Hi all,
So this has been an ongoing issue for a while now
DS was an incredible sleeper at night time. From about 9/10 weeks old he would sleep through the night and by 4 months would happily do 7-7/8 without wake ups / a night feed
Since about 12/13 months that's changed. He wakes up nearly every night at either around 11pm or 4am (very odd) and he will not go back down again until he's had a bottle of milk and a bum change. He will literally scream and cry until he's had milk.
I'd also like to add that he wakes up in the morning CRYING every day. He doesn't wake up nicely like apparently other kids do 😂
We've tried
- giving him water instead
- reducing the amount of milk he has in the night bottle
- giving him a bottle and a snack (banana) before bed to fill him up
- CIO in 5 min intervals, settle and leave again
- earlier and later bedtimes
- giving him a pillow (he's still in a sleep bag)
He has 3 meals a day, and 2 snacks. Plus a morning bottle and an evening bottle which are both 9oz.
He goes to the toilet regularly so no constipation
He's not teething right now
He's in no way big for his age (in fact he's in 12/18m clothes still which he only recently went into)
In the mornings recently he's waking up so tired because he's not getting a proper nights sleep and he's an actual grump who doesn't want to do anything he's told 🤦🏽♀️
I'm not sure what else I can do to get him to drop this night feed when he certainly doesn't need it!
Any advice?!