15 week old ds was going 8-10 hours now back to waking every four hours at night, help!

[minxofmancunia]

He's mainly bf has one bottle of formula at teatime, I feed him in the night.

He's a bit of a nightmare at the mo with daytime feeds, messes about, thrashes about at breast doesn't feed for long.

However feeds brilliantly in the night, latches well and suckles for ages taking good feeds, arghhhh!

Need him to do this in the day, going a bit mental through lack of sleep as due to a lon history of insomnia am struggling to settle back to sleep myself between feeds.

Also have to look after 3 year old dd during the day,all getting a bit too much.

Any tips? x

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normal, sorry

tis the awful combo of prime growth-spurt time plus daytime distractibility

could you cosleep?

Welcome to the 4-month club! I'm going through the exact same thing with my 18-week old. He slept brilliantly (sometimes for 12 hours) from the age of 6 weeks, then it all went pear-shaped from 15 weeks. So will be watching this thread closely for any tips.

But I think we just have to ride it out...

rhnakyou Mrs Badger it's reassuring to know this is normal.

Co-sleeping not really an option as I've tried before and just end up not sleeping myself due to paranoia about cot death and pillows/duvet etc. Also I can't remove these items and co-sleep with him in his sleeping bag as I can only sleep snuggled right down into huge duvet with lots of pillows!

Does it wear off eventually or am I set for months of crap sleep until I can do some sleep training?

if you are lucky he will sort it out himself and feed better during the day...

if not then starting solids at 6m might help...

and if not then by 12m you can start the Jay Gordon nigth weaning plan...

I would also get your hands on a copy of the No-Cry Sleep Solution just to see if it gives you any ideas - good luck!

No advice for you sorry, but watching thread as DS is a couple of weeks older and doing exactly the same

may I refer you to... this current thread. No help but sympathy!

Thanks blinder

I called my friend who is a bf counsellor yesterday. She suggested that if lo is distracted, switch them to the other breast and they should feed better, maybe switching them back if needed. This should help them get enough food during the day.

Tried it and DS slept 11-6 last night

My DD is over two and funnily enough a friend and I were discussing baby sleep disruption today.

It seems that from birth every time you think it's all sorted they throw you a curve ball. and that continues for a long while..

it's could be a growth spurt or a bit of teething.. hang in there and try not to worry too much it will most likely right itself in a while (and then something else will start) ;-)

If you can grab sleep during day time naps try to (although I have never had much luck in that department)

good luck

May I just offer a small glimmer of hope here...my DS, who's 19 weeks and who has been having rubbish nights ever since Christmas slept for TWELVE HOURS straight last night! I'm not naive enough to think it will actually last, but I feel like a new woman having slept longer than a 2-hour stretch for the first time in a long time!

So, it can happen...good luck all!