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10 week old - when to stop night feed/is this normal?

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corkles · 07/01/2018 12:32

Hello

My baby is 10 weeks old. We’re formula feeding every 3-4 hours through the day and doing a dream feed at about 10.30-11pm. He then wakes about 3-4am for a feed.

He’s only taking about 70ml at the dream feed and 60ml at the 3-4am feed.

Lots of people in my NCT group are saying their babies are sleeping longer stretches (one from 10pm to 9am! Another 11pm to 7am!)

Is what I’m experiencing normal? Is there something I should be doing to encourage him to drop the night feed? I can’t help but compare myself and feeling a bit inadequate!

Thanks

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Figrollsnotfatrolls · 07/01/2018 12:38

Ime my ds stopped night feeds at 9 months.
Imo baby group members they lie!!

Chaosofcalm · 07/01/2018 12:44

10 weeks, is tiny. I would bet money that by 16 weeks they will be in for a shock as those babies won’t be sleeping through.

Babies are suppose to wake up durring the night for food.

You will get different answers from different people but my DD was 13 months old when she stopped waking for milk durring the night.

BertieBotts · 07/01/2018 12:44

Huh? At 10 weeks? No. They need night feeds for several months IME.

Your friends might find that their babies sleep worse once they get to 4 months.

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Chaosofcalm · 07/01/2018 12:44

www.isisonline.org.uk/hcp/how_babies_sleep/normal_sleep_development/normal_sleep_sleeping_through/

Randomlywondering · 07/01/2018 12:45

Perfectly normal.

MagicFajita · 07/01/2018 12:53

Your baby is normal op. My baby is also 10 weeks and has 2-3 night feeds from 2-5oz depending on hunger.

I'm not saying that these people are lying about their dc , but even my immaculately behaved first born didn't drop night feeds until about 18/20 weeks!

Just go with what your child needs , he's still so tiny and his needs will vary day to day.

numberthr · 07/01/2018 13:16

I think your NCT group members are totally lying, and just laugh at them when they hit the four month sleep regression. My DC1 didn’t stop a night feed until 10 months, 10 weeks is way way too soon!

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corkles · 07/01/2018 14:06

Thanks everyone. As a first time mum I find I’m constantly anxious and comparing myself to others. Think I just need to relax and go with it. I guess he’ll do everything in his own time - need to remember that!

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eurochick · 07/01/2018 15:08

They all sleep through when they're ready. Mine still had a night feed until 19 months. That was far from the oldest among my friends.

mummaaksm · 07/01/2018 17:04

Well... I'm one of those mums who has a 10 week old who doesn't night feed.
Not by anything I ever tried or anything, I just woke up one morning at 7am and still had a sleeping baby who hadn't woken for a feed! I am baffled as to why he started doing it, and honestly at first it really freaked me out that he was going all night with no milk! After worrying and worrying I figured he would let me know if he was hungry! And I also figured every baby is different! So just go with it OP they will figure out their own routines! I'm pretty sure it won't last for me! Haha

Hippydippydoo · 07/01/2018 17:07

11 week old still night feeding here. 10 weeks is so little and actually only feeding twice at his age is great!

FartnissEverbeans · 07/01/2018 17:26

They're lying. Probably not deliberately though - everyone sees their own baby as special, so they won't realise they're stretching the truth.

Also, people are weirdly competitive when it comes to their babies.

Try offering formula every three hours during the day though. We did this and DS was a great sleeper as a baby. Of course now at 14mo he won't let me leave the bed, sometimes takes an hour to put down and wakes up multiple times screaming between 7-11pm. If I've learned one thing about babies, it's that nothing lasts forever and any routine you've been carefully cultivating for months will be fucked at some point

mummaaksm · 07/01/2018 17:41

Nope. I'm not lying or stretching the truth or being competitive. That's just what my baby does

sproutsandparsnips · 07/01/2018 17:55

I think you are doing really well actually op. Iirc both of mine were taking a huge dream feed and still waking at least once at that age.

GreyMorning · 07/01/2018 18:48

Mine stopped night feeds around 12 months, but was a crap sleeper until 2.5 years.

Now as a pre-schooler he was the last to drop his nap and does 12-13 hours a night rarely waking before 7am. It all evens out eventually!

arbrighton · 07/01/2018 20:34

well my 6mo is still waking for (breast) feeds about every 2 hours.....

Some children sleep, some don't but 10 weeks is far far far far too young to consider not feeding on demand

Lules · 07/01/2018 20:38

Really normal. Some lucky people’s babies sleep through very young, others are up every 2 hours. And it all changes anyway.

RFM3 · 07/01/2018 20:52

My dd also 10 weeks and wakes in the night still.
Only once have we done a big stretch 8-3:30.
I actually felt worse the next day as I'd had more sleep than I had in months. (Not a good pregnancy sleeper)
All babies are different and whilst it's hard...I wouldn't change it for anything love my nighttime snuggles.

jenp256 · 07/01/2018 21:32

I had one that slept through 10-6 from 10 weeks and one that was 3 before he slept through, same parents, same routine they are all different. Xx

RandomMess · 07/01/2018 21:43

My bottle fed baby did 8pm - 7pm from 7 weeks!

Breastfed woke once per night until 6 months but that was from 7pm - she wouldn't dream feed.

Younger two breastfed ones slept 8 -6ish from a few weeks old (big birth weights) I was militant about getting lots of feeds in during the day though!!!

DrRanjsRightEyebrow · 07/01/2018 21:45

I was still doing nightfeeds until 2.5 years! breastfed and co-sleeping, but still... 10 weeks is tiny! You can't expect them to sleep through the night already! Ignore NCT friends, do your own thing.

DrRanjsRightEyebrow · 07/01/2018 21:47

also, when he eventually night weaned he still woke in the night. At nearly 4 he still has only slept right through about 6 times. It's totally normal (and I'm not exhausted, I've adapted)

welshweasel · 07/01/2018 22:00

From about 10 weeks I used to wait a few minutes and see if I could settle DS with dummy and a hand on his chest if he woke between midnight and 6am. Worked really well and never really fed him again at night. He was fed at least 3 hourly during the day, bottle and bed at 7pm and dream feed at 10.30pm. Had doubled his birthweight by 9 weeks so not starving.

waterrat · 07/01/2018 22:20

I have two children and night feeds stopped at around 8 or 9 months roughly...

I know some babies slept through early on fir a while then began waking again- sorry but now as an experienced parent I would laugh if someone told me they were finished with night feeds at 10 weeks! That is a tiny baby still! They have so many growth spurts, teething and sleep regressions to go through.

Please dont push your very young baby to go too long without milk. Their brains are growing and developing and they must not be putunder stress or deprived of milk at any time.

The odd baby might sleep through earlier but babies of 10 weeks old should be fed on demand and not pushed into harsh schedules.

mindutopia · 08/01/2018 11:40

Yep, sounds completely normal to me. At that age, mine was waking twice a night (around 11pm and then usually around 3am). She woke for 1-2 feeds a night until 9 months and then was no longer interested. She still woke about 1-3 times a night until she was 3. But it wasn't for a feed. Night waking is completely normal, but some babies do go through a lull around 8-12 weeks when they sleep a bit longer. This usually doesn't last and they'll be back to waking more after around 4 months. Also, some people have a way of embellishing the truth to make themselves feel like they are doing something right that someone else isn't, so I would take it with a grain of salt. But yes, sounds perfectly normal to me.

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