Hi,
I put my baby 6.5 months old down for bed at 6.30 ish but then wakes up after 2 hours really crying loud. I try to get him back to sleep but that can take several tries, also he used to eat 2 times a night at 10-11 pm and then again 3-4 am. This was ok I was used to it, but all of a sudden he stopped at 3-4 am and for weeks I only gave him his bottle at 10-11 pm sometimes 1-2 am, and then for like 4 days last week he didn't ask for any food he would just wake up and start talking to himself. This was great!! But then he want back to one feed per nite, than all of a sudden back to 2 feed for about 3-4 days (I assumed it was a growth spurt) and then back to 1 feed. But last nite he woke up once at 10:30 pm and drank his 5 oz. and then woke up again at 2 am, so I let him complaint a little to see if he goes back to sleep and he did but then woke up crying at 3 am hard so i made a bottle to see if he drank it, and he did, he drinks it like he's starving. So I don't get it, what makes him so hungry sometimes and some other times not? I feed him exactly the same amount of food every day (solids, the big jar and and one bottle before breakfast, lunch and snack time, all 4 oz. and one before bed of 5 oz.)
So is he really hungry at nite or could it be seperation anxiety (what exactly is this and when do they get it?) but he drinks all his milk and goes back to sleep happy.
and what is a mantra cry?
Thanks