My 11 week old has always been a night sleeper. Since about 4 Weeks he has gone to bed about 7 or 8pm and woken once for a feed between 3 and 4, straight back to sleep until 7 or 8. However, this has changed for the past 2 Weeks. First of all he started waking up earlier and earlier at about 2 for a feed, then he started not going back to sleep and crying until about 5 on and off after his feed.
I wanted to start doing a dreamfeed as he was making no progress but now he won't go down at 7 even after an hour feed! He then wakes up at 2 and again won't go back to sleep.
He used to go straight down at 7 but now starts protest crying when I put him down after his 7 feed and his night feed. He feeds well to start with and,then will start wiggling lots and flapping his arms and coming on and off. I tried winding him several times but no help or he will fall asleep for most of the feed and,I will have try keeping him awake, then I then wrap him in his blanket to keep him warm but at that point he seems to wake up and start feeding hungrily like he hasn't just been on for an hour! He eventually seems like he's asleep so I go to put him down and he starts to cry. Tonight I latched him on again and he was,crying,on there and getting frustrated but as soon as I put him on the other breast he gulped it down again like he hadn't just been on for an hour. This feed e.ded up being 90 minutes long. Surely this is not normal and I don't think I can stand feeding him that long during the night as I did last night.
I was feeding last two evening feeds close together at 5 and,then 7 again both being an hour long but this wasn't making him go through the night so dropped it to do the dreamfeed. In the day gets long feeds too and I usually have to take him off but he seems fine with the amount he gets.
Don't know what to do, I want my self settler back.
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he's gone backwards, help feeling so tired.
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cleoowen · 03/03/2013 21:58
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