to think it's not odd my baby wakes up at night?

[hereagainalways]

DS is 4 months old, EBF. He goes down for the night between 6 and 630 (early I know but he just can't stay awake past that) and is up for the day around 6am, sometimes 5.30. During the night he wakes (to feed) at approximately 10, 2 and 4. I have tried resettling him without feeding at the 2am feed (dummy, white noise etc) but he won't have it and it's just easier to feed him peacefully and have him go straight back to sleep tbh.

My NCT group look at me like this when I tell them how much he wakes up and say stuff like oh sorry you have such a dreadful sleeper. Their babies either sleep through or only wake up once apparently.

Don't get me wrong as I would love it if he slept through obviously but I really thought this was quite normal for babies??

My DS is exactly the same as yours. I thought it was normal too but good to read this thread. I have the same with my NCT group but my elder sister assures me that no baby is perfect and if they are good Now then they will be awful sometime down the line. Makes me feel better anyway!

When people ask if he sleeps through, I say 'yes and makes me tea in the morning too.'

Inlove, I'm with you :-D
Put down to sleep at 6pm, in their on room, in the dark, with a monitor.
Left to settle themselves/whimper/snuffle whatever until they could reasonably be hungry.
Changed, fed, winded, no eye contact, no talking, no smiles or playing.
It's an old-fashioned way of doing things, but it worked with all three of mine.
I reckoned our sleep was the most important thing at - within reason - whatever cost.

Cathf - I did the same thing with mine but he still woke 3 times a night when breastfeeding. Quick feed then he'd resettle.

He only stopped feeding at night when I moved him on to formula.

That's completely normal! And the nct mums may be in for a shock at the 4month and 8 month sleep regression.

My DD at 9.5 months is mainly BF (one bottle at bedtime so daddy can feed) and she goes down at 7. And wakes about 2/3 times a night. Always for a feed from me,I know 'they' say you shouldn't feed to sleep but tbh that's what settles her and it's pretty easy so I just do it. Dreading weaning her from boob!
Last night she went down at 7, woke up at 11.30 for quick feed and back down till 3, fed again and then woke at 7. That's a reasonably good night for us. But it doesn't last forever is what I keep telling myself. God help me when I go back to work tho, dunno how I'll cope x

Twinkle, oh yes, mine still woke up when they were tiny, but I think co-sleeping, having the baby with you, taking it into your bed, cuddling to sleep etc etc is not helping the baby to settle into a night-time routine.
That was my priority.