Hi there, my lo is 13 weeks old and has for the past 3 nights woken at 5am for a feed, I've then put her back down in her carrycot and she's stayed asleep for 10 mins, become really restless and after leaving her to see if she falls back off asleep she's then screamed the house down, my husband eventually picked her up and brought her down this morning and she didn't go back asleep till 8am.
She's breastfed from 1 breast only because of a problem with the other and I can't say I have any routine with her eating/sleeping pattern in the day, I just feed her on demand, currently she has anything between 2-4 hours of sleep in the day which ranges from 8am-10pm, last feed is about 9.30-10pm and I've also noticed that the last few nights when putting her down at 10pm she's screamed and I've had to nurse her to sleep which she never used to do. At 5am this morning she was sucking her hand which woke her up, I haven't swaddled her the last few nights either because of the heat and she has been waking up more throughout the night for a feed, roughly 10pm, 12am, 2am and 5am, previously she was waking twice in the night for a feed.
Do you think its a growth spurt, lack of routine or that by 5am she's had enough sleep? in the day I put her down for a sleep when she's drowsy and she will drop off on her own, I am totally worn out with another child to care for and my husband works a lot, I'm so tempted to put her on formula as my friends little girl the same age goes from 10pm -9am and I'm worried this is her pattern now.
Please any advice would be so appreciated
Louise
