Hi All,
I thought I'd just put a little post on here in the hope of getting some advice from some of you more experienced mamas!
My 3 month old has developed a habit of waking at 5am and only going back to sleep if brought in to bed with us, where as soon as his little head hits our mattress he's fast asleep till 7am.
He currently goes to bed every night at around 7.30pm after his regular night time bath, bottle, bed routine. He goes to sleep like a dream and nods off as soon as I put him down without any fuss. He has a dream feed at around 11pm, he then wakes himself anytime between 3-4am for another bottle, and then like clockwork will wake again at 5am and won't settle, although tired, until brought in to our bed.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how we can break this pattern of him getting used to finishing off the night in with us? We've tried rocking him back to sleep as well as going in every time he stirs to put his dummy back in, however he never seems to be able to stay asleep for longer than 10-15mins when we do that, it's exhausting.
He naps 4-5 times a day for about 30-45 mins each nap (he's a short napper!), and can usually only stay awake for 1.5hour in between each nap.
Any tips or advice appreciated! :)