Hi!
My lo is 4 months. He has never been the best sleeper but until 2 weeks ago I felt like we were making progress. He goes down easily in his cot at 7.15 to 7.30pm awake with paci and he sucks himself to sleep. He then normally wakes himself for the DF at anytime between 10.30-11 and will then sleep to 2am. I previously managed to stop this being a feed as he wasn't feeding long and would get him back to sleep quickly with paci and soothing but this has recently changed. For the past week this 2-2.30 wake up has resulted in lots of crying, soothing in the cot does not work so I pick him up but that makes things worse. Last night I resorted to a feed after 30 minutes. He did feed but not a long one and it was enough to calm him so he could go back into the cot and drift off. He is also waking again at 4.30-5am, which used to be the time of a very brief night feed but again recently it has resulted in lots of crying when previously it was a quick feed. Sometimes he also wakes another once or twice in the night but goes back relatively quickly. I am really not sure how to approach solving the night walkings. I am thinking about wake to sleep but as the 2am wake up is never exactly at the same time, I am not sure what time to do it.
He is breastfed except for the DF. He is also a large baby - 7.5kg. Daytime naps can be great (2hours) or just 45mins.
Help or ideas would be really welcome please!