Hi all,
Well, a bit of a crazy update from me. I had a look at Tracy's book at a friends house yesterday, and decided that the sudden random wakings last week were a growth spurt, as they were at random times, and once he was fully awake, he would take a full bottle and settle!
HOWEVER, before I read that, we decided that maybe the dreamfeed was disturbing his sleep patterns, as he really only takes 3-4oz then, compared to 7-8oz every three hours during the day. So we let him sleep, the first night he did 8.15pm-6.45am, then 7.15pm-6.35am, and last night, 7pm-6.55am!! So we're not sure what was causing him to wake up, but I'm sure at least this week its not hunger. He was 12 weeks yesterday!!!!!!
We are getting the messing about with bottles thing though now, at the 10am and 1pm feeds. Maybe I need to hold him off a bit longer and move towards 4hours? He wouldn't finish his 7am bottle today though either, maybe the Commonwealth Games was distracting him!
Regarding sleep, his naps aren't for consistent times, but he probably gets 3-4 hours a day total, sometimes 5.
Thanks for all your advice, if I move towards 4 hour EASY, do I just put 1oz more in each bottle, so he gets the same amount? I find his hunger cues the hardest to spot, as he has never really ever yelled for food. And he doesn't have the newborn cues anymore really.
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