Hi, I have been reading posts on this website and finding it really helpful since the birth of my son 4 months ago.
Up until now everything has been going well. He has been sleeping well at night roughly 7-7 ( having df then waking at 4am) he feeds every 4 hours 6 oz at 7,11,3,7, 11,4. He naps 3 times a day for an hour around 9 am and 1.5 hr around 12 noon and 40 mins at about 5pm. I can't get him to take his evening nap sooner and he falls asleep well at around 7 -7.30 in his cot with pat shhhh.
For the past 2 weeks he has started waking at 10pm/2am/3am/4.30/5am he was not crying but loud shouting that escalates and does not stop after 30 mins. initially I gave him a feed at these times thinking it was a gs. He only wants 1-2 oz then falls back to sleep refusing to take more. As soon as I put him back in his cot he starts moaning/chatting. I tried to leave it as its not a full blown cry but even leaving for 15 mins it gets louder and then I worry that it will be hard to resettle him so I pat shhhh and he usually goes back to sleep.
I didn't want to feed him at all of these times when I saw that he only wanted a little bit for fear of introducing bad habits and snacking during the night so I know I shouldn't introduce a prop as he has never used a pacifier but I tried that thinking it might help him get back to sleep without a feed and he sucked it wide awake for 30 mins before spitting it out and chatting/shouting again!
Where am I going wrong and what should I do?
