Still not sleeping through the night…

My girl is 6 1/2 months now and she still isn’t sleeping through the night. She goes down around 730-8pm and will wake up wanting her bottle multiple times throughout the night. She has never been a pacifier baby and I have tried sleep sacks for her. She gets rice cereal before before followed by a bottle tin attempt to keep her full but she is still actively drinking 2-3 whole bottles in the night! The doctor at her 6 month check up says it’s just a soothing thing and to try something else besides a bottle with milk in it- so far she has caught on and doesn’t like it. I’ve even tried taking the bottle top off to see if she will suck on it enough to smooth herself to sleep, no luck. Any suggestions?

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How many ounces is she getting during the day? I almost wonder if she feels like she needs to make it up if she isn't getting enough? Or even trying upping the amount she gets during the day 🤷‍♀️

she is taking 6(& sometimes more ounces at a time), she also eats 2-3 solid meals a day. She is really good about rejecting it she is not hungry.

I was just curious because I had heard (before giving birth) that getting all of their calories in during the day helps with sleeping at night. So that looks like 27-28 oz for my little. My pediatrician also said to maintain the same amount of oz even when introducing foods 🤷‍♀️ now that was coming from his suggestion of purees, and as I don't know how much your baby eats in food, it is me just mentioning it. Mine is good about rejecting her bottle if not hungry too. It makes me think I'll never be able to consolidate her bottles since she seems like she doesn't want to drink more than 6.5 oz at a time 😂 except for her morning feed lately she's been getting 8-8.5!!

she isn’t falling asleep without either being rocked to bed or with the bottle. The bottle eases her immediately if she wakes up immediately.

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