I have tried to stick to a 3 hourly routine with my now 14 week old ds for the last 2-3 weeks and it just doesn't seem to work for me.
I started the shush/pat settling technique when my ds was only 7 weeks old and although it worked sometimes it really didn't start helping until he was about 12 weeks old.
I still use the method to get him to sleep during the day and it's getting easier as he is growing (which i am very thankful for!) and he now sleeps for 1-1.5 hours sometimes 2 hours, around three times a day. Never more than about 5 hours in total.
My ds has always protested when put to sleep on his back so we bought a baby snuggler (wedge) and had him on his side since about 8 weeks old. That worked for us then (waking every 3 hours with a 4-5 hour stretch from 7pm )but ever since he has been able to roll onto his back from his side and get out of the snuggler, his night wakings have increased to every 1 to 1.5 hours. I know he is not hungry cos he never takes a full feed and then he is up again at 4, 4.30, 5 and 6 am. I offer him a feed around 5 or 6 and always shush/pat him back to sleep until 7am when i try to start the day.
Because of his frequent night wakings he does not follow EASY well at all, not lasting more than 1 hour for Activity and often eating and sleeping instead of E and then A. He went through 2 weeks of refusing feeds (fully bf apart from when i leave him with grandparents or the dreamfeed that dh gives in a bottle) and drs said it was reflux. He has been on Zoton for over a week now and although his feeding is back to normal (still refuses the bottle) he is still waking up all night.
I am at loss as to what else it could be. Developmental changes? Stop using the wedge? But he won't sleep on his back! Please some advice, tips anything.
From a very sleep deprived mother