We're going from bad to worse, I could really use some help with our routine, and any suggestions as to what you think might be going on at night...?
How old is your child? 13 weeks
What’s his/her daily routine?
Start EASY at 10 am, as I am so tired before this from night before that I am coming in and out of comarous state with him in bed with me...
10am feed - gaviscon, 15 minutes Left Breast, 10 mins Right Breast then give formula top up - soya based, lactose sucrose free. Takes about 30-120 mls depending on time of day, less in morning graduating to more at night feeds.
Activity - lying under play gym, dancing with me etc..
Put to bed at 11.15.
Usually asleep by 11.30, no crying just burbling, or 5 mins crying. Me sitting next to him just shushing, he hates being patted, rubbed etc, might hold my hand...
12.15 wide awake, no amount of shushing, whatever will get him back off, tried w2s doesn't seem to work with him... get him up, more activity or me walking around jiggling him for 45 mins til next feed at 1pm, he seems to start insisting for food at about the 21/2 hr mark.
1pm feed LB, RB, bottle no gaviscon
same as before
sleep same - 45 mins
4pm gaviscon, feed
activity same
sleep same
630 bath - then feed at 7pm, have tried the other way around, but he chills out in the bath for 15-20 mins then SCREAMS when we get him dressed, so this undoes the relaxation from bath.
Feed at 7pm, 7.30- 7.45 gets drowsy so put to bed, usually goes down without too much fuss.
Asleep by 8pm
Wakes himself at 10pm for dream feed - is this normal? do they usually wake themselves for this?
back to bed at 10.30. For a few nights he was going back to sleep til 3 am, but for 7 nights he was waking at 1am, 3, 5 or different combination - but getting about 4 hours sleep to start with and then feeds (about 3-4) more and more frequent.
Then for the last 2 nights he started waking (from 8pm sleep) about 1 hour 45 mins in to sleep screaming with bad farts. My husband could settle him (he would just want to feed off me) and get him back to sleep but then he wakes again about half an hour later, this carried on through the night after each feed, until I get so exhausted that I put him in bed with me feed him, fall asleep myself and then we get a few hours sleep. HEnce why EASY doesn't start til about 10am, - I can't get up til about 9am. I think he helps himself to a feed at about 6 or 7 am. Not sure if he's feeding properly though as if i move he unlatches.
No solids, no lovie, won't take paci.
I must confess that I myself have some certain odourous emissions currently, have been eating a lot of red meat? over the last 3 days.
I thought the initial upheaval was 3 mth growth spurt, but when its carried on to wind problems...? now i don't know, we have had unsettled sleep for 10 days now and i am grumpy and hallucinating from sleep deprivation.
I seem to be surrounded by gloating mothers whose children slept right through the night at 5-6 weeks.
Please please some help?
Natalie
New Zealand