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How do I figure out if baby needs feeding or shushing

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Mumagain2017 · 12/12/2017 07:46

So when baby wakes in the night I've just been automatically giving her a bottle but wonder if I'm encouraging a waking up habit.
She is 4 months and waking twice.
How do I know when to just shush her or when to feed.?
Sometimes she drinks 6 oz and sometimes only 1 or 2.

Any tips? Thank you

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BackBoiler · 14/12/2017 19:45

I always think its a 1/2am one that gets you

Mumagain2017 · 14/12/2017 21:33

Yes anything after 2.30/3pm I can cope with as I usually go to bed at 10!

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RockinRobinTweets · 14/12/2017 21:46

If the night wakings are increasing and they seem to need milk to resettle but only take an ounce, move the milk back a couple of steps in the routine so there’s no association there. So pjs, milk downstairs, brush any teeth, gro bag, book and then bed.

Mummaofboys · 14/12/2017 21:49

Buy a Myhummy, my three month old sleeps through till 7 now, after my first born didn’t sleep through until eighteen months I thought I would give it a go and it’s been amazing. Rather than me explain what it is have a look of the website www.myhummy.co.uk

Mummaofboys · 14/12/2017 21:50

Sorry it’s .com not co.uk www.myhummy.com

Mumagain2017 · 16/12/2017 09:14

I thought about a Myhummy or similar but heard equally as many good stories as stories where they don't work.

I have a white noise app too which works with varying degrees of success.

I think some of this is about her learning to self soothe back to sleep in the night. Hopefully that will come wuth age

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Lou898 · 16/12/2017 16:37

I read a book when mine were little and it said that a time will come when a baby goes a longer stretch without a feed during the night. This is then an indication that they no longer need this feed and the advice was to never feed during those hours again but to settle rather than feed. I have to say it worked with both mine.

Mumagain2017 · 17/12/2017 16:27

Thanks good advice

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