Should I wake my 4 month old?

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Hello,

Im looking for some advice on what’s best. My 18 week old drinks 5 - 6oz/7oz bottles a day and since 8 weeks old has had a routine of 6pm bath, bottle and asleep by 7pm. She’s always been really good for the first part of the night with just a couple of wake ups from 12 - 6.30am. Recently I’ve found she can go back asleep without her night feed, she just has a little chat and will fall back asleep. My only concern is surely it’s along time for a little baby to go without anything to drink, is this ok or should I introduce a dream feed?
thank you

Don't wake her. Three children who have all slept through from 4 months old.
If she's gaining weight normally don't wake. Especially at 4 months when they can hit a regression and start bad habits!

God no! Never, ever disturb a sleeping baby unless they’re brand new and tiny. If she needs anything she’ll let you know.

Let her sleep!

Thank you! I’m part of this group on Facebook about gentle parenting or something along those lines and there’s been a lot of comments about adults wouldn’t go 12 hours without eating or drinking so we shouldn’t expect a baby too and they only have little tummies so don’t fill them up during the day so it made me feel bad! I know it might not last but I absolutely love I get my evenings with my husband, even if she wakes up at 5.30/6am I am happy with that considering she’s slept from 7pm!!

Adults don't go 12 hours without eating? I'd be thrilled to sleep for 12 hours straight!

Leave that Facebook group, it's ok my going to continue making you think your choices are wrong.

I've often seen that 'adults don't go without food or drink for 12 hours so why should babies' etc but honestly I think it's just to make parents whose babies don't sleep feel better and like they aren't doing something wrong! My 9 month old doesn't sleep through and still often requires a bottle in the night but actually didn't at 4/5 months and she slept for about 10/11 hours. If she was hungry she'd let you know! Let her sleep

At 4 month if she was hungry she would be letting you know. If she goes back to sleep then she's fine.

I would imagine those comments are aimed more at people who are sleep training and/or tearing their hair out at multiple night time wakings.

I wouldn't wake a healthy baby for feeds after about 10 days as long as they'd regained their birth weight and were doing fine.

Leave the batshit Facebook group.
The only reason to dreamfeed is because they can’t make it 12 hours and it’s better to feed them as you’re going to bed rather than be woken in the early hours. If baby is sleeping through then no need! You’d also only wake a newborn that hasn’t regained their birth weight yet to feed. Definitely not needed for a healthy 4 month old!

Christ no! Don't wake them! We do a dream feed for our 3 month old because otherwise we get woken at 2am but with a dream feed we get from 8pm to 5am.

And I definitely go without food or water for 12 hours when I sleep (well pre kids when I was able to sleep 12 hours anyway)

Never wake a sleeping baby! Mine went through 10hrs by 10wks. Lots of adults go 10hrs without food. I eat dinner at 9pm, then don’t eat again until around 10am. Lots of adults eat with their children around 6-7pm - I doubt they’re eating again at 5am!! That group sound a bit bonkers, I’d leave it.

Nope! My DS (2 years old) slept from 11.30pm ish until 7.30am ish from 3 months and put on weight beautifully.

My DD is 2.5 months and currently doing the same. Her weight gain is beautiful too.

I would only ever wake a sleeping baby if there were weight gain problems.

My 4 month old has occasionally gone 12 hours overnight without a feed. Most nights she wakes for one night feed around 1-2am but a couple of times recently we gave her a dummy while going to make the bottle then found her fast asleep a couple of minutes later so didn’t bother waking her again. I guess she would have woken again if hungry?

I often go 7pm-7am or even longer without food although I do drink water I guess.

People love that line about adults not eating for 12 hours 🙄

I eat dinner at 4pm with my kids and then have nothing else until around 8am the next morning.

I'm still alive to tell the tale 😂

I am currently lying in bed and haven't eaten in 12h30 hours. Our bodies are designed for this overnight fast.
It's actually healthier to have dinner early to give your body a proper rest.
Leave this group on FB. Sounds like a jealous bunch.

Please OP leave that group...!
Don't wake a sleeping baby - she'll go through leaps over the coming months and will end up most likely hungry in the night so the night feeds may need to return. Be led by your child... if she's hungry she will let you know! X

Thanks everyone! I’m going to leave the crazy group, a lot of the mums on there still have their babies in their bed at 3/4 years of age and while that make work for some people I couldn’t think of anything worse but I know I would do anything to get some sleep I suppose.

Also you’ve all made me laugh about surviving 12 hours without food. Wish I could say the same but I’m an absolute pig in the evenings!!

Anyway after all that she wanted a feed at 4 this morning.,. You’re right she will definitely let me know!

If she was hungry she would wake....as long as she's gaining weight, happy and content enjoy the rest....your looking for 20mils in 24 hours

No way let her sleep. My 10 week old has been sleeping 9-6 the last few weeks and I certainly aren't waking her up 😂