Change in sleeping habits?

I realize that with babies, anything goes. But my ds used to be a good sleeper at night. He would go 6 hours (once 7 hours) before his first feeding and then he'd sleep another 3 hours after that.

However lately i feel like we're going backwards. It seems to be back to 5 hours and last night was 4 1/2 hours before his first feeding. Then he went down and was up 2 hours later. Then one hour after that.

Anyone have any ideas as to why? This has been happening for a little bit now. We were doing so good too.

He's also not eating as much the past few weeks. He used to eat 5-6 ounces at a feeding and now he's become more of a snacker throughout the day.

Has this happened to anyone?

I go back to work in 4 weeks and i'd love to get a little more sleep.

(ETA: he used to take a 2 hour nap in the morning and now we can't get him to nap more than 20 minutes)

Message edited 8/28/2008 9:34:35 AM.

Re: Change in sleeping habits?

There is no rhyme or reason as to a baby's sleeping habits. DD is a pretty good sleeper, sometimes has slept 7-7 or 7-6, but then will go 7-1 wake up, and go from 2-6. Every night could be different.

Sometimes they go through growth spurts and require some extra food during the night.

Re: Change in sleeping habits?