LO still waking up every 3 hours

Hey y’all! My LO is 7 months old but still waking up every 3 hours wanting to eat. It doesn’t seem to matter how much is in the bottle. Even after sometimes drinking 8 ounces before bedtime he’s still up after 3 hours. I make sure he’s getting as much as he needs during the day so I know he’s not starving. And about a month ago he was doing 5 even sometimes 6 hour stretches before wanting to eat, and nothing with his routine or eating habits has changed, so I’m questioning why it’s now consistently every 3 hours. I’m just wondering if there’s anything at all I can do to try and get him to go longer stretches again. Any advice or sharing personal experiences would be greatly appreciated!

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Side note: I also just found out I’m pregnant again, so I’m wanting to start being intentional in trying to get his overnights figured out to make it a little easier on me before the 1st trimester hits me like a train.

Can your partner try to handle one of the 3 hour times? My LO was like that if he wasn’t cosleeping and my husband started handling the first wake up when we transitioned him to his room, once he realized after the first few nights that I wasn’t doing that feed and my husband was just going in and giving him a binkie and rocking him he started sleeping through it.

Sometimes he eats up to 8 ounces before bedtime and it seems he’s still up 3-4 hours later. I’ve tried settling him without giving him a bottle for the first wake, but he just starts to cry harder when he realizes I don’t have a bottle for him.

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