Hiya,
DS is 17 weeks today, ebf and I've been trying to increase the number of hours he sleeps at night. My strategy is:
- clusterfeed - at 6pm and 8pm
- DF
- and when he wakes up try to pat/shush first until he no longer falls asleep
I've managed to get him to sleep 5 hour stretches - from around 11pm to 4am
Yesterday I done the DF a bit earlier, 10.20/10.30pm and he then woke up at around 3.15am. I done pat/shush and he fell asleep again only until 3.45am when he wouldn't settle again and started sucking his hands. I thought: 'ok, it's been just over 5 hours so it must be hunger' but when I went to feed him he only took 5 min on one breast (he would usually take around 7/8 on the first and 5/6 on the second) and fell asleep like a rock, no chance of getting him to finish his feed. My breasts were very full so I thought that maybe he did take the same amount but just in shorter time.
But then he woke up again at 6.15am, clearly hungry and took a full feed.
Questions:
1- do you think that other wakening (3.45am) might have not been hunger?
2- If not what should I have done? PU/PD? Even if pat/shush always worked before?
3-Any other suggestions most welcomed!!!!
