13.5 weeks and still up every 3 hrs at night?

mobiz · September 2009

my DS is up every 3 hrs on the dot at night wanting to eat. and that is 3 hrs from when he starts eating, so really only sleeping in about 2.5 hr stretches. it's soooo frustrating and i'm TIRED!

anyone else? ideas?? i'm going to ask the pedi at his 4 mo appt....

jklatka · September 2009

This terrifies me.. . I am going back to work at 8 weeks and I dont' know if I can do it if this happens. . .I am anxious to hear the responses. .

MidwestTexan · September 2009

My DS gets up only twice on a good night or 3 times on a bad night. He goes to bed at 7pm (feeds at 6:30) and wakes up for the day 6-7am.

mobiz · September 2009

jklatka:
This terrifies me.. . I am going back to work at 8 weeks and I dont' know if I can do it if this happens. . .I am anxious to hear the responses. .

yep, i've been back at work 2 weeks and i'm dying of tired. it sucks.

daisy333 · September 2009

I have the same problem... up every 3 hours... 4 if I'm lucky. I thought it was because I am breastfeeding.... no cereal or formula.

mobiz · September 2009

MidwestTexan:
My DS gets up only twice on a good night or 3 times on a bad night. He goes to bed at 7pm (feeds at 6:30) and wakes up for the day 6-7am.

We're sort of similar....DS eats at 7:30, in bed at 8. Then eats at 11, 2, 5 and i have to get him up for the day at 6:30. i wish he would only eat one time between 8-6!

mobiz · September 2009

daisy333:
I have the same problem... up every 3 hours... 4 if I'm lucky. I thought it was because I am breastfeeding.... no cereal or formula.

yes, BFing here too.....but just started putting half formula in his nighttime bottle but it hasn't led to more sleep

karskaren · September 2009

I still have the same problem - my pediatrician recommending feeding him more before bedtime - but since I am nursing - I let him nurse until he falls to sleep - it hasn't changed anything yet.

We have started cereal now - I am thinking about trying that close to bedtime - but I really don't think that is going to make a difference though!

hisbabybear · September 2009

daisy333:
I have the same problem... up every 3 hours... 4 if I'm lucky. I thought it was because I am breastfeeding.... no cereal or formula.

I EBF too and my DS STTN. Dont give cereal or formula to try and get your LO to STTN. It wont help. They will do it when they are ready. GL!

jklatka · September 2009

Maybe a whole bottle of formula would help. . .I am EP breastmilk. .. ..does anyone know if that would help?

hisbabybear · September 2009

jklatka:
Maybe a whole bottle of formula would help. . .I
am EP breastmilk. .. ..does anyone know if that would help?

i doubt you can get your one month old to drink an entire bottle of formula. and if you can, she will probably just throw it up. bad idea and it probably wont help.

MamiJam · September 2009

At around that age, DS was waking up about 2x through the night, sometimes 3x. Like pp said, formula and cereal won't really help. IMO, babies will STTN when they're ready. After his 4 month wakeful stage, he started STTN 10 hours straight for a week. We gave him cereal at 5 months and that didn't change anything. DS STTN off and on now anywhere from 5-10 hours straight and we don't do anything different to get longer stretches out of him.

I recommend trying to soothe/rock him back to sleep when he wakes up instead of offering to feed him right away. If he doesn't fall back asleep, you know he is hungry and of course he needs to eat. If he does fall asleep, you know he's just waking up out of habit and needs to learn to self-soothe. Growth spurts are typical at 3 weeks so just try to be patient, he will outgrow this!

LVila · September 2009

MamiJam:

I recommend trying to soothe/rock him back to sleep when he wakes up instead of offering to feed him right away. If he doesn't fall back asleep, you know he is hungry and of course he needs to eat. If he does fall asleep, you know he's just waking up out of habit and needs to learn to self-soothe. Growth spurts are typical at 3 weeks so just try to be patient, he will outgrow this!

This. Try soothing back to sleep. I don't know if you use a pacifier or not, but offer the paci to see if they just woke up or if they really need food.

wicke0831 · September 2009

My LO is about the same age as yours. How much is your DS eating every 3 hrs? I would first figure out if the DS needs to be eating more, then I would recommend adding cereal to the bottle 1 tsp for every 2 oz (warning this may make your baby a little consitpated once cereal is added). I would also do half breast milk and formula. I used to only do the breast milk but didnt understand why the baby would always seem to wake up so often, then i mixed the two and added the cereal and it helps. The pedi recommened this to me since my LO has reflux at two weeks old. Now my LO wakes once a nite, and I am hoping that he will drop this soon since he has slept for 7hrs before. It make take a few weeks before you start to notice a change but don't give up.

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