Hello,
I have a three month old bf baby boy, who has been waking at night every two hours for the last two weeks. We have been on an 3 hour easy schedule for the last month. He never took to the schedule as quick as my daughter, only going max 5 hours at night. Then every thing went wrong when I started a dream feed at 10p instead of one between 11-12p in an attempt to get him to sleep longer in the middle of the night. It came back to haunt me! He started waking every 2 hours after that! He takes 4 naps during the day, but usually wakes after 45 minutes, I then try to give him a pacifier to get him to sleep a little longer, sometimes he does sometimes he doesn't. His awake time is no longer than an hour and a half between naps. When he wakes at night, i usually try to the shoosh/pat, some times it works, but most the times I give him a pacifier and he goes back to sleep. I don't feed him when he wakes up, only if its been more than 4 hours, then I nurse him and he always takes both sides, but then he's not that hungry in the morning. He is never that fussy at night except at the 4am waking, he acts like hes in pain then, and usually has a lot of gas. During the day he's been feeding every 2 1/2 to 3 hours, and that's usually because his naps are so short. The routine before every nap and bed time is I swaddle him, give his pacifier, turn on the sound machine (I have a noisy toddler in the house) and lay him down in a positioner in his crib. He is awake when I lay him down, and he usually falls asleep on his own every time. My questions to you are...
Could the pacifier be the problem? He usually spits it out and doesnt wake when that happens.
Should I let him cry it out at night?
Should I stretch his feedings during the day?
Any other suggestions?
Have any of you experienced any of this?
Thanks for your help!
