My little guy has only slept through a handful of timed and things are getting worse, not better.
He was waking once a night and sometimes could be resettled without feeds which after a few nights of doing this is when we started getting him to sleep through a few times.
He has milk, story and bed at bedtime, trying to keep a distance between the feed and bed. He goes to sleep peacefully without help, just his pacifier.
Now he is waking around 10.30pm and literally screaming for ages to the point I have to feed him again. When I feed him, he completely empties both sides and then asks for more. Last night he woke at 2am also, same scenario. Do they have a growth spurt at this age? He had failure to thrive for a few months in his first year, maybe he is playing catch up - he is eating LOADS in the day (at lunch yesterday he ate an entire avocado, sausages and fruit). His finally is getting a big belly.
What should I do about these night wakings. When I try to resettle withoit milk, he is screaming the house down for over an hour and he can't resettle.
His EASY
Wake 6.30 - bf
Breakfast- 7 30
Nap 12.30-2.30 self settles
Dinner 5.30/6pm
Milk 7pm
Stories
without milk etc
Bedtime 7.30
10.30ish wakes (not last night, the previous two nights.he screamed for 2hrs. I fed after 1hr, but it didn't seem to be enough or something)
Last night feed #2 2.30am. Settled well last night after both feeds, but not until he had emptied both sides and then went back and drunk from both sides again.
How do I gain control of these nights again? Is a growth spurt happening? Surely he can just eat more at the day time. My other kids didn't wake for this growth spurt.