Sleep through the night?

Question

Any tips/tricks/advice on how to get my 10 week old to sleep better through the night?
We’ve had great nights where he goes 5.5 hours, 3 hours, 2 hours, but recently he’s only been going 2 hour increments. We moved him to the crib 2 weeks ago and it started out great, but now he startles himself awake and I feel like I only get 1 hour of sleep between feedings. He’s also been nursing for 10 minutes at a time rather than the 15-20 he used to in the past. Not sure if he’s just being a more efficient eater or if he’s cutting himself short and that’s why he seems to always want to nurse at night.
Is this a growth spurt? Development leap? Or does he just need to figure out his limbs over time and get used to the startling? It’s getting exhausting.

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I started giving him his paci when I hear him starting to wiggle throughout the night and he goes back to sleep so quickly that he never actually wakes up. I think he was waking up out of habit or because of gas but not because he was actually hungry. I’ve also been giving him gripe water before I put him down for bed to help with gas.

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I’m currently going through the Taking Cara Babies course. Trying the extending time between feedings on our 11 week old tonight. 🤞🏼

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Whats your routine, is he swaddled? We are using the love to dream bc my LO wants access to her hands. We also have blackout curtains and I put a liner under the nursery door to keep as much light out as possible. Ive got 2 white noise machines going one with white noise and one with ocean waves. We do a bath, story and lotion then feed to sleep. When she makes noise I give her a minute or so to see if she is really awake if so ill try to settle her in the crib before she starts crying if she is escalating. When I take her out ill try to burp her first sometimes she will let out a biggie and I will attempt to pat her back to sleep (doesnt always work). I used to check her diaper but have since realized that I should let that ride unless its super full or she poos. Shes almost 11 weeks now she does an initial 4 hour stretch then will get up anywhere from 90 minutes to 3 hours later. On the weekends my husband will try to resettle her if shes in the shorter window, its easier for him to do because I smell like the fridge.

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For the startling, are you swaddling? 
As for shortened feeding times, do your boobs feel as empty as they did when your baby was taking 15-20 mins to drink? If so, he may just be becoming more efficient at nursing like you said. 
As for lengthening sleep times, have you tried dream feeding? Ideally, if your baby is sleeping before you are ready for bed, you give them a feed right before you go to bed (but not waking them up) to fill their little bellies. This has been extending my daughter’s sleep from 5 to 7 hours each night.

Sleep through the night?

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