6 week old and night feeds

[MamaInTraining101]

First time posting so please bare with me!

My DS is now 6 weeks old, he's formula fed and drinking about 6oz most feeds (or just a little under). For the first 5 and a bit weeks of his life he would have his last bottle between 9-10pm, then another between 1-3am and then his next between 4-6am dependent on when he woke for his night feed. Now he seems to babble a lot in between these feeds when lying in bed, he's only just started this and it's making it impossible for me to sleep.

He sleeps in a next 2 me crib (which is in our room, not actually next to the bed) and in a Tommee Tippee Grobag (he was managing to go from sleeping lengthways to widthways in his swaddles so I was concerned about rolling/moving).

I wondered if it's too early to try and get him to drop that 1-3am feed? He's putting on weight continuously and seems to be thriving. Or will he drop this himself?

We are going to establish a bedtime routine also as currently we don't really have one. We were thinking of bathing him about 7pm, giving him a bottle, reading a book then settling him to bed. Just don't know if we should pop him in the next 2 me or keep him downstairs in his bouncer/bassinet until my husband feeds him again at 10pm?

First time mama here and holding on by a thread and shattered😅

With both of mine we would do bath and bedtime routine at 7ish, husband would then keep baby downstairs until late feed around 11pm then bring him up asleep and put in cot next to me. I'd have been in bed by 9 (with earplugs) and would wake to do the 3am feed then they'd sleep til morning.

Around 10 weeks I'd start trying to drop the 3am feed, which was easy with both of them. At that point we got our evenings together again - we would always do a dream feed at 11pm then they'd sleep til morning (usually!).

Every baby is different so wouldn't want to give definitive advice but 6 weeks is still very young so don't feel pressure to have set routines and feeds yet.

My baby is 14 weeks and only just starting to feel like bedtime is becoming more of a routine. She does 7pm until about 1 or 2am when she has a feed and then on until 6am.

At six weeks I think it was still every 3 hours so your post sounds about right.

To ensure she sleeps deeper I did things like blackout curtains, white noise and dummy at bedtime and this has gradually morphed into more of a 'routine' but still varies now and then.

I simply couldn't put a baby to bed in a different room so young. Kept mine downstairs until we went to bed.. but mine were breastfed so obviously fed much more on demand.. used me as a dummy too.. so my husband and l would cuddle up on sofa watching telly while she was on my breast mostly.

6 wks is too young to be dropping feeds unless they drop themselves. It's also in opinion too young to have a set routine or sleep train. As baby puts on weight and can fully recognise day from night they will naturally sleep longer at night and drop a feed. At 6 wks my combo fed baby was doing a feed at 11pm, 3 am, 5 am and then 8 am ish.

At just over 12 wks bedtime feed is at 8pm, will sometimes wake between 11 -1 for a feed, and always has a feed at around 4.30/5 am.

I have noticed that alot depends on how much sleep and calories baby has had over the day whether or not there's the midnight feed.

I have tried dream feeding this one with varying success. My eldest dream fed like a champ.

It will sort itself out soon. Multiple night wakings are normal even after they no longer need the night feeds. My eldest didn't sleep through consistently until nearly 6 yrs old.

Thanks for all the replies so far!

Tonight we are starting stage one of introducing a loose routine. Just of giving him a bottle at 7pm when he's due one, then giving him a bath, massage, book and some playtime and then letting him either sleep or play until we give him hopefully his next bottle before my husband goes to bed. We are going to keep in a room with us at all times whilst he's still so young and when I go to bed first, I'll pop in earplugs! Wish us luck but keep the advice/tips coming as it's much appreciated😄