Well, I can assume that the 3month growth spurt is over now, but why is Simon still waking up every 1-2hrs a night??? I'm sooo tired at this point. It's been two weeks and it seems that growth spurt really messed up the fairly decent sleep he was getting before. Up until then, 2-3 feedings a night was routine, now it's so much more.
As in the post about reflux, I'm wondering if the increased feeding has resulted in Simon being extraordinarily gassy. When he wakes in the night it's often accompanied by squirming and he seems uncomfortable. We try so hard to burp him after each feed but he doesn't always bring up the air that he swallows when he nurses sloppily. It's been really frustrating because when the burp doesn't come then we know he'll be up shortly due to the discomfort in his belly.
We decided to set up a sidecar crib to see if maybe not being so close to me (though he's only a foot or two away with the sidecar), would help him sleep longer. It doesn't seem to have helped yet.
I also have been trying to give him my pinky to suck on instead of nursing at each waking to see if he'll fall back to sleep and isn't truly hungry. This has worked a few times. He lets me know he's hungry when he spits my finger out, so I nurse then.
Naps are also short nowadays. In the sling he'll sleep maybe 1 - 1.5hrs at the most. But when I nurse him down in bed, he's usually up within 30-45min. He often wakes and is still tired, though, so I end up putting him in the sling anyway.
Anyone else noticing any changes in your dc's sleeping patterns? Is this just a phase (please say yes even if it's not
) .
As in the post about reflux, I'm wondering if the increased feeding has resulted in Simon being extraordinarily gassy. When he wakes in the night it's often accompanied by squirming and he seems uncomfortable. We try so hard to burp him after each feed but he doesn't always bring up the air that he swallows when he nurses sloppily. It's been really frustrating because when the burp doesn't come then we know he'll be up shortly due to the discomfort in his belly.
We decided to set up a sidecar crib to see if maybe not being so close to me (though he's only a foot or two away with the sidecar), would help him sleep longer. It doesn't seem to have helped yet.
I also have been trying to give him my pinky to suck on instead of nursing at each waking to see if he'll fall back to sleep and isn't truly hungry. This has worked a few times. He lets me know he's hungry when he spits my finger out, so I nurse then.
Naps are also short nowadays. In the sling he'll sleep maybe 1 - 1.5hrs at the most. But when I nurse him down in bed, he's usually up within 30-45min. He often wakes and is still tired, though, so I end up putting him in the sling anyway.
Anyone else noticing any changes in your dc's sleeping patterns? Is this just a phase (please say yes even if it's not
) .
