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Trouble settling at 3 months

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Cantgetausername87 · 26/10/2021 02:11

Hi I was wondering if anyone has any advise. DS has been sleeping from 6pm -12pm getting wakened for a feed and then back to sleep until 6-7 am - a dream I know.
DS is refluxy so typically after a feed we will sit up for an hour to help him. Now he has hit 3 months hes taking several hours to fall back to sleep.
Im thinking that perhaps not waking him for his feed and waitinf for him to wake may help this - did anyone have similar and what did they do please?

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SteakChips · 26/10/2021 02:36

@Cantgetausername87 my DS is now 6 month and having a growth spurt. So roughly 3-4 month my little one start to go straight through. I decided to wait for him to wake me up for the bottle. Sometimes he woke up at 3am but a quick cuddle and he was a sleep again and woke to feed at 6.

Cantgetausername87 · 26/10/2021 06:03

@SteakChips sounds great! Perhaps i will drop it abd see how he goes with settling x

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SteakChips · 26/10/2021 16:17

@Cantgetausername87 good luck - as mine is unsettled again I'm trying Pink noise through the night to help sleep day two and he woke up twice but then back to sleep. Could try something like that too maybe? X

FATEdestiny · 27/10/2021 11:05

I would stop waking for a feed and wait for him to wake naturally.

Also minimise how long he's out of the cot when having that night feed. 1h (even 20 minutes) still up after a feed is ok during the day, but not at night. You want to aim for: Feed > Wind > Burp > Put down

Cantgetausername87 · 28/10/2021 07:41

@FATEdestiny thank you -we have dropped it and seems to be ok so far! We have to keep him up or we end up with him up in an hour covered in sick screaming!
thanks for your help x

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FATEdestiny · 28/10/2021 11:07

You can raise the head end of the cot by putting something under the feet of the cot. A run if tuna under the "top end" two legs of the cot works great. This means that when lying down flat, baby is slightly raised meaning sick is less likely to come up.

FATEdestiny · 28/10/2021 11:07

a tin* of tuna...

Cantgetausername87 · 28/10/2021 16:00

@FATEdestiny thank you I think I will give this a go x

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Cantgetausername87 · 30/10/2021 17:46

@FATEdestiny i just saw on another post that you're famous on here for being a parenting guru! Thanks again x

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