Formula fed bubbas

Mums who formula feed, what do you do when your little one wakes up multiple times in the night? I used to EBF but started moving my little boy onto formula and it’s all still quite new to me. Before I would still give my breast in the night incase he was hungry but a lot of time would be comfort but now I don’t know what to do as obviously I’m not going to give a bottle every time he wakes up and he doesn’t take a dummy

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Is it’s 3 hours plus I give milk if not I might have to rock or walk her back to sleep if she doesn’t take the dummy

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If its been over 4 hours il give a feed but mainly just using dummy and rock/walk him back to sleep

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If he wakes up anytime after 12 he gets a bottle. I make the bottle whilstmy husband changes the nappy, we use the rapid cool bottles so doesn't take to long.
If not he just has a cuddle and a little rocking.

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I try and rock him back to sleep, if he doesn’t settle and it’s been 3 hours plus I’ll give him a bottle x

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Same as said above if it’s over 4 hours I’ll make up a feed but if not he normally just wants to know I’m there so a Little pat and he’s back to sleep

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My LO dropped a night feed just as we were coming out of the 4 month sleep regression. I would feed him at like 7:30pm at bedtime and then he would be fed 3am onwards (whenever he woke up really). He started sleeping through so stopped having that feed. He’s had colds and teething problems for about 3 weeks now and is in his own room so he is now waking up anywhere between 1 and 3 times a night. I offered a feed at 3am for the first time since we dropped them a few nights ago because teething has meant his daily intake has dropped but he only took an ounce. I usually try other things first and sometimes a stroke on the back or pat on the bum helps him resettle. He has been ending up in our bed since teething so bad so sometimes just our presence helps and he’s back to sleep

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My boy was feeding to sleep so then it became habit to feed lots during the night, I now feed in the light and make sure I put him in his cot awake took a few nights and instead of all the feeds he would only take 1oz I cut them out, he still has one big feed which I don’t mind cause he takes it all. The first few nights was harder to resettle with rocking etc but I stuck with it and his wake ups improved! I also use ready made formula during the night! X

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Nuby rapid cool is a life saver for night feeds x

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