Hi all!
So my LO is now coming up to 12 weeks old. Pretty good sleeper at night. Daytime naps not great at being put down but will sleep fine either in the sling or the pram whilst we're out on a walk.
He's combi fed but mostly formula, his first feed of the day is a breastfeed and any night feeds that are needed are breastfeeds (although doesn't always feed at night). He then has 4 bottles of formula throughout the day of 6oz each.
Recently, I get him down to bed for around 10.30pm/11pm. He's then waking up at bang on 5.30am every day but he's still tired. Thing is, we aim to start our day at 7am or thereabouts.
When he wakes at 5.30am, I've gotten into the habit of bringing him into the bed and we have a cuddle for a little bit which is lovely but I am worried about creating bad habits! When he wakes at 5.30, there's been times I've fed him thinking he's hungry, but he's not and he just falls asleep. As soon as we have our cuddle in bed, he just falls asleep. So why is he waking at 5.30?! Isn't it too early for him to have created a habit wake?
Recently I've had him in the bed until we wake around 7am and he wakes up so happy and rested and that's without offering a feed at 5.30am.
I have tried to settle him in his own cot at 5.30am but he becomes too restless and then I can spend up to 90 minutes trying to get him back down by which time we need to be up for the day anyway to do the nursery run for my toddler. So bringing him in the bed gets us an extra chunk of sleep before we start the day. I'm not sure I like the idea of starting our day at 5.30!
So I'm wondering:
Why is he waking at 5.30am each day if not hungry?
Is the bringing him into the bed at 5.30am likely to cause some bad habits at this stage?