Has my son got into a habit? If so how do I break it?

Question

My son has slept through the night since 5/6 weeks old. Apart from the sleep regressions hes been brilliant. But for the past 3 weeks now every night I put him down he will wake exactly 20 minutes after. I dont understand why. Hes not hungry. His nappy is clean. I thought it might be a sleep regression but my mum said by the sounds of it hes now got into the habit of it. What do you think?

Answer

I’m going to guess it’s a leap.  Sounds a lot like a couple phases our daughter went through. You may just need to wait it out.

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Could be a habit. What time does he go to bed? You could consider putting him down 15-20 minutes later than you do now to avoid that?

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Sounds like a habit. If you know he has everything he needs I’d just leave him in there until he falls back asleep. My daughter was waking up every night at 4am. I knew she wasn’t hungry and didn’t need a diaper change. After a couple days of letting her cry it out she went back to sleeping through the night.

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My baby has been doing this for the last 3 nights. He falls asleep at his normal bedtime, but wakes up soon after like he was taking a nap and then won’t fall back asleep for hours.

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Following mine does the same but he drinks a little more milk sometimes

Has my son got into a habit? If so how do I break it?

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