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6 month old wide awake after feeds in the night

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Harvey19 · 04/01/2022 08:04

We have been struggling with sleep recently. Our 6 month old was getting worse and worse waking nearly every hour. We are now following just chill baby sleep.
The routine being
Naps 9-9.40/9.45
12.30-2/2.30
A short nap sometime between 4 and 5 for 20 mins
Bed time 7
We have also been using her self settling methods and it definitely seems to help.
He now sleep longer chunks but we are still finding when he wakes for a feed he is awake for over an hour afterwards. To begin with he’s happy just laying there talking and shouting then this turns to moaning and crying. I think after research this is known as a split night. Any advice on how to solve this? Some nights he will wake for two feeds and therefore this happened twice.
Thanks

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FortunesFave · 04/01/2022 08:24

What does your feeding look like? Is he breast or bottle fed? Are you feeding him in a darkened room with minimal noise and talk?

Also...I'm sorry to say that he's only 6 months and they change and develop at such a speed that this sort of thing can go on and then turn into something else annoying. I found that not talking to my babies when doing those middle of the night feeds did help. I always kept the lights off....only used a wall socket light which was very dim.

FortunesFave · 04/01/2022 08:25

Oh and I'd change them before I'd feed them. So they didn't get woken more by the cold air on their bottoms after feeding.

NellieBertram · 04/01/2022 08:30

I’d do a dream feed without waking him.
Feed between 10-11pm before you go to bed.
Lift from cot, feed and lay back down with as little fuss as possible, no lights on and he will probably stay asleep.

Harvey19 · 04/01/2022 15:23

Thanks for the help. I keep the room dark and don’t talk to him. He just thinks it’s party time when he's back in his cot after a feed! He is formula fed. Currently having 30 oz in the day and 5 oz at night and started having two small meals a day. Fruit/veg purée I think I’ll give him a dream feed as at least then I know he’s not waking out of hunger in the night.
Thanks for your help!

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