our 3.5 month LO has occasionally been getting up 2times during the night, (he always use to only wake up once), he is a big boy, weighing 17.5 pounds. i have tried to sh/pt, let him cry a bit, pu/pd, but nothing works. this is the same if he wakes up early from a nap. it is like once he awakes, it is almost impossible to get him back to sleep, unless i feed him during the night, then he is right asleep again. before you think he is hungry when he wakes up at night, he has slept through the night a few times, but here is what happened last night. He woke up 3 hours after his dream feed (2-3 hours earlier than 'normal'). i let him "talk to himself" for about 25 min, till it turned into a steady cry. then i tried to sh/pt him for 1 hour, with few min breaks for my own sanity. he wasn't crying the whole time, stirring a lot, kicking, mixed in with a bit of crying. after i was beat, i feed him, cause we couldn't handle it any longer. he only ate for 4 min, so he obviously wasn't that hungry. anyways, he fell asleep, only at awake 1:10 min later screaming. i thought i would change his diaper, which wasn't even that wet, but he went straight down again.
can anyone make sense of this. i am soooooo tired, welcome to motherhood right? how do you tell if it is a growth spurt, or something else? he would always eat if i let him, but usually only feeds for about 10min and he is full. before you ask me to post his routine, he is on a 3 - 3.5 hour routine, up at 7:30,in bed by 7:00 with a dream feed at 10:00.
if you have read this far, thanks, advise very welcome.
