Someone please help!!!! My baby is almost 5 months old is waking every 1-2hrs at night. He has been on the 4 hour EASY routine for 2 months.
E-10-20min
A-1.5hrs
S-1-2hrs
He has reflux and has been on meds but I thought they were constipating him ( has not had a bowel movement in over 1 week) so I recently took him off of the Ranitidine (didn't seem to help anyways). For the first few months he was sleeping with me or in his swing. He started waking every 2-3hrs so 3 weeks ago we transitioned him to his crib (with an elevated mattress). The transition seemed to go well and he actually slept for 3-4hrs at a time (this only lasted 2 nights). Due to his reflux the doctor suggested feeding him smaller amounts more frequently which I tried but now I am feeding him every 3-4hrs to try and help with the night sleeping (I thought maybe he was getting used to feeding every 1-2hrs and that was why he was waking so frequently at night). He naps really well during the day...falls asleep within 10 minutes. At night he falls asleep pretty easily but does not stay asleep. We use the shush/pat. We are using a paci but he ends up spitting it out and usually remains asleep. He goes to bed around 7 with a bedtime routine (feed, bath, story time). I have tried the following:
Upping his feeds during the day (in case it is a hunger problem).
Shortening his naps.
Keeping his activity to a minimum in the evening (no jolly jumper past 3pm).
I don't know what else to do....I am giving him Camilia for teething (as I thought maybe he was in pain). He is generally a happy baby. He wakes up babbling which eventually turns into a cry. I try and wait to see if he will self soothe but never does. We swaddle him but he always gets 1 arm out.
