Hi everyone
wonder if you could give me some suggestions. DS is 5 months 1 week old and is waking between 1 and 3 times a night. We've just got rid of the dummy (been free for 8 days - he's done so well) because after last weeks 5 wakes a night I thought the dummy might be causing the wakes as often i'd just re-plug and he'd go off. He's not woken as many times but last week when we first weaned the dummy he had two amazing nights - sleeping through till 5.20 and 5.50 am. Last night he woke at 2am, 5.20, and 6.10. He fed at 2 and 5.20 (I couldnt' get him to settle without). But i'm so confused what is causing it. Here's my questions answered: About 5 weeks ago, he went on a feeding strike with his milk. not sure what caused it - partly a cold brewing, partly distractions, and he's never gone back to eating like he did. I've introduced solids under direction from my paed (he's had reflux as a little baby) and so this may be partly why he doesn't eat as much milk now, but he basically never went back to having the full 7oz bottles 5 feeds a day, that he used to.
How old is your child? 5 months 1 week
What’s his/her daily routine?
7.15am wakes up and eats. Breast followed by about 3 oz
8am Awake
9am Sleep
11am Eat breast and 4 oz bottle. 2 tablespoons veggies and a drink offered
12 Awake
1 sleep
3 Eat breast and 4 oz bottle
Awake
5 catnap (45 mins)
5.45 eats 3 teaspoons of baby rice made up with 3 tbs milk, and two spoons of pear/apple
6.15 awake (bath)
7.00 bed wind-down bottle and breast (4 ozs bottle)
7.30 sleep
What's bedtime routine? Time? His bed time routine is bath, quiet play with daddy, breast and bottle in quiet room, then sleep.
Do you bottle or breastfed?? I think he gets 2-4 oz per feed from teh breast, tehn bottle top up
How much? or how long?
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed) bpth
How many wakes per night? 1-3
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? Wakes i think when rolling onto his back (he's a tummy sleeper) but not easy to calm other than by feeding. I pick him up and he roots at my face which I think means he's hungry but maybe not. I only breast feed at night and he has both breasts so it's not just comfort sucking although now we're paci free perhaps it partly is.
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry? It's a proper cry, have moved baby alarm into kitchen so i only hear it when he's crying
What have you tried to settle?? shh pat and a kind of rocking thing i do when he's in the cot , i rock his bottom a bit and usually it transitions a cry into a mantra cry.
What do you do for A time and how long is it? he bounces in his tippitoes, sits in his baby nest, sing, play games
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones? maybe teething. He's started rolling from front where he sleeps, to back. don't think he can do the reverse
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months) see above
Do they have a prop? If so what is it?
Do they have a lovie? have offered him a blankie with a teddy head but it actually gets him worked up as he tries to get it all in his mouth so tend to take it away