How often is your baby waking up in the night?

My baby is 5 months old and waking up every 3 hours. Some nights he could do a 4 hour stretch and some he would do just 2. It’s a bit all over the place to be honest. Is it normal for so many wake ups at this age? What is everyone else’s baby doing?

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Mine is sleeping throughout the night.
Do you breastfeed or formula ?

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We sleep through, we have last bottle of 8oz about 9.30pm and sleep through till 6/7

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My girl does maybe a 3/4 hour stretch then is up 2/3 times by 6am after going down between 7/8 most nights. Shes breasted via bottle

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Our twins are nearly 7 months old but born 5 weeks early and waking every 2-3 hours. Combi fed x

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My daughter is breastfed and wakes maybe 2-3 times but every night is different.. her sleep is so inconsistent during the days

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Breastfed and wakes every one to three hours throughout the night. After 3am it's often wakes every 45 mins. Perfectly normal (but not ideal haha)

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CMPA formula fed, likes to go 3 hours bottle to bottle.. sometimes get a 3/4 hour stint in the night. You’re not alone 🥱 it’s completely normal!

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Very very normal x

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My lil one is sleeping through with one wake up (bottle fed) but her brother was bottle fed and he woke up 6 times a night! He was a non sleeper, and she's a sleeper! Perfectly normal depending on the baby your have innate tendancies X

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Mine was doing every 2 hour last week then went on to 4 hoursby end of the week. Last night did a full sleep through. Definitely all over the place! Breast fed. X

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My 6 month old has a bottle at 11pm then sleeps until 3/4am, has another bottle and stays asleep until about 7am. Think it’s normal!

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My daughter wakes loads, I don't even count or track anymore 🤣

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My first at this age woke every 30-40 mins for about a month .. my second sleeps about 1-3 hours (3 hours being rare) breastfed. All totally normal. They will sleep eventually

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Formula fed sleeps around 8pm to 7am xx

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Same my boy is bottle fed 5 months and sleeps at 7pm he is usually up by 11pm and then 1or 2.30 and then 4 am

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Mines breast fed, was feeding every 2- 3/4 hrs. More recently doing much longer stretches 8hrs plus with only one wake! Not expecting this to last as per the other comments, think she's come out a fussy stage.
I don't mind waking too much in the night as it helps with supply and I like to think she's getting the milk she needs.
Breastfeeding isn't easy dispite what people say, you're doing a great job ❤️

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Mine wakes up 2-3 times a night still

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