10 week old early morning sleep

[tintinenamerique]

DS seems to have started a pattern of waking at 5 ready to start the day. During the night he will feed at 1 or 2am and then again at 4 or 5. If he feeds at 4, he'll fall back to sleep until 5 and if he feeds at 5, he'll be awake from then on.
He then likes to nap at 6.30 or 7.
Any suggestions for how I can encourage him to sleep later/go back to sleep? Or should I accept that he is still young and his sleep/eat patterns are still forming and changing?
Thanks

[ColdCottage]

My son is 12 weeks and was doing the same.
Worked out the 2am wake up was habit so popped a dummy in two nights running and he went back to sleep and hasn't woken then since apart from when we had a big storm.

When he wakes at 5 or 6 I usually have to feed and play with him for an hour or so then I put him in his bed and close my eyes. He is in a side bed to mine. He sees I'm asleep and usually drops of in about 10 or 15 mins. Keep you eyes closed even if you do put a hand out. For me to stop mine kicking all the covers off I stroke one leg.

I then usually get another two hours sleep.

Good luck.

[Littlef00t]

Try to treat 5am like it's still night time. Obviously if baby is crying etc you comfort etc, but don't play actively, don't put lights on etc otherwise baby won't know better than to think its morning.

[tintinenamerique]

Thanks. Would you advise to let the baby kick about in his moses basket until I deem it to be morning? Is there a chance he'll fall back to sleep (not that I expect anyone to know the workings of my son's mind). Will it get better when the mornings are darker? I'm not hugely concerned as I am a morning person anyway and am generally awake at 6 (even pre-baby), but I'd prefer 5 not to become the norm...

[ColdCottage]

I leave him to have a kick. I keep the blinds closed and he always goes back off once I stop talking to him.

[Flingmoo]

Mine won't sleep past 5am unless I let him doze off on my chest (DS is 2 months old). That's my secret weapon - I get about 3 extra hours that way, sometimes even more! I get lots of surprised comments about how non-exhausted I look considering I'm a new mum.

He sleeps in his own crib during the night, so I see it as co-napping more than co-sleeping.

[Littlef00t]

Yes leave him to kick, I did this when dd was waking a little early, and after about a week she was waking later, almost as if she knew there wasn't much point waking early as it was a waste of time.

[tintinenamerique]

Thanks for all your replies. It worked this morning! He drifted back off easily enough and woke up at 5.45 (small victories)

[ColdCottage]

So pleased for you. Keep at it, though at this age I've found (in the whole two weeks extra mum time over you I've had ) that you get a few days and then they break the patten. Does come back again. You might even get a couple of amazing nights. I had one 9 hour solid sleep and one 8 1/2 hour sleep with a 6 hour sleep in between over 3 days. It was amazing.
Hope it keeps up