My 12 week old baby used to go longer stretches, sometimes up to 6 hours after a dream feed, however more recently after introducing some formula (mostly breastfed still, just one bottle of formula as part of bedtime routine) she now writhes and squirms around 2 am each night, despite still having a dream feed, with breast, around 10/11.
When this first began I assumed she was about to wake up for a feed so just picked her up and fed her. I’ve now noticed however that she’s not actually awake as her eyes remain closed, but seems to carry this on for however long until fed, she’ll then go back down and stop the squirming, but will then repeat this 2-3 hours later.
I don’t want her to expect a feed at this time and I want to encourage those long stretches without intervention again. What should I be doing when this writhing and (loud) squirming happens each night? I’m struggling to sleep through it but I don’t want to create any bad habits/ routines of being fed at this time each night, unless she is actually hungry of course!
It feels as though her sleep is going backwards despite our routine staying the same and the only change being the introduction of formula around 2-3 weeks ago, could this be a growth spurt/regression? Any tips or advice welcome!