Night time help

I think there a sleep regression everyone’s baby is going through. Please don’t drop feeding until they are 1 or your dr gave you the okay they still need or want that food! I’ve been dealing with this for the past 2 months and last night was probably the first time in forever my son only woke up once. It will pass just give her a couple weeks she could also be having a growth spurt.

For me we’ve dropped night time feedings around 5 months with drs okay. I give my daughter 2-3 purées during the day so breakfast and dinner sometimes a lil snack depending on how hungry she is. We also stick to a schedule for night time so dinner, bath, massage and book and then a last 4oz bottle before bed. That seems to work really well she doesn’t wake during the night. Try a schedule if that can work for you!

okay thanks! I thought maybe it was just me. We had planned to drop our 4am feed long ago per the doctor and I just can’t get rid of it and then now we end up with 2-4 a night which is alarming when it hasn’t happened before haha. We got lucky on our 4 month like she still slept through the night but with 2 dream feeds where we intervened not her waking up. Now she wakes fully screaming inconsolable without that bottle.

yep we have a schedule! I just altered it yesterday to add in a last call playtime at 5 instead of jumping into dinner and I feel like that plus doing 3 purées instead of 2 helped a lot last night. I can’t thank you guys enough for your info and it’s nice to know I’m not alone! Hoping our extended night routine progresses even more tonight.

that’s how my son has been he would have maybe 1-2 bottles a night and now I kid you not he’s going through like 6 lol it’s been a nightmare😭😅 if it lasts a while tho definitely call and see if there’s something you can do or something else going on. Honestly for me it seems like when I started purées his sleep got worse idk how that works tho lol

girl yes!! I blame the purées!! I’ll give our new updated night routine a week or so and see. I want to move her to her nursery soon but not if she’s not sleeping through the night

how much does your daughter weigh? I think the bigger babies need more calories like mine and just can’t seem to get enough during the day.

19lbs

Honestly with my son we never did a schddule and he was a mess at night 😢. I couldn’t even tell u when he slept or how much lol. I was oblivious ! But now with my daughter it’s helped a lot. But she does fluctuate. We breastfeed with 2 -3 meals or purées depending on her.. I offer breakfast, lunch n dinner(she’s 8 months in 2 weeks). She was sleeping through the night but she got 2 teeth which made things rough. Then sleep regressions. She now sleeps from 9-9 (it was 8-8, and I want it back there, so slowly changing) I noticed that if she gets too much sleep she wakes more often. So I cut her down to two naps, but she is also at the age where it is developmentally appropriate. So just keep in mind a balance of sleep is necessary(which I’m sure u know) . Some think overtired or undertired don’t exist because us adults can sleep always lol

But as far as soothing. My daughter is learning self soothing. I give her five minutes of fussing and if she doesn’t calm
Down I get her because it usually means she’s hungry or needs extra comfort. Then I lay her back in her crib after nursing. We do have rough nights like ur describing though. And sometimes I accidentally cosleep. So just know; you’re doing so good and one waking at night isn’t terrible! Another helpful thing is putting them to bed on time. Their circadian rhythm for slepenis between 6-830pmz my daughter has been wake up during the 9-9 aboit 2-3x but when she slept @8pm-830she tried sleeping until like 9-10am 🤣 so it definitely makes a difference