Give bottle or no at night?

My daughter just started sleeping through the night (no motn) . Anyways today my alarm went off she was crying at 2am so I got up like 205... used the bathroom.. went downstairs made her bottle.. came into my room to grab my glasses and I look at the camera and she was still again, eyes closed and within mins back asleep. I don't want to ignore MOTN feeds but should I be kinda waking her now to feed her? Or just let her go back to sleep? And the cry isn't like screaming it's just crying on and off (most was ten mins). When she used to wake for a bottle it was a scream cry so we always went in immediately ...this one seems more like a cry, whimper and settle (again within ten mins). Idk I'm confused 😕😖

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If her pediatrician didn’t have concerns about her gaining enough weight, then she’s free to sleep through the night without a feeding.

Between 4-6 months, if you decide to sleep train or “night ween” you can do “dream feeds” a couple times a night. Look up dream feeds. It’s where you go in at night, while she’s sleeping and feed her, then put her back down without waking her up. The idea is that she doesn’t wake in the middle of the night and you don’t feed her in response to any crying. That’ll help solidify her sleeping through the night.

I did the “Taking Cara Babies” sleep training with my July 2021 baby. This is where I learned how to implement night weening. I only did this for 3 nights as recommended in the program and after that, my son slept through the night from then on.
Good luck mama!

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how did you find the Taking Cara Babies course? Was it worth it?

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My daughter will be 10 weeks old on Friday and she did something similar to this the night before last. I woke and gave her a binky because it seemed like she was crying in her sleep. As soon as I gave her her binky, she settled and was sound asleep again. She doesn’t really wake at night for feeds much anymore, at least over the last couple of weeks, but I’m told that their sleep patterns change as they grow and develop. Use your instinct, momma. If you think they’re hungry, they probably are.

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Thank you! So we both fell back asleep and then an hour later she was up again and I gave her a bottle (which I'm glad we did cause she was def hungry) then she settled and slept till 845 this morning! I think between now and 4-5 months if she wakes we said well offer her a bottle in the motn cause she's still a petite little bebe lol if she sleeps through great but if not I think we'll feed and see how it all plays out đŸ™đŸŒ

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No, I would not wake her. Both my girls slept through the night since 6/7 weeks. No issues and gaining weight.

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Absolutely worth it! With my first son I was trying at all cost to avoid crying out methods and sleep training. I figured eventually he’ll sleep through the night on his own
 cut to- 13 months later, and I was still nursing him back to sleep every 1-2 hours, sometimes he’d do a 3 hour stretch at night.

I used the 5-24 month sleep program and it worked night ONE! There were tears on both ends, myself included. I wish I would’ve done this sleep training and night weening method as soon as possible, which would’ve been at 5 months.

This time around with my 2nd son I plan to do the Taking Cara sleep training again at 5 months.

Hope this helps! Best of luck to you and your little one!

https://takingcarababies.com/sleep-training-tips

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