not coping with the night times - any advice?
The last few nights have been soooo hard, im very very tired and just wondered if there is something im missing? Charlie takes his bottle well but it takes ages to settle him after, sometimes he wants more so i give him an extra oz but he takes soooo long to bring up any wind and just doesn't settle to sleep.
last night he had a feed at 9.45 of 4oz and settled quite well, he then woke at 1 for another feed, he drank about 3oz and was asleep for just gone 2am he then woke again at 4, had a full 4oz but was still up at gone 6am, he wasn't bringing up wind easily and was very grizzly, everytime we tried to put him down he'd start crying and we just didn't know what he wanted. During the day he settles fairly quickly but at night it's just not happening and we are running out of ideas?
last night he had a feed at 9.45 of 4oz and settled quite well, he then woke at 1 for another feed, he drank about 3oz and was asleep for just gone 2am he then woke again at 4, had a full 4oz but was still up at gone 6am, he wasn't bringing up wind easily and was very grizzly, everytime we tried to put him down he'd start crying and we just didn't know what he wanted. During the day he settles fairly quickly but at night it's just not happening and we are running out of ideas?
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Jo x
The stuffed toy is also a good idea as he sometimes wants that rather then the dummy.
If he isnt distressed in anyway i would try what hks123 suggested and give him a dummy.
He gets goes up stairs at 6pm and has a feed he is finished it and is asleep by 6.30pm
He wakes at 10.30pm for a feed and is asleep again by 11pm
wakes at 3am for a feed and is asleep by 3.30am
then wakes at 7.00am for a feed after this feed he tends to stay awake intill 10am and has another feed then goes to sleep at 10.30am
has another feed at 2pm and sleeps till 4pm.
has a bath at 5pm
and then it starts all over again.
we have been really lucky and have manadged to get him settled quickly he is only 17 days old and has been in this routine since he was 7 days old. he is my third so iv had plenty of practice lol x