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14 week old change in sleep pattern

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aussie1979 · 17/05/2015 08:32

Hi, my 14 week old has been sleeping well at night since she was 6 weeks old - going to sleep at 7pm then waking around 3am for a feed before going straight back to sleep until 6-7am. The last three nights she has woken at 12.30, 2, 4.30 and then ready for the day at 6 am. I have fed her at each waking although sometimes I don't think she's really that hungry and is taking it because its there. Should I be feeding her each time? Or try and get her back to sleep without offering a feed. I'm breastfeeding and have always fed on demand but I'm not sure if the waking up is entirely based on hunger. She has decent naps in the day - up to around 4 hours in total and can self-soothe herself to sleep. I've seen from other posts this may be related to a growth spurt and am happy to go follow her cues if this is the case, I just don't want to encourage all the night feeds if its not based on hunger and then have a harder cycle to break further down the line.

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FATEdestiny · 17/05/2015 14:57

A dummy may well settle her back to sleep without a feed. Depends on your feelings regarding dummies? Personally I think dummies are ace, especially so when breastfeeding to allow for comfort sucking without Mummy.

My DD (EBF) was sleeping 11pm-7am without a feed by 8 weeks on the basis that she had a dummy to comfort suck if she woke. I knew that on any occasion that the dummy didn't work to send her back to sleep, then it meant she was definitely hungry.

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