Hi all,
Just wondering whether anyone can relate or help!
My 5 month old has suddenly over the last 3 nights started waking up at 2:45/3am and will NOT settle for around an hour or 2. We have resulted in feeding her after the first hour of crying and then she’ll slowly settle however before this she stopped having night feeds at around 7 weeks old!
I don’t know if it is the regression as I feel we have already gone through that when she was 3.5 months (waking every 30 mins from the second we put her down and would need a dummy and her Rockit on all night) and that seemed to last for weeks and weeks, then she seemed to return to somewhat of a new normal where we had a few sleep throughs, then all of a sudden this has began happening which is completely new.
She has also stopped feeding well in the day, only taking around 3/4 oz in every bottle, even if I try and wait longer to build up hunger. I worry I’m doing the wrong thing by giving her a bottle at 3am because it’s like we’re going backwards by reintroducing a night feeds but I don’t know what else to do.
I’m just feeling so lost and have no idea what to do or what I’m doing which is making me feel very anxious! She fights sleep so hard, that’s not necessarily new but everything is just a battle now.
I know some people will say “it’s perfectly normal for babies this age to still wake” and I do get that entirely, however when it’s a sudden change it’s just so draining and I’m not coping very well!
Thanks for any advice!