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When did your baby drop night feeds?

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Nothankyou0 · 09/08/2020 11:27

Hi everyone

My first baby was sleeping 9pm-8am by about 8 weeks.
My second baby is 10 weeks now and still feeding every 3 hours. She’s taking 6 or 7oz formula at the moment (was 50/50 breast and formula feeding but stopped the breast about 2 weeks ago). Her routine is generally that I will feed her at about 8/9pm and put her in her crib upstairs then when I go up at 11pm she’ll stir so I’ll give her a sleepy top up of as much as she will take (usually 4oz or so). Then she’ll wake for a normal 6/7oz feed at 2am, 5am and 8am. From 8am she’s very alert and we’re all up for the day and from then she’ll feed at 11am, 2pm, 5pm and then the cycle repeats.
I’m feeling quite put out as it’s very different from my first time when my baby had two night feeds for the first few days then one until 8 weeks and then she went for 11 hours through the night.
Is there anything I can do to help her along to dropping at least one feed if not both or is this normal?

Thanks

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rosea19 · 09/08/2020 22:04

I have an 8 week old that gets formula fed at around 7pm, then 10.30pm (I wake her up) and she then wakes for more feeds at 4amish and 7amish. I just make sure she gets plenty of milk during the day which I think helps her go for longer at night.

welshweasel · 09/08/2020 22:07

First baby 10 weeks (although kept a dream feed when we went to bed until 7 months). Second baby had a beautiful month aged 4 months when he slept though, then we sleep trained at 7 months (when he was still having 2-3 night feeds) and never did a night feed again.

sooveritalready · 09/08/2020 22:17

I'm with @Lockdownseperation, baby is far too young to be left alone to sleep upstairs at that age.

To answer OP nightweaned DD at 15 months, she'll still wake for 2 hours once a fortnight.

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