How old is your child? -- Almost 3 months (He is 10.5 weeks, to be exact).
What’s his/her daily routine? -- 3-hour EASY
What’s nap routine? -- Once I see a yawn or two, or if he starts rubbing his head/face/ears, I take him into the bedroom to get swaddled and placed in the crib. About 75% of the time, he'll need the pacifier (other times, if he's tired enough, he'll fall asleep without the pacifier). Then he lays around by himself for a few minutes before dozing off.
How long are naps? -- About 1.5 to 2 hours (usually hovers around 1.5 hours, and never over 2 hours)
What's bedtime routine? Time? -- Feed at 7 or 7:30 p.m. Bath time at 7:30 or 8 p.m., then lotion with massage, hair brushed, swaddled, then placed in crib sometime by 8:30 to 9 p.m. Sometimes he uses the pacifier. Then he lays by himself for a few minutes before dozing off.
Do you bottle or breastfed?? -- Breastfed from the boob first 2 weeks. Breast milk by bottle from 2 to 7 weeks. Switched to formula at 7 weeks.
How much? or how long? -- Currently, he takes 5oz per bottle. He is an efficient eater and finishes his bottle in 20 to 30 minutes. But he dribbles out from the corner of his mouth, at almost every feed (possibly because he sometimes falls asleep or isn't paying attention). He spits up semi-frequently; at every 3rd feed he'll spit up something during his diaper change. In the past 2 days, he's vomited immediately after a feed.
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed) -- When I was breastfeeding, he nursed on both sides at each feed. I also pumped from both breasts when he was taking breast milk from the bottle.
How many wakes per night? -- Recently (for the past week and half), he has been waking up more and more frequently from 3 to 6 a.m. The first few days, he woke once or twice. Now, it's too many times to count!
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? -- He is crying. I immediately give him his pacifier, which calms him down. He falls back to sleep immediately. Sometimes, I try to give him the pacifier, but he's already asleep again from me touching him or re-swaddling him. But he will wake up 15 to 20 minutes later if his pacifier falls out, or if he realizes it's not in his mouth.
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry? -- He is crying, but not mantra crying.
What have you tried to settle?? -- Pacifier usually. If he is out of his swaddle, I will re-swaddle him (that usually puts him right back to sleep immediately). Sometimes, if I am more awake/aware, I will try to shhh/pat but if I am half asleep, I'm too groggy to realize what to do immediately.
What do you do for A time and how long is it? -- A times are usually about 1 to 1.5 hours (includes feeding, play time, changing diapers, wind-down to nap). Play time includes playing with his rattles/toys, listening to some melodies, looking out the window, looking/staring at the bookshelves, my camera on tripod, tummy time, and chit-chatting (we make eye-contact and he babbles at me, and I will talk back to him, etc.)
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones? -- None yet. We are trying to teach him how to hold up his head during tummy time. He is getting the hang of it, but still needs some more practice.
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months) -- No.
Do they have a prop? If so what is it? -- No, I don't think he has a prop. He uses the pacifier to get to sleep, but he doesn't always need it. And he will spit it out once he is asleep. He only really needs it/wants it when he wakes in the night and can't fall back to sleep.
Do they have a lovie? -- What is a lovie?
So.... basically, the problem is that he has been waking up from 3 to 6 a.m. every night. At first, he woke up once or twice, and the pacifier or re-swadding was sufficient in getting him to sleep until morning. But the last few days, his night wakings has gotten more frequent. Now, it seems, he's waking up every 15 to 20 minutes from 3 to 6 a.m., and I can't tell if I should feed him or if this is habitual waking that can be trained to stop?
I've been trying to get him to sleep through the night (I dream feed at 11 p.m., and his first feed in the morning is 7 a.m.) I read on this forum that at his age, he is capable of sleeping 8 hours at night.
But.... at his age, and the frequent wakings for the pacifier, my instinct is that he wants to feed. But again, from this forum, it says that if he takes all his feed during the day he doesn't wake at night. But during the day, when I try to increase his food, he ends up dribbling from the corner of his mouth while eating, spitting up afterwards, or throwing up. So.... that tells me he's NOT looking for more food?? Any advice on this is greatly appreciated. At this point, I can't tell if this is a sleep issue, or a feeding issue, but I suppose I gotta start asking questions somewhere...
