What am I getting wrong !

[Deee]

I am starting to get really worried that I have got something terribly wrong with my darling Z monster. He simply absolutely positively will not sleep more than 5 hours at night. In fact getting 5 hours out of him is pretty rare.

I see and hear about all these other wonderful bubbas sleeping 8 or 9 hours and need someone to tell me the trick !!!

He'll sleep maybe 4 hours from 7pm till 11 then have a sleepy feed which he only takes about 3 or 4 oz of, then is awake again by 2.30 to 3am. I've tried water at that feed but he is having none of it. Then again by 5.to 5.30 he is awake again needing a top up. If I do the top up he sleeps till about 7am then is awake and wanting to play. Not awake and crying, just coo-ing and gurgling and chatting away I guess cos he's had enough sleep.

He is a slow feeder and rarely finishes a bottle in the day, maybe takes 5 or 6 oz but it takes an hour to get that down him with the rests he seems to need.

I've even started giving him baby rice about 5.30 pm but that doesn't even help

I go back to work in a few weeks and starting to panic a bit !

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