1.30am Wake Up - help!

Cooper is a great day sleeper, he normally has at least two really good sleeps during the day, and he's really easy to put to bed etc.

At night he's given his last bottle between 8.00-8.30pm after he's had a bath and "daddy" time. For the past week and a bit he's been waking up at 1.30am and is really really thirsty and will quite easily drink a 150ml bottle, and fall straight back to sleep and will then wake anytime between 7am-8.30am.

A couple of books that I've read suggest that I should just leave him to resettle, but it's a little hard in our house as he sleeps in our room and we've got two other children, plus DH leaves for work around 7.30am and I don't think it's fair on him to have a screaming baby beside him.

He used to have a dummy but decided that he no longer needed it, and I wouldn't have a clue where they are? Not to keen on re-introducing it either.

I guess what I'm asking is how can I get my 9hr sleep baby back? I've tried giving him a 200ml bottle at bed time but he can't finish it and normally drinks only 100mls.

Any suggestions would be greatly accepted

Is he on solids? He might be trying to tell you its nearly time!

Over the weekend we tried him on solids approx 5 teaspoons, once a day just to get him used to it. He took it ok. Have continued giving it to him once a day for now.

I've also tried the dreamfeed, around 10.30 but he woke at 2.30? So I'm not 100% sure what I'm doing wrong here?

Yes I do; normally between feeds these days. He can drink anywhere from 50-100mls in one sitting. I think I'll do what you suggest Cuppatea, and bath him earlier and put him down at 7.30 feed at 10.30 and see what happens tonight.

sounds familiar Mel and I was just at my antenatel coffeee group and ALL the babies seem to be doing 1am wake ups??????