Jake has always been quite a good little sleeper, but the past few nights have been a nightmare. He is 6 1/2 weeks old now and would previously have a feed at about 9.30pm and sleep soundly until 3am, then he'd wake up again at 7am ish for another feed.
The past few nights he has drained a 6oz bottle at 7pm then only taken 2-3ozs at 9.30pm. He falls asleep during the feed at 9.30pm and we put him in his crib. He is sleeping then until about 11pm when he's waking himself up by kicking and grunting and then wants another small feed of 1 or 2 ozs. He falls asleep during that feed and then when we put him in his crib he half wakes up and grunts and kicks for a while until he falls asleep until 2am when he wants feeding again. He sleeps during this feed and only has 2-3ozs. Again, when put back in his crib he starts grunting and kicking and eventually falls asleep until about 5am when he'll normally have a 6ozs bottle and go back to sleep for anywhere between 2 and 4 hours.
We have been swaddling him since birth and wondered if he was trying to escape so we put him in a sleeping bag for the past 2 nights and have had no improvment. After the 5am feed this morning we took him out of his sleeping bag and swaddled him but he just lay there kicking and grunting again.
Any suggestions on how we can get him to stop all this kicking and grunting, and how to get him used to his sleeping bag, and how to get him to go back to his original routine or a better routine where he sleeps better and for longer? I thought things were supposed to get easier from now not worse!!
Sorry for the long post!
The past few nights he has drained a 6oz bottle at 7pm then only taken 2-3ozs at 9.30pm. He falls asleep during the feed at 9.30pm and we put him in his crib. He is sleeping then until about 11pm when he's waking himself up by kicking and grunting and then wants another small feed of 1 or 2 ozs. He falls asleep during that feed and then when we put him in his crib he half wakes up and grunts and kicks for a while until he falls asleep until 2am when he wants feeding again. He sleeps during this feed and only has 2-3ozs. Again, when put back in his crib he starts grunting and kicking and eventually falls asleep until about 5am when he'll normally have a 6ozs bottle and go back to sleep for anywhere between 2 and 4 hours.
We have been swaddling him since birth and wondered if he was trying to escape so we put him in a sleeping bag for the past 2 nights and have had no improvment. After the 5am feed this morning we took him out of his sleeping bag and swaddled him but he just lay there kicking and grunting again.
Any suggestions on how we can get him to stop all this kicking and grunting, and how to get him used to his sleeping bag, and how to get him to go back to his original routine or a better routine where he sleeps better and for longer? I thought things were supposed to get easier from now not worse!!
Sorry for the long post!
