My little one is 1 month old and has started waking after 40 minutes at night from about 2am onwards. Previously he was sleeping fairly well and waking every 2-3 hours to feed then going to sleep after. Now he goes to sleep after his feed at about 2-3am then like clockwork 30 minutes later he starts grunting and squirming then this escalates into full blown crying by 40 minutes. He will calm down eventually if breastfed or carried around over my shoulder, and eventually go back to sleep, but the whole cycle just starts again and continues until morning, when we put him in the sling and he then drops into a longer sleep.
He’s exclusively breastfed and I don’t think had reflux as he’s quite contented during the day. I wish it was just grunting baby syndrome where he was still asleep but it always ends up with him crying and not being able to soothe himself. At first I thought it was wind due to the squirming but now I suspect it’s more related to sleep cycles due to the exact timing.
I tried giving him a dummy last night which helped him drop off quicker but he just lost it so it didn’t help me get any more sleep as the next cycle of squirming and crying just started again. He’s swaddled in a love to dream swaddle and I think gets enough daytime naps although tends to catnap in the morning unless in the sling or car and definitely seems happy to be awake longer than the recommended 60-90 minutes sometimes.
Does anyone have any advice as I’m essentially not sleeping from 2am onwards and despite going to bed early am going slightly potty as I’m not someone who drops straight off to sleep the second the baby does…