night feeds

[claremoss]

Help! My 14 week old has been sleeping through till after 4am, but the last few nights is waking around 1ish and crying. I have been feeding her, but should I try to settle her without? It is not a growth spurt, as she had her 3 month one the week before last....

She's 14 weeks. Feed her, way to little to withhold milk if that is what will get her back to sleep. Babies patterns change all the time when this little, could be another growth spurt they don't always do them to a set time scale. Best just to go with the flow.

My DD slept through from 6 weeks and then suddenly started waking again at 15 weeks. She was definitely hungry. I agree with MigGril, feed her. Plenty of time to work on night weaning when they're older. FWIW DD is 6 months and has just suddenly dropped the night feeds again.

Is she fed to sleep initially? Is she still hungry at 4 and when she wakes up in the morning?

I don't feed her to sleep any more, or if she does fall asleep on boob, I wake her before putting her down. Yes, she still wakes at 4 for feed and again at 7...

I think in that case that she sounds hungry and I'd feed her. Try to up it in the day if she'll let you.

Trouble is she would feed all day if I let her. Literally! She is a very sucky baby and has never refused the breast, so it is difficult to judge....I was feeding her at 4am, 7, 11, 2pm, 5 and 7 before....and the only reason the 4 hour gap from 7 to 11 is because she has a monster nap from 830 to 11...

If she's a sucky baby would she take a dummy? My lo would let me know pretty quickly if he was hungry when I offered a dummy instead.

She probably would yes, but I have got this far without using one so was loathed to start now.....

...I could try letting her suck my finger for a bit, see if that settles her back to sleep?

If she's hungry feed her. She's only small. You've probably tried a lot of things but would she feed more at bedtime? If not then it could be a growth spurt or a need for comfort. May also be the beginning of 4 month sleep regression.

So she was only having six feeds in 24hours and now has upped it to 7 right?

Most breastfed babies will have 8-10 feeds in 24 hours although some will do well on less. if you'd like her to sleep longer at night try adding in a couple more day feeds, to see if that helps.

Remember you can never feed to much with breastfeeding. But you can feed to little.

Feed her. I would be wary of schedule feeding when breast feeding too, if that's what you are doing. Apologies if not.

is only a rough schedule I use, because that is when she is hungry, but it is all adaptable and sometimes she only goes for 2 hours in the day, which is fine...she was having 6 feeds yes, and now 7. Thanks for the tips guys, the generally consensus is to feed her so that is what I will do :o)

I am beginning to think it is this sleep regression thing. she fed at 7pm, 11pm, 1pm and 3pm and up at 6 argh!!!!!! Feeding normally during day...how long can this last if it is that? Exhausted!

My 17 week old is feeding every 2-3 hours day and night and has been for the last couple of weeks. It's knackering! I think she genuinely is hungry though. She settles herself for naps and at bedtime so I don't think she just wants to be fed back to sleep.
At this age they get more easily distracted during daytime feeds so sometimes take more at night to compensate.
Could she be a bit cold? They sometimes wake extra then and a nice warm cuddly feed is was they want.

our bedroom is quite toasty so dont think she is cold....ah well, will just have to ride it out :o)