11 Week Old- Wide Awake After 2am Feed

[rdb]

My 11 week old daughter is on 1 3.5 hour EASY schedule and is a great napper (2 naps 1.5 to 2 hrs each) during the day.  She is down between 8 and 9pm and sleeps well until 2:30 or 3.  She wakes up starving by 3 and will eat but will then only cat nap until 6 when dad gets up and feeds her again.  Between 3 and 6 I am patting, rocking and otherwise trying to convince her to go back to sleep.  Any suggestion on how to get her to go back to sleep until 6?  Thanks!

[Lana]

Do you do the dream feed? 

[Jahmum]

I'm not sure if you're swadling but i found that great for my little one. Also keeping the room dark and quiet helped. I also didn't talk to her much but just fed her and put her down. One thing i've noticed is that when i breastfed her b4 bed she would always get up at least once a night. I started to give her formula b4 bed and at 12 weeks she was sleeping thru the night for 10-11 hours. They say the formula takes longer to digest and I suspect that is why she slept thru. She's 4 months now and has been doing that ever since!