I'm loath to do this but I'm tired!!
Thomas is becoming more and more of a pest at night. It might be just the reflux, but just want to make sure I'm not missing something.
He's 14 weeks (10 adjusted), but equally he does behave more like a 14 week old baby than a 10 week old eg he's very alert, has discovered his (still flailing) hands, and his A time is approaching 2 hrs (less towards the end of the day).
A few weeks ago he started to sleep until 1-2am, and then feed again at 5ish, the wake at 7am. This last week or so has been horrid. He is waking at 10/11pm for another feed then basically wakes 2 hrs later. He won't take the dummy and will only resettle on my chest upright. He then sleeps until a more sensible time for a feed. Once fed he will do another 2 hrs in the cot and then repeat.
So basically I'm dozing with a baby in my arms for half the night.
He has to be held upright after a feed so ends up falling asleep on me every time. He needs the full 20-30mins else he doesn't transfer (starts regurgitating).
Thing is - I know it sounds really refluxy - but he had reflux when he was sleeping better as well yk?! He went on meds at about 6 weeks.
He is swaddled in a zip up pod thing. It's getting smaller, so I guess more restrictive, and I wonder if this is a baby swaddle fighting
? He does wake a lot in a sleep bag as well though, but I know they can for a while when you transition them. He never liked being swaddled properly, hence the pod with his arms held up. He is grunting and straining a lot.... He did this from birth but was seeming to quiet down a lot.... But is pretty noisy again now.
Is it a prop issue?? A co-sleep thing?
He is not really an IS due to the reflux. He has a dummy but rarely accepts it for sleep
. He is FF and feeding basically every 3 hrs. I'm having problems getting him to take more than 4oz per feed.
Thanks. I think I can see the 'answers' and it is hard to fix any of it
. But grateful for others thoughts. Even if you have no reflux knowledge just say what stands out at you about the other issues to help clarify my mind
.