isn't it @Kate3150 even though it's normal it's hard going!! I'm trying to stop looking at time when he's waking because it makes me feel worse for some reason x

You'll find a routine really will help round about now tbh

I try my best with routine but I find it hard.
I can’t give him a bath at night as he cries a lot when we take him out so it just distresses him. Then I tried the baby massage, he didn’t like that.
I breastfeed on demand so find it hard to stick to a schedule as such...
I make it very clear to him it’s night time and don’t interact with him after a certain time and take him
up at the same time. Not sure what else I can do? X

Also some nights he loves time reading him book, other nights not interested at all!!!

OP you don't need a strict routine at all. Just go with it!

I'm cosleeping so night waking I just pop a boob in and he drops back off. To be honest he barely feeds in the night, it's definitely comfort but I don't mind. They'll sleep in their own bed/room eventually. My other one did at 6 months just fine.

Do you have the wonderweeks app? I find it awesome for explaining why my 4 month old daughter is out of sorts sometimes.
I wouldn't take it as gospel but the timeline it has given me for my daughter's developmental leaps and difficult periods has been pretty spot on.

Just keep BF it's the easiest thing and babies very much do need feeds at night for a lot longer than this. There is also NOTHING wrong with feeding for comfort.

FWIW, DS never ever fed more than 10 min on one boob as i had such a lot of milk. Any more, or not burped properly and he was sick.