6 week old waking more frequently at night

[ladymugg]

Hi there

Small issue, as I know some people would probably kill for what we currently have... but would like to bounce off you the following please.

6 week old DS was for maybe 1-2 weeks sleeping 6.30/7pm - 2/2.30 am (about a 7-8 hour stretch, uninterrupted).  This week Mon, Tue and Thu nights we have had a wake-up around the 10.30-11.30pm mark.

His EASY looks something like this until that feed started, although a bit variable to a point during the day because, well, you know, newborn and all   Also I don't write down the A and Y because I assume you know that's in there.

6 am WU & E
7.30 am S
9 am E
10-10.30 am S
12 pm E
1 pm S (usually his biggest sleep of around 3 hours)
3.30/4 pm E
6 pm bath and then E (bottle started before bath and finished before lights out)
7 pm S
2.30am E then S

The new added in feed (or re-added) occurs around the 11 pm mark.

I thought on the first night it happened that it might be because he didn't have a huge bottle before bed... made sense.
The second night it happened he had his vaccinations that day, so put it down to that
The third night it didn't happen, he woke around 1.30 am which is a little earlier than he had been, but nothing to worry about imo
Last night woke at 10.30 pm

I have fed him at each wake up because honestly, in particular the one last night, he was starving!!!  I don't want to create a habit though.

Questions:
6 week growth spurt maybe?
Too early to start a dream feed?  (I have always thought around the 12 week mark was a better time to start a DF)
Any other ideas?

Don't want to reinforce a habit of a new WU, but also cognizant that he's only 6 weeks and he is a big boy (around 6.5kg or 14lb, all of that in length pretty much, takes after me in the height dept!!).  Exclusively formula fed from birth due to my ineffective boobs and tends to drink around 1000ml a day (which our midwife wasn't concerned about due to his large birth weight and the fact he is a big boy).

Thanks in advance!

[becj86]

6 week growth spurt maybe?

My first thought and precisely what I'd work off - just feed

Too early to start a dream feed?  (I have always thought around the 12 week mark was a better time to start a DF)

I'd have to look that up, don't recall... must get ready for the day and hopefully someone will be over to have a look or I'll find it later today for you

[ladymugg]

Thanks bec!  I recall Tracy saying in the books start dream feeds around 6-8 weeks but I think it's a little young.  More popular opinion seems around that 12 weeks mark. 

[shinysarah]

Sounds like you're doing a great job...6 weeks is still so young! I would feed, feed, feed,  to ensure your LO is getting the calories needed. 

[Haribo2012]

Our normal feed time was 10pm ish from around your lo age and then progressed to DF when DS2 was prob 12 weeks ish but I think generally it's because they get more of a routine at that age.
6 weeks is growth spurts, wonder weeks and lots going on, I'd just feed lots get her past the growth spurt.