Question for the lucky mums whose babies sleep through the night…

What routines do you do in the daytime with naps and feeding to make them sleep through the night?

My LO has 2-2.5 hour wake windows, 3 naps a day and feeds roughly every 3 hours. I make her 6oz but she probably only drinks 5oz max. I can’t get her to drink anymore.

Does anyone have any tips of what I could do differently to see if she’ll sleep for longer at night? She goes to bed around 6.30/7pm and wakes at around 10pm, 1am & 4am, plus wake a couple times for the dummy. Then we start the day at 7am.

Any tips for where I’m going wrong please? Thank you in advance 💖

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It seems as though you either have a baby that likes sleep or you don’t! 😂 We haven’t started weaning yet. Maybe will start this weekend but I’ve heard that doesn’t necessarily help with the night sleep.

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My little girl has slept through from about 3/4months old. she is now on 1litre of breast milk a day (5 7oz bottles) from 6.30am to 6.30pm. She sleeps from 7.30pm to 6.30am.
Id say making sure they eat enough in the day helps and also we changed nappies to kit and kin but for night only as they’re so expensive but I can tell they’re better and she’s never leaked so think she’s more comfortable at night in them so not waking. We also moved her into her own room at 4 months and she’s definitely slept better. She’s currently just about to turn 6 months x

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Do you do a feed at 10 when she wakes? That helps my LG go through to about 5/6 x

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No routine for us during the day… baby has short naps when tired and goes to bed at around 6pm this is our only routine and we are v thankful he sleeps well at night only waking up once normally xx

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Yes we do a feed at 10pm, 1am & 4am approx. I don’t think she’s drinking enough throughout the day but how do you get them to drink more if they turn their head & push the bottle away once they’ve had enough?

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Try adding in some weaning foods. My lo sleep 7-7.30 at night until 6-7 am with no feeds. Has a 7oz bottle at waking then has between 6/7 oz throughout the day. Although last night she wouldnt drink her normal oz and would only get in 4.5 oz but she still slept. She did have some food at 5 ish though so she was full. She has 2 short naps per day and a longer one. X x

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My LO wakes at 6, has a feed and nappy change and a play (usually in the jumperoo for a bit or with the dog. He’s usually tired after 90mins so he naps then. This can range between 45 mins to 90mins, he then has porridge and another play and we get dressed. If it’s a day we have baby classes at 12 so he will usually sleep on the way to the class, if no class we go for a walk with the dogs for another nap.
He will nap after the class for a couple of hours or just around an hour if no class and he is awake no later than half 4. He eats (usually pureed beg at this point)

At 6 we run a bath, have a story and a feed 7-8oznsbd he asleep by 7 usually.

Very rarely we wake at 3am, usually now just sleeps through. I think he sleeps better since we started weaning

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I don't think you're doing anything wrong. You're obviously really clued up on her wake windows, she's napping and eating enough but maybe it'll just take her a little longer to drop night feeds? One thing we do is play white noise all night. That way, our baby is less likely to be disturbed by us or outside noise. X

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