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6 months feeding every 2hrs at night

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Justii · 26/02/2024 08:26

My DS is about to be 6m (we are 8 days away) and for the last 2/3 weeks he’s been waking up every 2 hours at night! I’m EBF and for a week or so have been giving him some solids. He was always pretty good at waking up just twice a night but recently it’s constant. (He does fall asleep on boob sometimes and I’m afraid he might be associating feeding with sleeping) although as soon as I feed him at night he falls back to sleep with no problems but surely he can’t be hungry every 2 hrs at night??! He’s good at self settling when it’s time to go down for the night although for naps and during the night he needs help to fall back asleep. I’m soooo tired and don’t know what to do, he’s always been a pretty good sleeper and the only time the same thing happened was at 4m sleep regression but then it passed. TIA

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UnravellingTheWorld · 26/02/2024 09:14

I was you two years ago. For us it last 2 months and only really resolved after sleep training and night weaning. Once he could self settle without milk he started sleeping through again.

If he can do it for naps that's a good start. It was the same for us - he could go down for naps but not at night.

When he wakes make feeding the last thing you try. So upon waking, go in and turn on the white noise, and put your hand on his back to pat him slowly and rhythmically. You may want to use gentle shushes - do not speak or communicate. You don't want to be stimulating or amusing. Give this a good 5 minutes before giving up.

If he doesn't drop off with patting, pick him up. Slowly rock him up and down - if you have a white noise machine with a heartbeat use the beat to set your pace. I held him horizontally instead of upright, so I could just set down a sleeping baby without having to reposition and risk disturbing. Again, give this a good 5 minutes.

If you still have no joy, feed to sleep. Try again next time.

After about a week of this, my son could sleep through most nights again. Keep an eye on his weight to make sure he is genuinely ready to drop night feeds - most are at this age.

At 1 am this is the last thing you'll feel like doing, but for me after 2 months of averaging 4 hours broken sleep every night I promise this is the path of least effort.

All the best 💐

Justii · 26/02/2024 11:00

Thanks so much! Will defo try to work on it like this!

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SilentRefluxAdvicePlease · 26/02/2024 22:09

Hi OP, I’ve just replied on your other thread. Good luck!

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NoMoreLego12 · 10/01/2025 03:04

Hi, I’m interested to know how this went…
6mo who has started solids and is now feeding a lot more at night (It’s 4am and this is our 4th feed).
I am worried about tgevaction I take as I want to continue breastfeeding for at least 12 months.
warmly,

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