Baby waking up at night to 'play'

Thanks so much for all the advice ladies! So tonight is the night and hopefully i will have more hours to sleep!

BTW - LO has refused the dummy from 1 month old... but when he does go to sleep he does the sucking motion. is it too late to 'try' and introduce the dummy again?

Thanks again!

Yes claire. Dylan only has his dummy in his cot and he now associates it with sleep. His eyes kinda roll back when I give it to him. x

I did the same as JOli, no talking, no lights no nappy changing (unless absolutely necessary), just feed and out the room. Also had a VERY dim night light so I could see what I was doing.

I also gave a comfort item from birth - Liam has a little teddy, a taglet and a dummy, Brandon has a little dolphin, taglet and used to have a dummy. This helps with sleep association, as they only ever got it when it was sleeping time.

And as mentioned earlier, it is very important to put him down BEFORE he falls asleep. Both my boys gave a little sigh just before they dropped off, so it was easy to tell when to put them down. After a while you can then put them down while still wide awake, as long as you have followed your sleepy time routine.

A great sleep help book is the No-Cry Sleep solution by Elizabeth Pentley - it is a gentle, flexible sleep training method and worked a bomb with Liam.

Teez the amount on the tin is just an indication and Dylan also didn't feed much at a time. Allow him to determine the quantity of food so no worries. If he is picking up weight and has enough wet nappies then he is eating and drinking enough.

The light and talking does wake them up so try that first. I put the bathroom light on which gives enough light in his room to see him but not wake him up too much.

He needs to self soothe and you can try out different techniques here. I did sleep training where I would go in and pat him once or twice and leave again.

It is important that your child goes to bed fairly awake and learns to fall asleep by himself. this will help when he wakes during the night and then can go back to sleep by himself.

Thanks Joli & Julz!
Def going to try the "No light and No talking"

Ohhh Julz and there is toys near his cot!

Thanks ladies, much appreciated!

Thanks so much Julz for your reply... u have already pointed out 2 things that i am doing wrong. I put on the lights and talk to him!
After his supper and bath in the afternoons, it's time with dad and myself and then I breastfeed him. So basically before 8pm he is sound asleep.
Another thing i forgot to mention is that he is currently on the second foods-Purity and never seems to finish the full bottle. So for lunch and supper we have to give him half the quantity. During the day he is on formula(NAN) and according to the tin, he should be drinking more than 200ml by now, but my boy only seems to be drinking 120ml at a time.
Is he taking in too little?

Oh and no toys or mobiles near the cot other than a doodoo teddy or blankie.