Night time feeds

My LG is 8 weeks on Monday and normally takes 4-5oz. In the day she goes 2/3 hours between feeds and night time will normally do a 10-2 stretch but her 2am bottle she ALWAYS falls asleep on it no matter how much I try to keep her awake by changing her nappy midway through the bottle or stripping off a layer! She will then fall straight back to sleep and wake up half an hour-hour later wanting more milk🄲
Anyone got any tips? It’s killing me as I’ll go back into a deep sleep and then she’s up again! 😭😓

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I read on here somewhere to give her an extra ounce at bedtime bottle to see if they go longer in the night. I tried this and my lo went and extra hour I no it’s not a lot but an extra hour to a mummy who hasn’t slept properly since getting pregnant is amazing. My LO is 8 weeks tomorrow. And does the same xx

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My LO will be 9weeks tomorrow. I'm breastfeeding so don't know how much she is getting but give a feed every 1hr from 7pm til 10pm then she will sleep from 10pm til 4/5am then fall straight back to sleep after a small feed and wake around 8/9am.
Maybe trying giving more before bedtime and push them a bit longer
A longer gap might help having a full feed when they do wake up.

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