3.5 months not sleep through the night

My 3.5 months old son had to have his bath at 7pm every night, then a bottle of feed, go to sleep. Normally he slept until 3am, but now I woke him up at 12am, feed him, then he sell until 5 or 6 in the morning.
However I used to wrap him up, but this couple of day, he learn how to put his finger in his mouth, he no longer let me wrap him up.
I just want him to sleep longer, so I can get some more sleep!
Any suggestion?

My 3.5 months old son had to have his bath at 7pm every night, then a bottle of feed, go to sleep. Normally he slept until 3am, but now I woke him up at 12am, feed him, then he sell until 5 or 6 in the morning.
However I used to wrap him up, but this couple of day, he learn how to put his finger in his mouth, he no longer let me wrap him up.
I just want him to sleep longer, so I can get some more sleep!
Any suggestion?

Hi

I know its tiring but its perfectly normal for them not to sleep through the night and at 3.5 months you are doing very well if he's only waking once during the night.

The only thing that will change it is time, as he grows older he'll be able to sleep longer over night without needing a feed. He's due a growth spurt around 4 months so will wake more frequently to feed as well.

Yes, 3.5 months is very young to realistically expect him to sleep through the night. I know a lot of mums who have said to me 'my boy/girl slept through the night from 10 weeks etc etc', frankly I don't believe most of them! My DD is 2 years old, and she still gets up every now and then and that's perfectly normal.

'Sleeping through the night' is also a difficult term, because by definition it actually means sleeping around 6 hours after a late night feed. That isn't 'sleeping through' in my books and if that's what people mean then my DD slept from 10pm until 3.30-4 am from about 3 months. However I call 'sleeping through' a good 10 hours.

Your little boy is not mature enough to sleep more than what he does. In fact after re-reading your post, and if he sleeps from 12am until 5-6am, then he does actually by definition 'sleep through the night' already.

hello , wrap him so he cant put his fingers in mouth.
swaddle works best for us.
try not waking him
we used to wake our baby for the DREAM FEED.
Once we stopped doing that...she started sleeping longer
took about a month and she was sleeping through from seven till morning...!!
you will find if you stop waking baby he will probably only wake once in the night and go back to sleep easier than when you wake him!!
just my throughts!!

[quote name='Clax' date='15 April 2012 - 04:00 PM' timestamp='1334469632' post='3170306'] Yes, 3.5 months is very young to realistically expect him to sleep through the night. I know a lot of mums who have said to me 'my boy/girl slept through the night from 10 weeks etc etc', frankly I don't believe most of them! My DD is 2 years old, and she still gets up every now and then and that's perfectly normal. My DD started sleeping through 7 - 6 at 12 weeks old just out of the blue... lasted for 3 months and I thought I was on a pretty sweet wicket... It didn't last though, she is 10 m.o now and she sometimes sleeps through but often wakes at least once or twice a night. So I do believe people when they say it, but I struggle to believe people who claim their baby NEVER wakes up through the night! I agree with everything else you said though smile To the OP - most new mums have VERY unrealistic expectations of how their baby should sleep. Sleep training advocates and stupid parenting books that are totally obsessed with the parent's sleep and fail to consider things from the babies point of view are to blame for this. It is NORMAL and HEALTHY for babies and young children to wake through the night for a whole myriad of reasons, some phsyical and some emotional and all are equally important. So as hard as it is, you just need to try and accept it, sleep when you can, ask for help from friends/relatives when you are really struggling if possible and try to enjoy your baby during those wee hours of the night just as much as you love and enjoy him through the daylight hours!

To the OP - most new mums have VERY unrealistic expectations of how their baby should sleep. Sleep training advocates and stupid parenting books that are totally obsessed with the parent's sleep and fail to consider things from the babies point of view are to blame for this. It is NORMAL and HEALTHY for babies and young children to wake through the night for a whole myriad of reasons, some phsyical and some emotional and all are equally important. So as hard as it is, you just need to try and accept it, sleep when you can, ask for help from friends/relatives when you are really struggling if possible and try to enjoy your baby during those wee hours of the night just as much as you love and enjoy him through the daylight hours!

I agree 100%!!!!