Hiya there, I'm starting to get to the end of my tether sleep-wise!
My 4 month old DS has never been a great sleeper at night, but over the last 2 weeks it's just got silly.
He will go to sleep fine at 7pm, we have a nice routine where he gets into his sleepsuit and grobag, then has a big feed (9-12oz) in his own room with his lullaby music on and then into his cot. I'll usually put him in his cot when he's sleepy, but not actually asleep and he'll fall asleep to the music. SOmetimes he has a dummy, sometimes he doesn't. He usually wakes up 10 minutes after going down for a burp, but then straight back to sleep again.
Until a couple of weeks ago, he'd sleep until 3 or 4am, have a big feed (6-8oz) then back to sleep until 7ish, however recently he's been waking for a feed at 12-1 (6-8oz), then waking for another feed at 3/4 (4-5oz), then waking at 4:20, 4:40, 5:00, 5:15, 5:30, 5:40, 5:50, 6:00 etc. I've tried feeding him, but he's rarely hungry. I usually give him his dummy, and although he will fall asleep again, he is awake very soon after.
I know he does sometimes suffer with wind - he will writhe and squirm, then do a big fart, but usually wake himself in the process. The only way he will sleep properly is if he comes to bed with me and sleeps on my chest. However, this isn't something I want to encourage long-term as I struggle to sleep like this, and a couple of times I've woken up to find us both under the duvet / slumped to one side, so really not safe.
Any tips on getting him to sleep better? He's bottle fed with EBM with the occasional top up of formula. From what I can tell he's not really hungry after 3/4am, but he will on occasion take 2-3 oz. Is his frequent waking a sign of wanting solids? He is showing other signs, although I'm not convinced that he's ready at all.
Yours in a zombie-like-state...