So far, my lo has been pretty consistent, he'll be 3 weeks tomorrow, and all together seems to be a text book baby, that is up until the last 2 nights. The night before, my lo's dad got up to give him a bottle of BM around 3 am, afterwards, he was wide awake and once I did get him back to sleep, slept very fitfully until I finally got him calmed down after he was OT around 9 am. Yesterday, he slept most of the day, eating every 3 hours, staying awake about 20 minutes after a feed, then right back to sleep. He is exclusively breastfed and only feeds from one side for anywhere from 10-20 minutes. He is gaining well, he's just an efficient eater. I'm not sure that the bottle of expressed breast milk threw him for a loop.
Last night, after eating at 8pm, a bath and some cuddle time, lo was sleeping soundly in his bassibet by 9 pm. Woke for a feeding around 11:15 pm, then back to sleep. Once 1 am rolled around, he was again sleeping fitfully (gruting, the occassional cry) and woke for a feeding. He continued this every 2 hours (He's been waking to eat every 3 hrs, waking me with a small, coughlike cry, and pretty easy to put back to sleep, until the last two nights). Again, he woke at 6 am to eat, slept for about 45 minutes then started gruting and crying again. I'm not sure if this is gas, or a dislike for the bassinet, but it's starting to wear me out. He sleeps wonderfully throuhgout the day and for half of the night until around 4 am.
Also, in addition to the early waking and fitful sleep, it's been much harder to get him back to sleep. He normally eats, gets changed, and once he starts drifting off to dreamland, I'll put him down and he'll go right to sleep. But over the last to nights, he'll fuss, start to cry, I'll have to pick him up, pat him until he calms down, and put him back down. I have to do this sometimes up to 3 times because the pat/shh isn't working.
If anyone has any thoughts, they would be greatly appreciated!
