DS is 4.5 months. Used to sleep so well at night but didn't sleep in the day. Anyway now naps every 2.5 hours in the day for 30 mins at a time. Night time he has started waking every 1-1.5 hours. Dummy works only for a few mins & ultimately it's food he's after (FF) so after a couple of half asleep ounces drunk he goes back to sleep, only to wake an hour or so later. He's in a cot. He's a huge baby, we have never swaddled him. It's either a sleeping bag or blanket.
When he used to wake at night it was every 2.5-3 hours & he would have a decent feed then go back down. Now it's like I say, up every hour or so. He doesn't fully wake up most of the time, it's almost like he's got something on his mind & just wakes himself up. Sometimes he thrashes around first, sometimes not. I never had an issue with DD & her sleep so never sleep trained. Is it worth it? I always feel like nothing is permanent & just let him do what he needs to do at the time but wondering also with that attitude if that is setting us all up for a fall in the long run. I put him down 40 mins ago & he's woken up 15 mins in screaming his head off. Left him for 5 mins hoping he may self settle but that didn't really work so I've given him a dummy & after ten mins of him spitting it out & me putting it back in, he's asleep but for how long who knows. No idea on whether I 'should' sleep train him (no idea how to anyway) and /or leave him to self settle when he cries. Any advice much appreciated!