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Restless nights

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Laurah1980 · 28/02/2011 10:55

Hi,

I have an 8 week old baby, she is my third child. My other 2 stopped feeding in the night at around 7-8 weeks, I used the technique where you start to settle them with less and less feed then eventually water/dummy so they make up for it in the day. My other two followed this but my new daughter is happy to go without a feed and does make up for it in the day but still wakes at 4am on the dot and doesn't really settle back to sleep. She fusses and grunts until her morning feed at 6.30-7am.
She occasionally goes back for 30 minutes at a time, I do not want to start feeding her in the night again, plus she was unsettled after her night feed previously anyway.
Any tips on getting her to stay asleep until morning? she settles well in the evening and the day and has good sleep associations.
Is it a phase??
Help!!!!!!

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nickytwotimes · 28/02/2011 10:59

my goodness, she is only 8 weeks!

it is normal for babies to want fed at night at that age.

you have been lucky with your first two and with this one!

my ds1 slept through early and i thought it was down to my amazing parenting/settling skills. then we had ds2 who is up half the night!

she is hungry - feed her. it may well be a growth spurt and she will sleep later again. but goodness me, 8 weeks is tiny.

IMissSleep · 28/02/2011 11:06

My DS is 6 months and I still feed him at night, you should most definitely feed her at night.

She needs that night feed.

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Laurah1980 · 28/02/2011 12:16

My health visitor said as she is putting on 8oz per week and is satisfied with a dummy or water then carry on with making up for it in the day.
When is was feeding her during the night she was still unsettled...........confused.com :(

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gummymum · 28/02/2011 13:12

Maybe it's 'habitual waking'? You could try waking her at 3am and resettling to try to break the cycle. I'm not sure that all babies need feeding at night. Or you could feed her a little at 4 and try to wean her off again in a couple of weeks?

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Laurah1980 · 28/02/2011 13:38

Thanks...as she is happy and settled during the day and doesn't actually cry in the night I'm inclined to feel comfortable with not feeding her. I wouldn't leave a hungry baby hungry.
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