4.5mths breastfed...still not sleeping thru..getting up loads at night!!!

[jam3]

she is just waking all the time can vary from every 2.5-3.5 hours thhrough the night, is it normal? Shoulkd she be sleeping through?

an even spell im so sleep deprived!

any advice?

[moondog]

I wouldn't expect a baby this age to sleep all night.
Is she in your room?
Can you get a feed over and done with in 20 mins or so?
Try waking her just before you go to sleep for a feed.
An occasional bottle of EBM so you get a good rest?

[popsycal]

I am not the best person to advise about sleeping through....

But 4.5 months is still weeny to be sleeping through no matter how they are fed IME

[Piffle]

perfectly normal in my experience of two breastfed babies

[asur]

don't know if you want to hear this but I have a 6.5mth old who still wakes every few hours for a feed... I've found that I've adjusted well to short spells of sleep though and I practically stay sleeping to feed him

[munz]

yes defiantly i'm afraid to say my BF started at 7 months - and even that was cos he's crawling, althou it is still hit and miss

if she'll take a bottlwe of EBM then get DH/P to give her that whilst you have a good nights sleep.

[popsycal]

I won;t tell you when mine started sleeping through then...

[MKG]

My 12 mo nephew is bottle fed and still wakes up twice a night. My 5 mo nephew who is bfed started sleeping through. My ds started at 2.5 months and was bottle fed.

Conclusion, there is no rhyme or reason as to why and when they start sleeping through.

[Tinker]

18 months and still not sleeping though...

[Tumblemum]

mine started sleeping through at six months when she went into her own room, I was desperate by then she was waking every hour to have a quick feed
they are all different my sympathies know how tough it can be

[jam3]

hi girls

THANKS so much

I have a three yr old and so know how it can be just think I read too much and had too many comments on how "Oh shes getting up far too much....cant you let her cry a while"

She is beautiful and I guess the time goes soooo fast I should just enjoy while I can

Who are these people who have babies who sleep thru at 12 weeeks!!!! I"ve never met any!!

Any way people say give her as bottle before bed....I just wnna stick BF for as long as I can, it is best in the long run I think

THANKS ALL I fgeel better xxx

[worcestercaroline]

After months of people telling me to do controlled crying, I decided to ignore my own opinion and give it a go. At this stage my dd was wanting feeding 3 times a night. Tried controlled crying and dd woke up 5+ times-biggest mistake I have made so far was to listen to other people on that 1. All along I had said she wakes cos shes hungry, she was on solids but not eating much and would not eat my food so was on jars. I now give her jars for breakfast and tea and for lunch she has plum (or maybe its called so plum) organic baby food and is bf when she wants. She is now 8 and a bit months and is waking up once a night for a feed. That i can cope with. There is light at the end of the tunnel but don't feel pressurized into doing things u r not happy with go with yr gut instinct

[munz]

jam I would express whilst DH was giving J his EBM, kept my supply up - and tbh we didn't keep it up for long it was sort of for the odd night (now it's a weekly occurance but he's on formula on a night) didn't effect my supply at all. how about co sleeping? althou I didn't get on with that, I used to sit in the chair half asleep feed him up him back down then wander back to bed! lol.