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Baby waking every night

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Mumof3xx · 28/10/2013 08:00

My dd slept 11 hours a night from 3 to 5 months but since turning 5 months (she's now nearly 7 m) she has woken once a night almost every night. When she wakes she will take a 7 oz bottle.

Through the day she has 26 oz (plus the 7 at daft o clock) and three meals

I've read that after 6 months if they wake it's not for hunger but attention and it's become a habit?

Never had this with my first two dc!

Should I try and not feed her when she wakes?

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PatoBanton · 28/10/2013 08:03

Crikey where did you read that!

I have three as well, my littlest is nearly 10mo and still wakes if he is hungry in the night.

They don't know how to manipulate at this age, and attention could just mean they are having a bit of teething pain and need a cuddle. Nothing wrong with that.

I would feed her whenever she asks for it tbh x

PatoBanton · 28/10/2013 08:04

Btw nothing is a habit with babies, they just do what they need to do in the moment - they are very instinctual beings

she isn't lying there plotting against you!

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Mumof3xx · 28/10/2013 08:04

Ok thank you!
I did think she was hungry as she will take say 7oz at 3am then 7oz and porridge at 6am!
I tried her on that "bedtime milk" and it did nothing!

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YDdraigGoch · 28/10/2013 08:06

I would give her a bottle (sounds like you're using bottles if you know oz), and gradually reduce the amount you give/dilute it with water, so that you are eventually only giving a small drink of water.

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Mumof3xx · 28/10/2013 08:11

I use formula so couldn't dilute with water as that's a no no right?
I might try giving less milk though

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ManifestingMingeWhispersAlone · 28/10/2013 08:12

waking once a night is pretty damn good at five months and certainly normal. If they are hungry then feed them

PatoBanton · 28/10/2013 08:14

Aww...I'm too soft lazy to bother doing that

Mine stopped having night feeds when they were ready, it's no big deal, try and keep her as near you as poss so you don't have to get up too far etc.

That way she will settle better.

If she seems hot and bothered or in pain then a bit of calpol is Ok. Mine have all been awful with teeth, they just need something to bite on or a bit of a cuddle sometimes.

PatoBanton · 28/10/2013 08:14

yes feed when they ask

it isn't wrong

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Mumof3xx · 28/10/2013 08:19

We have no teeth yet, cannot see anything in the gums either. She is generally very pleasant and not a grumpy grizzly baby.
My older two dc slept 7-7 from ten weeks and still do now unless dc3 wakes them! So I've never had to deal with this before.

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TicTacZebra · 28/10/2013 08:19

Only waking once a night at 7 months is really not alot. Up until a few weeks ago my 2 year old was waking up, on average, 6 times a night.

ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged · 28/10/2013 08:21

Wow. I'm jealous. Ds is over two and still wakes most nights. At nine months he was still feeding every four hours!

Re formula, as I understand it, the ratio only matters if you're relying on it for nutrition. You're trying to stop lo needing it so diluting it should reduce it's nutritional value so she stops bothering to wake up for it. Make sense?

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Mumof3xx · 28/10/2013 08:29

I thought giving diluted formula could cause the runs?

I take my hat off to those of you getting up nightly for over two years!

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absentmindeddooooodles · 28/10/2013 08:34

Once a night at that age is really good going. Just feed when dc wants. My ds is 2.6 and still does not sleep through. He woke every hour in the night until 19 months.

DoudousDoor · 28/10/2013 08:37

I too am jealous. At nine months DS was waking 6-8 times a night!
He stopped night feeding at 13 months.

To be honest, I'd keep giving the bottle. As you know, babies go through various growth spurts but then settle down again.

DS stopped night feeding at 13 months but on holiday at 23 months he wasn't eating much during the day and so I let him feed at night. It all went back to normal at the end of the holiday and he started eating normally in the day again.

I've decided to just go with the flow

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Mumof3xx · 28/10/2013 08:38

Thanks ladies

I think I will continue feeding when she wakes

I'm going to try giving her a bigger tea today to see if more solids help

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YDdraigGoch · 28/10/2013 11:19

Diluting formula with more water doesn't give the runs. It's what we did on the advice of our midwife, and worked well for us.

But tbh, 5 months is quite young to be expecting a baby to sleep through the night. Sounds like you've been lucky so far.

CoolaSchmoola · 28/10/2013 11:24

You could also try giving supper before bed too. When DD was going through growth spurts I occasionally gave her porridge made with formula before bed, along with her last bottle.

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Mumof3xx · 28/10/2013 15:01

She is nearly 7 months

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