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| hi! my son is almost 4 months old and he is still waking up pretty regularly at night. he nurses to sleep until around 845 and then he stays down until 1130. wakes up again at about 2 then about 4, 6, 7 then he's up until his first nap. a lot of people (mostly formula feeders) are telling me that this is crazy that their babies were sleeping through the night at this point. i even tried giving him a bottle of formula for his last feeding as these people convinced me that foruma is heavier and will make him sleep longer...guess what, it didn't and it was a fight every night to get him to take this bottle. is this normal and i should just lay off trying to schedual him or should i be doing something? |
| Posted by Melanie on 08/06/2007 03:43 PM
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| I had the same problem, I fed her at 4.5 months a small amount of rice cereal with formula mixed in on a spoon and she slept 8 hours after that. I did not care what they said about waiting with solids. I was a zombie. My husband worked away from the home, and I was alone I had to do something. I never put the cereal in her bottle like some people do, always from a spoon. I think if I remember right my pedi said no more night time feedings after 6 months. Not sure though good luck!!!!! |
| posted by Vanessa on 08/06/2007 03:52 PM
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Hello!
I am having tghe same exact problem my son is 5 months. he wants to eat more often at night now. we actually tried the rice cereal for 3 days now and it has not worked. He won't take a bottle and he will nurse for a little bit and then fall asleep right next to us. if i put him in his crib he will slepp for 2 to 3 hours and wake up. I do not know what to do. either. sorry if
i am not much of help but you are not alone. |
| posted by Paola on 08/06/2007 04:22 PM
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| Here's what I did and it helped both of us. My son is 3 1/2 months and from the begenning I focused on full feedings at every feeding. He's breastfed exclusively. By 9 weeks he was sleeping through the night, in bed at10:20pm and up at 7am but during the day I make sure he eats every 2.5 to 3 hours, if he's naping I wake him up and feed him and I make sure that it's a full feeding. Then when he fusses I know that he's not hungry but it's something else, usually it means he's tiered. So we've established a routine eat, play then nap and it's been great for him and me. Hope this helps. |
| posted by Esther on 08/06/2007 06:30 PM
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Another thing I forgot to mention was I read an article and it talked about that baby's wake up at night out of habit cause they're creatures of habit and that's another reason to stick to a routine when it comes to feedings. But when I regularly feed him he then began to wake up once at night and my mom told me to just give him a paci, so after a while that's exactly what I did and in couple of days he started sleeping all the way through.
A friend of mine started giving her little guy a little bit of water when he'd wake up and after a couple of days he didn't like that cause it didn't taste like milk so he started sleeping and not waking up. |
| posted by Esther on 08/06/2007 06:44 PM
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| When I saw my pediatrician for my son's 6 month check-up, she told me my son should be sleeping through the night. I am breastfeeding, and was also feeding very frequently at night. I asked to see their lactation consultant after my pediatrician left, and guess what? She told me to continue the night feedings, as it would help my milk supply. She congratulated me for continuing breastfeeding, and encouraged me to keep up the good work. I felt so much better after talking with her! So sure, maybe the formula would fill up their bellies a little more (clearly it didn't for your child), but I am dedicated to keeping up my nursing for at least a year. The good news is, now that he is 8 months old,. he only wakes me up once or twice in the night. Good luck!!!! |
| posted by Jade on 08/06/2007 07:48 PM
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I wouldn't worry too much about his sleeping schedule. I know everyone wants their babies to sleep through the night, but they'll do it when their ready. My son is 5.5 months and he still gets up about twice a night (usually around 2am and 5am). I was just told by my doctor that my son should start sleeping more at night and that if he is still getting up, than it's more from habit than need. I used to want Ian to sleep through the night, but it doesn't bother me any more because my body has gotten used to getting up with him that much. There have been a couple of nights where he only got up once and I got up more than that to see if he needed anything.
Does he normally get a bottle or was this something new to him? My son will fight the bottle if he's teething or just cranky in general, but after a few minutes, he generally takes it pretty well. Have you tried switching bottles? We used to use the Playtex Vent Aire systems, but since switching to the drop-ins, he won't take them any more. Only the Avent Naturals. I think it has something to do with the nipples. We go through a routine every night, which a bottle is part of, and my son goes to bed pretty easily and doesn't get up again until 2am. He's been doing this for awhile.
I hope I helped and not rambled on. :) |
| posted by Jaxon on 08/06/2007 10:12 PM
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| Something else I was told, in regards to weaning them off night feedings, was to take one feeding away at a time. Pick one time and instead of picking them up to eat, comfort them while they are still in the crib. Try not to pick them up and after a couple of days they'll realize they're not going to get food and they won't wake up. Of course, I was just told this today so I haven't actually tried it yet though. Sounds good, but something tells me my son won't think so. |
| posted by Jaxon on 08/06/2007 10:15 PM
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| You could also try cluster feeding I did that by recommendation of my pedi at 3 months of age. Worked pretty okay until I got the cereal in her. You feed every 1-2 hours prior to bedtime small amounts. Holds them longer. Good luck It gets better I promise!!!!! Daughter sleeps 14 hrs straight and a 2 hour nap daily by 9 months!!!! |
| posted by Vanessa on 08/06/2007 10:18 PM
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Oh! One more thing....I heard that the more calories they get during the day, the less likely they are to wake during the night. I nurse my son pretty much all the time. The only times he gets a bottle is once a night as part of his routine (or unless we're out and about and I can't nurse him). However, there are times where I think he doesn't get as much out of me as he should be. So I try to make sure he eats every 3-4 hours.
One thing about solids, they didn't help my son's sleeping habits. When we first started them, he actually got up more at night. Rice cereal tends to binds them up a bit, so giving him cereal may not actually help him sleep at night. It kind of depends on the baby. |
| posted by Jaxon on 08/06/2007 10:18 PM
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