8 week old waking every 40mins

[NW2021]

Hi All!

Hoping for a bit of advice and help.

8 week old has started waking up every 40mins. I normally put her in her crib around 10ish for the night and from there she’s awake literally every 40-60mins. Normally she doesn’t want feeding but as soon as I put her on the boob she’s asleep again. Using it as a soother.
By about 4.30am I’m so knackered we co sleep and get around 2hrs sleep.

She use to go 2hrs each time in her crib but some reason this has stopped and gone to 40mins.

Any help would be massively appreciated, if there’s anything I could try! I’m going to start weening her from bf to bottle as I’m just not enjoying it any more and want more freedom when it comes to feeding.

Thanks x

Do you give your wee one a dummy ? Maybe just needs a wee soother xx

I did think that last night, most of the time she woke she just needed soothing and settling back to sleep. I’ve tried dummy’s a few times she will take it others spit it out. I think I’ll keep trying it! And hopefully she’ll take it x

Maybe its the kind of dummy , you can get tommie tippie breast like dummies x

Dummy and swaddle I would say but it is normal. They go through lots of bad sleep patches. When I say ‘bad’ I mean ones that make us exhausted bit are quite natural for them

Well tried dummy, not having it. Tried formula and bottle, makes no difference 😩 just destined to never sleep 😭

@NW2021 you need to start putting her in crib in the day drowsy but awake, teaching her to self settle gently is invaluable if she needs more help getting off to sleep put her in drowsy and shushing only and gently rub her tummy / stoke face. Just getting her to not need to be picked up or have a nipple in her mouth is a good start. Might first was like this and I had to gently sleep train her at 6 months I genuinely thought I was going to die from sleep deprivation so second baby am doing things differently from the off and so far so good she is so much more content / chilled than my first was and sleeps much better already. 6 weeks today and will wake 1/2 times max in the night

Totally normal I'm afraid! Sorry not much help I know, but it will get easier. Hang in there, rest whenever you can.

@mrssunshinexxx thanks for the advice! I’ve started putting her down awake and carrying on with dummy and it seems to be working! When she’s waking in the night I’ve just been putting the dummy in. I know the difference between when she’s hungry and just waking up now.
Thankfully 2 nights of decent sleep! We’ll 3-4hrs of block sleep if you can call that decent 😂 I’ll take it!

A baby's sleep cycle is about 45mins. If they get overtired, they wake after each cycle instead of sleeping through. If you teach them to self settle, as above it won't be so bad

Hi @NW2021 I know this is a while ago now but wondered how long it took to resolve? Mine is doing exactly the same! Won't take a dummy though...