Hello,
I've recently received some wonderful help on the nap board of this forum and wonder if anyone on this board could offer some advice/ suggestions regarding frequent night wakenings with my beautiful little boy.
It has been a week since I posted on naps about little one having very short a times for his age. After some really useful advice, I think we have cracked the naps. He now has an a time of 3hrs and naps for 1-1.5 hrs twice a day. If short pm nap then I've been offering a catnap later on to get us through to bt. I also bought bedtime forward from 7.30 to 7pm.
Our day roughly is as follows
WU- 6am morning milk
A
E-8am breakfast
A
S-9 for 1-1.5hrs
E- mid morning milk
A
E-12 lunch
A
S- 1-1.30 nap 1-1.5 hrs
If at 1.30 for 1.5hrs will go till by at 7, if wakes earlier than 3 will have little catnap later on about 4ish
E- afternoon milk
A
E- dinner 4.30
A
E-bt milk, bath, book
S- 7
He has been waking through the night for months now but usually predictable between 4.30-5.30. But this last week since starting napping better, it's been much more frequent. For example last night was; 8, 11.50,12,3.30-4.30, 5-15-5.50 when we fed him his milk, drained the bottle then went straight to sleep till 7.30 am. He is waking crying in the night. Early on he will settle in the cot with the dummy and a hand hold, but as the night goes on he's awake and not happy to settle unless being held. I use gel for teething in case it's this. I give water in case he's thirsty. Do you think he could be hungry? Until few weeks back I was feeding him on the night wakening, but have since weaned him off this. He has started to drop the amount of milk he'll take at bedtime, so maybe I should start the night feed again? I must add that between 12-17 weeks he slept right through, 11-12 hrs straight, then I think it was a combination of sleep regression and hunger before weaning at 24 weeks that started the night wakenings again and at this time I starred feeding in the night again. I have read another post that suggests cutting back solids in the day to increase milk intake. Should I maybe try this? He loves his food and think it sits better for him due to acid reflux.
I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions. Must also add that the last three nights I've tried pu/pd as previously id let him fall asleep on me in the night despite settling on his own at bt and naps. But the wakenings seemto be getting worse. Is it because we're in a transition and have only just cracked the naps?
Thank you in advance.