Sometime between 4 and 5 am my baby gets up. This time has not changed for 2 months. It used to be his feed time.
He used to be a good sleeper bfeeding all evening until 10pm and going through to 4am - this was from his due date in early December.
Around 20th Jan he went into hospital for an emergency op. Since then I have had to give up breastfeeding. We also implemented a sensible 7:30pm bedtime when he came home.
Tried and failed dfeed - not hungry won't take it . So OH feeds him at 12:30 before he goes to bed.
When LO has been feeding well in the day he still wakes at 4-5 am. I can pick him up for a coupleof seconds, re-swaddle and he wakes to start the day at 7am
Now unfortuately he is still waking at 4-5am I think to poo. I can't get him back to sleep. He won't feed other than 1oz-2oz. He is trying to poo. He has had bad constipation - and during the day we use supppositories. We have been back to the doctor and they can't give him anything else. Oddly for the past week poos are normal just still getting an hour of starining with them. So that happens at 4am! Last night he wouldn't go back to sleep until 6:50am.
I don't know what to do. I encourage him to poo during the day - baby massage suppository - lifting the legs etc.
If I could get more feed into him during the day that might help - but how? He always pulls away from the bottle and feeding him is now an hour long battle. He is medicated to the hilt for his reflux - no point doing back to drs - we were there last week and there is nothing else that can be done. I use DR Browns bottles and he still gulps down mostly air
If I didn't have other children this would be less of an issue but I am too tired and can't cope with them in the day anymore. There is nobody to help me and tbh I was on the verge of leaving LO to cry last night as my body desperately needs sleep. Please help
yesterdays ;
12:30 Feed
4:45 resettle
6am Eat
9am Eat
10:15 sleep
11;45 awake
12 Feed
13;15 sleep
1445 wake
16:10 sleep - on a walk
17 - normal cluster feed refused
18:20 1oz feed
18:30 sleep
19:30 -20:15 feed then sleep
12:30 feed - full 5oz!
4am wakje for poo!
