My son is 4 months old and wakes probably 2 to 3 times a night (1 time if I am lucky). He does usually settle however when I give him his paci. He has slept straight through in the past but when he hit 3 months (I assumed due to the growth spurt) he started waking at night. I think he may be teething now however... he has red cheeks, drools, bites down on everything, had the runs a little, clingy.....
His routine at the moment is generally:
Wake between 6:00 am and 7:00 am and feeds
Awake for 1.5 hours and then naps for 45 minutes (yes he is a 45 minute wonder)
He feeds every 4 hours without fail
His awake time is spent either playing with me on my lap or in his play gym or swing. If the weather is good (winter here at the moment grrrr) we go outside. His awake time goes from 1.5 hours in the morning to anywhere up to 3 hours for his 2nd or 3rd nap.
He has 3 naps a day which all go for 45 minutes although sometimes he can have a 1.5 to 2 hour nap (much to mum's delight)... unfortunately most of the time this will only happen if I am out and about and he is in his pram
His bedtime routine depends on when his last feed is (6:00 pm or 7:00 pm - changes due to what time he wakes up). If he woke at 6:00 am, his last feed is at 6:00 pm, he then has a bath at about 6:45 pm and is generally asleep by about 7:30 pm. If his last feed is at 7:00 pm, he will have his bath before his feed and has his bottle at 7:00 pm and goes to sleep generally straight after his bottle. He has a dream feed at 10:15 pm. His first night waking occurs anywhere from 1:30 am to 4:30 am and he usually has 2 to 3 a night. He is formula fed (no solids) and has about 8 oz (5 bottles a day). Regarding putting him to bed, if he has a 7:00 pm bottle I put him to bed sometimes alseep because he zonks it. However, if he has a 6:00 pm feed, I put him to bed awake and he usually cries for about 5 mins, I give him his paci and he falls asleep. Sometimes I have to do this twice but not normally. The same goes for his naps.
When he wakes during the night and is generally just grunting (with eyes closed). I do (which I am going to change tonight) pretty much jump up as soon as I hear him and put his paci in because I don't want him to wake entirely and worry that if I let him go he may wake fully and I wont be able to get him to sleep. As soon as his paci hits his mouth he is out straight away so he normally doesn't wake up entirely. Sometimes when he is groaning he lets a few rippers go LOL so I figure it is wind sometimes waking him up. I know that some people say to take away the paci, but I have read that helps reduce the changes of SIDS so I don't know what to do.
He does not have anything other than his paci to help him sleep. I worry about using a lovie because they say not to put blankets or toys in their beds to reduce the risk of SIDS. Once asleep, he spits his paci out pretty much straight away normally.