Settling after a night feed

[Mazzatron]

How do you resettle your LO after a night bottle feed.

I was previously cuddling/ rocking mine back to sleep after a bottle but now he’s almost 4 months I’m trying to teach him some more independent self settling habits. Because he recently started waking up shortly after I put him down and this was going on all night from 10:30 - 6-am I think because he didn't like waking up somewhere different to where he fell asleep?

I now hold him and rock him for 10 mins to let his feed settle then gently tell him goodnight and put him back in the next to me crib. He squirms / thrashes a bit and sometimes cries briefly (then I do shhh pat and leave my hand on him which calms him). Then he makes his sleepy noise for a while. Eventually he falls asleep but it can take 30-40 mins.

What do other people do and anyone got any other ideas?

(He is formula fed I should add)

That's great OP sounds like you are doing it right but just expecting faster results. I think so long as you are consistent with putting him back down awake and helping him fall asleep in his cot, he will start to get the idea and it will get easier for him to fall back asleep. What you are doing is exactly what I would have advised. Just don't be disheartened if it take 10-14 days to see results/improvement.

As your doing settle in the area they are going to sleep... It takes time.

@gemwhitt thanks so much. I am definitely guilty of second guessing myself if I don't see results. Also I'm worried about the noise he makes waking my toddler in the room next door, so I feel mega stressed during the process - if he was my first baby I think I'd feel a lot more relaxed about it all.

OP I totally know what you mean. I have a 5 month old and a 2 year old. It was REALLY stressing me when baby was crying at night. But I think toddlers are more resilient and sleep deeper than we think. I just started gentle sleep training a couple of weeks ago. I felt like things got worse instead of better! But then I read this can be common and so long as you stay consistent it works eventually. And it is! I'm sure it will for you too. Try not to worry too much about your toddler. This is only temporary and your toddler will become really good at sleeping through it anyway.