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Offline emilykstew

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growth sput
« on: October 28, 2011, 18:53:43 pm »
My 4 mo baby girl has been a great sleeper- She was on a modified 3 hour easy and had been for about a month:
E: 7:30
A
S 9:30
E 11-11:30
A
S 1-1:30
E 2:30
A
S 5
E 5:30
A
E 7:30-sleep
DF 10:30
I had been almost feeling bad when people asked me how she was sleeping because she was so good and I'd just heard horror stories.  Anyway- I was transitioning her to a 4 hour easy since she always did the 4 hrs in the morning and had started spitting up more and the 5:30 feed kept getting pushed a little due to her later nap, or just not being hungry.  It was a super easy transition- just pushed her later feeds to 3:30 and then sleep at 7:30, so for 3 days, we did that, and she still slept through the night, I was amazed... then she hit this growth spurt and suddenly her naps are shorter, she wanted food more than even every 3 hours and has woken around 5:30 the past two mornings in need of food.  She also has a super stuffy nose, so maybe that could be part of it too?... I'm bfding so I can't just add more to the bottle, plus, when she's done feeding, she's done- it's not that there's no more milk, I can always still express milk after she's finished feeding.  I have fed her the past two mornings- yesterday she went back to sleep, this morning she didn't really, but I have managed to keep her daily routine fairly routine- at least the morning part... though there's an extra feed in there and shorter napping... I'm so paranoid about falling into accidental parenting, but it's only been two days... tips?  We're also going on a trip in a few days for my sister's wedding so her schedule will be so messed up and I'm just way too worried about it all. 

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Re: growth sput
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2011, 19:59:15 pm »
I am hitting the same thing... Mine isn't even at 4 months but she is waking at 3 30am when the earliest she has been waking is 5am and even then I could get her back down witha dummy. She hasnt done it every night but if I try and put a dummy in she just spits it out and fusses (she never crys but she is a crying baby).

So I feel your pain! Knackered today and feel like I am back 10 weeks or so!


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Re: growth sput
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2011, 19:42:29 pm »
Has anyone heard of it happening sooner?

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Re: growth sput
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2011, 20:22:10 pm »
Well we have put up my LO oz's at bedtime and DF and it seems to be ok!

She seems to do everything sooner and I even think she is cutting her first tooth! Give me strength.... Lol