Sleeping through the night - feeds?

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I’m currently feeding my LO 8 times in a 24 hour period (mostly because she will rarely take more than 60ml at a time) but obviously this means getting a bottle made every 3 hours every day or more if she’s still hungry, but I was wondering at which point do they start to sleep through the night without having to have a bottle every 3 hours? I assume it’s once she starts drinking more during the day and doesn’t wake up for a feed?

I personally wouldn't let her go more than 4 hours during the day but wouldn't wake at night.
My 2 often went 2 or 3 days between poos too. As it was still soft I didn't worry about it

@dementedpixie ahh so perhaps wake her for feeds during the day but if she's sound asleep at night don't wake her, gotcha! Just want to do this right!

I wouldn't wake her at all personally, provided she's not dropping centiles and there are no other concerns, and wouldn't try to get her to take more than she's happy taking. Our NCT group leader said that there's a link between formula feeding and childhood obesity largely because many new parents obsess over the numbers and try to get the babies to eat past the point at which they are satisfied, which leads to kids who can't recognise when they ought to stop eating. When you think about it, the recommended amounts cannot hold true for every baby. They are different sizes and have different metabolisms- you can't expect them all to eat the same amount. I would say call your health visitor to discuss and particularly mention the dirty nappy frequency- probably normal but better safe than sorry. See what they say.

@BehindtheBump thank you for your message, I never even thought about that! I never force my LO to eat more than she wants but I definitely obsess about her feeds and I worry she isn't having enough but this makes sense. She wouldn't sleep if she was hungry. So I should just feed her when she shows cues and signs and let her tell me what she needs! Thank you 💜

Ah I'm sorry! Totally misread the feed amount!

Mine went through at eleven weeks. First night I wanted to wake her as I was sure she was going to starve to death, my husband fortunately put some sense into me, defintely don’t wake her at night to feed. If she’s hungry she will let you know. Personally i never woke her during rhe day either and just planned it round her sleep.

@turnthebiglightoff Haha! No worries - I maybe wasn't clear!xx

@Bluntness100 we just get so paranoid eh? I'm now not waking her at all and planning around her instead and it seems to be working. However she's prone to a wee tantrum now. It's always one thing after the other haha!

My baby is sleeping through the night shes 10 weeks old, she's been going from 9pm - 7am since 9 weeks old, this week she isn't waking at 7am and seems to want to sleep longer should I be bringing bed time earlier? Her last nap finishes at 630pm she plays for 30 minutes then we do bath, baby massage, bed time routine then she will have her final bottle and fall asleep for 9pm. The current bedtime suits her as she can get all her calories in her last bottle is a big 8oz but she'll have 4x6oz bottles in the day time. I want to keep the 7am wake up time if possible just wondering if I'll need to wait for her to be on solids to get her calories in before we think about an earlier bedtime?

If a baby is healthy and a decent weight there's n need to wake it at all - quite the opposite, you want to encourage her to sleep longer at night! Modern nappies do a pretty god job of wicking the moisture away from the skin so that can wait too.

Would you not wake baby to try and set or maintain a good routine?