Hi,
My LO is 14 weeks old and for a few weeks now, she has been waking multiple times throughout the night. There doesn't seem to be a pattern, but she usually wakes up quite a bit between midnight and her night feed (at about 3am). At first, I wondered if she was hungry, but she won't usually take a feed before 3am.
Her EASY routine does very a bit from day to day. In particular, her naps vary, as it depends if we are out and about (I also have a pre schooler) or at home all day. If we're at home, she usually does 2 long naps (1.5-2 hours) and a catnap. If we're out and about, she has shorter naps, but I try to make sure she that she gets at least one long nap, that she doesn't get OT and that A time is never usually longer than 1.5-2 hours. I have learned from DS (LO1), who was a nightmare when OT! Her wake time is 7.30am and she goes to bed at 6.30pm every day.
With feeds.. She generally goes 3 hours between feeds during the day (7.30, 10.30, 1.30, 4.30, 6.30) then DF at 10pm and a night feed at about 3am, sometimes earlier if she hasn't really drank the full DF.
LO does have a dummy (paci), which she likes to suck to get herself to sleep for naps, and when she goes to bed on a night. This usually falls out once she is asleep. I try not to put the dummy in after the night feed, as she can usually drift off without it. I do replace it when she wakes at other times through the night, though. I originally blamed the dummy for the night wakings, but presume she would be waking more if it was? I'm happy for her to keep it, as she is asleep within minutes with it. Am I right in thinking that the night wakings are down to something else, but that she does need it to get back to sleep? Or could it be the reason for the wakings?
Trying to think of anything else.. She did have colic in the early days and is on Comfort milk and Colief drops. I don't think the night wakings are due to gas, though.
Any advice or ideas would be much appreciated!
Sleep deprived mummy xxx
