What the heck is this all about?

[Lemonsandlemonade]

DS is 8 weeks had slept well from around 8 weeks until 12 weeks where his sleep has gone to pot. He has gone from sleeping 7:30-5 to sleeping 7:30 til 11:30 and then waking every hour or two.

When he was younger I would pause before going to him. This pause allowed for him to go to sleep and self settle back. 80% of time he would settle back down the other he would feed then settle back.

Now I have hit a bump. He is waking and rolling onto his tummy. He then either falls asleep on his tummy or cries as he is stuck.

He can roll both ways on floor but takes him effort to o do so.

I can’t leave him in wither scenario and now am dealing with a crying baby ir worrying about him being on his front.

He has never successfully taken a dummy but sucks on hands.

No idea what to do? Is it a case of riding the storm?

I should add he is feeding a bit more too at night say from no feeds to about 2/3.

Crap DS is 13 weeks not 8

Hate to break it to you but babies this age can't self settle, their brains are no where near developed enough. If he fell asleep cos you paused it was just luck. You're going to go through about 8 million different phases of sleep. It's not one and done. Child needs you, go and pick him up and comfort him, just as you would in the day. The fact it's dark outside changes nothing.

Sleep regression. Brutal but normal. So whatever you need to - feed to sleep, rock, co-sleep etc. It will pass but it’s hard.

Thanks @amammai feels like it did when he was first born except for the fact that he is older and awake most of the day.

@arcof I never said I didn’t settle him back. From him being little I would pause listen to him and work out what he needed accordingly. Sometimes it was that his hand had fallen out sometimes it was hunger sometimes he had kicked his blanket off.

According to HV Midwife GP and most important my mum babies can learn the difference with day and night and I am sure DS has an understanding of Day/night. All I have is my gut that he does understand based on his reaction to things.

Perhaps my OP wasn’t too clear it’s more the rolling over that worries me more than anything and wakes DS up.

When you put him down on his back, as you pull away from him leave your hand quite firmly on his chest/thighs. This is both reassuring and also encourages stillness, rather than rolling. Keep your hand there until in a deeper sleep.

Likewise if he rolls, roll him back and keep your hand there for 5-15 minutes to settle him.

@FATEdestiny that’s a good idea o think I will try it.