Sleep, what sleep?

Question

I'm a FTM and try to stay positive about my 3mo (14 weeks) and the fact that he's not a great sleeper but one day can/will be. But the inconsistency is killing me!
He will go one week sleeping 7 hours and the next, he is up every 3. I will be honest, I about lost it multiple times this last week. Literally every week is different- can these be for developmental reasons? Nothing in his environment has changed.

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You gotta stop listening to people telling you this isn't normal. Expect wake ups for the first year. If your baby ends up sleeping through, that's great, but many if not most babies will wake up for the entire first year. Mine is 9 months old and still wakes up every 2 hours. Yes, I'm tired, but it's what she needs and she will grow out of it.

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They do this ...they go through leaps where they learn new thongs and they literally keep/wake themselves up thinking about all the new things they've learnt. Just wait till the 4 month regression then it gets baddddd.

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Do you have him on a routine? How long do you keep him awake between naps?

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It can be a number of things. He could be too full, he could not be full enough; too hot, too cold; not a comfy position; not ready for bed; too wet; gassy etc etc 
at 3 months my son was sleeping about 8 hours a time (with a dream feed tossed in there) and would have two diaper changes within that 8 hour stretch. He'd then be up for maybe 30 minutes for an awake feed and burping before sleeping another 2/3 hours. But generally, 3 months tends to be a growth spurt month, which can include restlessness, changes in appetite (eating more), unwillingness to sleep, whatever other stuff. 
Now at 4 months (5 months is 10 days), he hit a sleep regression at the very beginging and we were up every 1/1.5 hr because baby kept waking up regardless of if he had eaten. Since that's finally done, thank Jesus, he's sleeping 12  hr stretches (9 hours before dream feed and diaper change, 3 hours post dream feed ) from 730/730.

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Same here. He mostly sleeps a 7 hour stretch and despite having a very full belly last night he woke up after only 4 hours. At this age it's mostly still their tummies driving them.

Sleep, what sleep?

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