So here's the situation ...
DS is 3.5 weeks old. He has reflux but we do have meds now. In addition, he is pretty gassy, so that bothers him as well. Daytime naps are happening with A LOT of work, but I can't figure out the night. Here's our daily routine (approx) ...
7:30 E - bf
8:00 A - diapering, wind down in room and down for nap
8:20 S - this can take from 30 min. - 60 min. to get down for nap. He often wakes at the 45-1hour mark and I extend with a paci
10:30 E - bf
11:00 A - diapering, wind down in room and down for nap
11:20 S - this can take from 30 min. - 60 min. to get down for nap. He often wakes athe 45-1hour mark and I extend with paci
1:30 E - bf
2:00 A - diapering, wind down in room and down for nap
2:20 S - this is usually a good nap. He'll go down in about 20 min. and sleeps for 2 hours.
4:30 E - bf
5:00 A - diapering, wind down in room for nap
5:20 S - this can take 30min. - 45 min. to get down for nap. I let him wake whenever he wants without trying to extend this nap.
6:30-6:45 E - bf
7:15 A - bath and diapering, wind down and down for sleep. I try to feed a little more here, but he won't take any.
7:45 S - this can take 30min. - 60 min. to get down for the night.
So this is where everything went wonky.
He woke at 9:45 to eat and I fed and reswaddled and back down. Then he woke again at 12:30 to eat. After feeding this time, he fought the swaddle and was extremely difficult to get back down. He then woke every hour after that. He wanted to eat every other time - so every two hours, but was settling in between with a paci, but obviously not for long.
Even when he ate, he was not taking a full feed - hard to say, but maybe 2/3 of a feed? What is going on? I'm just not sure what to do next. Is this a growth spurt? If I try to feed him more often in the day, he just is not interested. Should I be fully waking him at night to force a full feed? But then it could take up to an hour to put him back to sleep
Sorry for the long post, but any thoughts on how to proceed would be appreciated!
Nish
