Night feeding, 4 month regression

[Needssleeep]

Hello! Mumsnet watcher here, 1st post!

I have a 4 month baby boy who is currently going through his sleep regression... fun! Riding it out like we all do after alot of reading.

What I'm wondering is if what I have done with his night feed is the right thing to do...

So he has a dream feed 10-11pm and he had another feed 2.30am-4am (FF btw). So a few nights ago I was SO tired, I just wanted another half hour when he woke up for his nightfeed, I popped his dummy back in and he fell asleep till after 4am. At this point I thought, it's not long till 6am, so popped his dummy in and he went through till 6. There is no crying, just fussing. I thought maybe he doesn't actually need this nightfeed and haven't given it to him the past few nights. He frequently wakes after 3am now but again, no crying just fussing. So I feel this might just be the sleep regression as he does the same thing for a while after putting him down at first? Surely he would scream if he was hungry?

Just wondering if anyone has gone through something similar? Just feel a bit bad I've done it cold turkey.

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Sounds to me like he just needs to be sucking to fall asleep and therefore dummy works. At the moment he is too young to find one and put it back in. My son was the same and eventually he started to find them self so we just put about 5 dummy's in the cot and he sorted himself out.
I'm also in sleep regression with my 4 month old who has refused a dummy and only wants boob so I'm lost as to how to help her! She isnt hungry as within 2 mins she is asleep again. Sending love 💕

When I've fed my daughter around 10/11ish (either FF or breast) she has gone through to 6am so it's defo possible for this age to do it.

Thank you! Honestly, the amount of times I've had to put this dummy back in tonight already 😫
It's so hard, I hope it doesn't last long for you!!

Please feed your baby. Four months is so little. Many babies need feeding throughout the night until much older

Plenty of babies sleep through the night from 4 months (and earlier!) it’s just that we tend to hear about the awful stories more often. If your baby was hungry, a dummy wouldn’t settle him - he would cry and only settle if you fed him. Just make sure he gets plenty of feeds in the day and is gaining weight in line with his growth curve. And then enjoy the sleep once the regression passes :)

Some babies need to feed through the night. Plenty don’t. Mine and several friends had babies sleeping through from 4 months (as in 7-7). So long as OP is making sure her baby is getting enough milk in a 24 hour period, baby is gaining weight, her baby isn’t distressed and hungry in the night (which it sounds like he isn’t) then she is the best person to judge whether or not he needs night feeds. It’s not fair to try to make her feel guilty by telling her she needs to feed him when plenty of babies do not need to feed overnight at 4 months

@FS90 some babies do not need multiple feedings overnight and get what they need during the day..my baby was mostly bf until this week we have started to introduce bottles. Since about 4 weeks old she has always done a good 6 hour stretch at night. She still does now always the first half of the night is 6-8 hours then she feeds more regularly. In order to do this she cluster fed for hours from 5-9/10pmish to get what she needed ready for a long sleep. Please don't try to make mums feel guilty when it is already hard going during a sleep regression. If the baby is happy with a dummy (he will let you know if he is hungry as would spit dummy out and cry). No one is talking about not feeding a baby but rather just trying the dummy first to see if that is what they want more. As long as gaining weight and is thriving they can sleep through without needing feeding.

Just wanted to say my 3 month old has been like this for a few weeks... Able to go 8-9 hours between feeds, ive been really worried and have even woken her a few times for my own comfort! If she's not upset then you don't need to feed for the sake of it from what I've been told. I was told as long as they're having enough milk throughout the day to make up for it, you should be fine. My DD basically feeds when awake, so definitely makes up for it and is gaining weight steadily. Your period is more likely to come back though (if that's a concern for you).