as the title says, my DS has started to cluster feed from around 4.30/5am each morning till he's ready to get up around 6/6.30am. this has been going on for a few weeks now.
we co-sleep so that minimises the disruption but i was wondering whether it's likely to be just a phase? with DS still waking every 1-2hours over night, the last thing i'm really up for is a massive feeding session before we get up for the day i still feed overnight & generally feed at each wake up overnight. he also eats pretty well - i think he's fairly normal & will have days where he eats a lot & others where he isn't so interested.
is he likely to be just hungry? is it something to do with sep anxiety? am i missing something?
any support/advice/stories of your LOs would be most appreciated!
Sloane, my DS was similar for a little while there I think. I would be up and down with him from about 4am onwards. He's not quite as bad these days, but he does still tend to want a few feeds in the morning when he wakes up (at around 6 - 6.30am). He'll usually have each side, but then ask for it again two or three times through the early morning - so still sort of cluster feeding.
No idea as to why your DS is cluster feeding so much right now - my guess would be that it's developmental, and will (hopefully) pass.
thanks guys. i have a feeling it's something i just have to wait out but it's doing some serious damage to the already depleted energy reserves!!
sterla - after thinking about it, i think the cluster feeding may have started around the same time DS started walking. no idea if there's any connection
arcadia - he's still on 2 day sleeps because he really seems to need them. but then i always wonder how much better he'd be if he slept through with only 1 or 2 wake ups instead of 6 or 7. he's normally down for his first nap by 9/930 & i dunno how much longer i could stretch him out?
not exactly what i was hoping to hear but yeah, i had a feeling it was just going to be another one of those things that i'd have to wait out. my MIL said the other day that i might as well keep going without interfering with his sleep now seeing i've been doing it for this long. i'm in the mood to agree at the moment. next week i may be back to feeling that i may be losing my mind & desperately need the solution NOW!
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i still feed overnight & generally feed at each wake up overnight. he also eats pretty well - i think he's fairly normal & will have days where he eats a lot & others where he isn't so interested.
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