Growth Spurt-sleeping problem?

[baby_love]

Hello,

I am new to this forum, so hopefully I am doing the right thing here. :wave:

I have a baby boy who is 13.5 weeks old now. He was sleeping about 5-6 hours straight during the night not until a week ago. He wakes up every 3 or 3.5 hours for a feed during the night. What happened?

He is demand feed at the moment. I have been reading the article on the internet about having a routine for the feeding is good and it will help the baby to sleep. Onthe other hand "demand feed" can lead to some problems.

Do you think it is the demand feed that is causing the problem? I thought demand feed was a good thing and even the mid wives told us that.
Help please!!.:smiliedance:

[mich71]

honey its his 2nd growth spurt it will settle down its something we all go through if your breatfeeding u need to brink more and eat a little more i found yogut was great to get the milk coming in if u can express for 10 mins after feed no more it will help as well with in 2 weeks hell have what he needs and demand feeding is fine not evry baby sticks to every 4hrs to 5hrs

[cosmic]

Hi, and welcome. :wave:

I think you should stick with the demand feeding! And if your bub has been sleeping longer and is now having more regular feeds, it definitely sounds like a growth spurt. My bub is only 9.5 weeks but she did the same thing last week and it only lasted a few days (maybe a week?) and now she's back to having at least one long sleep at night.

I believe they have a pretty good growth spurt around 3mths and all that extra feeding is building your supply to what he needs so I don't think it's a good idea to restrict his access right now.

[BubbaNoogie]

Same sorta thing happening with Mari at the moment, wanting to be feed every one and a half to two hours for the past 2 weeks!! hope it will end soon, she is getting very fat!:D and i am getting very tired!

[Mischief]

I hear your pain!!!! Oliver is 13 weeks today, he's been sleeping until about 2 every night for the past couple of weeks, then from 230 till about 6-630...now he is waking 3 times for a feed....

I'm running raggard!!!!

Must be a growth spurt.... Hope it settles for you soon....AND ME! Need sleep sooooo bad! :sleeping: