Night feeds

This is a question for the mums of non sleepers! If your baby sleeps through the night, keep scrolling 🤣
So, exclusively breastfed 20w boy, wakes up every 2 hours, I feed him and he goes back to sleep peacefully.
He did his first wake up just now, 2hs since he fell asleep, 2:40 since last feed. I shushed him and he went back to sleep. IS THIS LEGAL? Am I being awful?
He is 8kg, almost 90th centile, he is doing great. Can I actually space out night feeds? I feel guilty as hell 😅

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My boy is also 20w and EBF. He gets fed every 4/4.5hrs during the day and sometimes will sleep even 5hrs at night so do not be scared to space out night feeds. Just makes sure he gets enough before bed to keep him asleep for as long as possible

Also he is going thru sleep regression and is up every 2hrs at night but i dont feed him, just lull him back to sleep

My baby is 19 weeks and also EBF, never been a great sleeper (used to be hourly until the last 6-8 weeks!!) Started to get longer stretches at the start of the night now (usually 3-4, has done 5/6 once or twice!) and then 1.5-2 hrs after that. I’ll always feed on the first wake, then the other wakes after that I’ll see if I can shh/stroke her chest/settle with dummy, if it doesn’t work or she wakes shortly after (like 30-45 mins) I’ll feed her again. Definitely not illegal/awful, enjoy the sleep Mumma! I still feed 2-3 hourly in the day too xx

See my boy is 18w and he wakes during the night. Ik hes not hungry and sometimes a cuddle doesnt do so i try giving him water just to see whether its because his mouths dry and that tends to work

I've just finished reading this section on Hannah Love's book and she actually uses a similar method to progressively stop feeding overnight. Apparently, babies automatically adjust and feed more during the day.
My little boy tends to have 4/5 hours from his bedtime feed, then 3 hours and then every 1.5h until 7ish and he is 19 weeks nearly 8 kg and definitely not a good sleeper if I'm reading a sleep training book 🤣

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