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

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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?

cant even spell im so sleep deprived!

any advice?

Very normal! Lots of babies sleep through earlier but some don't. Make sure she's not 'comfort sucking' - you can tell if she's swallowing because her ears will twitch a bit. She should be ok to go much longer, so try settling her back down to sleep instead of feeding her - even though she wakes she may not need feeding.

dr ferber, if you are felling brave/desperate

worked for us in one night

do you cosleep? consider it if you dont as makes life in the early months much much easier ime.... but its not for everyone i know

ds2 slept with me till 9 months - dh moved to the spare room. ds2 slept 11-5 from about a month old, it was bliss! As you say... not for everyone, though.

pretty normal in breast feed and bottle feed babies .
shes 18wks, by 20 you could try structuring your feeds and maybe feed her round 11pm and see if she goes a wee bit lnger for you.
my ds (breastfeed til 13mths) feed round 7pm could have been 7.30, bed, then woke any time from 10 -12 and i feed him, might wake round 4 and then 7/8 up for the day. gradually he didnt wake at 11pm, i would lift him and feed him and he then slept thru round 8mths.(from 7/8pm) and i continued feeding him myself.

17 week ds feeds at 8, 12, 3am and 8am so wakes as frequently as yours. My DD did the same until at 5 months I tried to settle her without a feed ie water, cuddling but she never slept through the night until over 1 year old.

You can try the dream feed as mentioned btbh my ds still woke at the same times regardless.

My dd is the same age and we have the same problem. I think that sleep deprivation may have an effect on milk supply, making the situation worse. I asked the HV about it and may as well have spoken to a lamppost, but I have started giving her a formula feed before bed (7pm'ish) and I will start giving her a bit of baby rice too. I've spoken to some other mums who say they've had the same too, and it's grim trying to bf when you're knackered and nothing seems to be happening. I would prefer to bf, but sadly it doesn't seem to be working out and I have a 2 year old as well.

I am kind-of relieved to read this thread! my dd is only 14 weeks but follows a similar pattern. i did wonder if giving her a ff at 10ish might help her go a little longer. relieved it seems to be normal though.

I used to express milk during the day and give a top up bottle of it last thing at night - that helped a lot. But that's only for babies where the breastfeeding is really well established - should be fine by 17 weeks, though.

mine is 21 wks and the same. trying 'no cry sleep solution' with limited success so far.