He's 5 months and still waking up between 3.30 and 5.30 - help

[boysandmoreboys]

My 3rd DS(5 months) still is not sleeping through the night. We give him a bottle at about 11.30 and he wakes up between 3.30 and 5.30 - we feed him again but then he's not that hungry in the morning. I now think its just habit but don't know how to break it. Any advice?

IMO it's still totally normal for a 5 month old to want feeding in the night.

is it - maybe i was v lucky with the other two they slept through way earlier. its just he doesn't seem that hungry - he doesn't drink that much and then isn't that hungry in the morning when drinks way less of his bottle than at other times. i'm just finding 3 knackering

My DS's both woke for night feeds until they were 11 months old and they both had a sleep feed at 10.30 ish.

I found it easier to wake them for a feed at about 2ish, rather than then wake at 4 (as I was sound asleep by then), the 10.30 feed was also done be DH (with a bottle) a nd I went to bed at 9ish in order to get some sleep.

I really do symapthise with you, lack of sleep is a reel killer and I am so glad that they both sleep through now most nights

I really believe that loads of baby's dont sleep though, but people tell you they do

yeah think your right madhouse. might try the 2.00 thing. its just v depressing being woken up at 4.30 as know that am then going to be woken up at 6.00 by the other DS and then day, work etc starts. might give that a go.

I was in a similar situation as you with ds2 - was waking in the night at around 5months but I thought it was more a habit than anything as he never seemed very hungry in the morning.

I just settled him back down without feeding him and after 2 nights he started sleeping through.

All babies are so different though!!

I understand regarding the getting up for the other children, I found it harder with the second one, espeically as I had just got used to sleeping through the night (15 month gap between my boys)

my ds2 still woke for a night feed untill he was 7 months,when he started having 'proper' food(he had been having puree etc since 4 months).he's still got a big appetite.

my ds1 didnt sleep through the night untill he was 4 years(now that was habbit).

my dd's have all slept through from an early age.dd3 is 5 months,she slept through from 16 weeks.

i know she is only one of about 2 or 3 on the march2007 post-natal thread who is sleeping through though!

15 month gap mad house - wow that must have been tough. I had 21 month gap with first 2 and then 3.5 years with this latest one - don't know hwo people do less with 3rd. Now feel as old as the hills! DH says he wants 4th - no way!

i had 11 month gap between my first 2.i think thats why dd1 slept through from 6 weeks,i probably kept giving her a dummy in the night as i couldnt wake up enough to go and get a bottle.

theres 15 months between dc 4 and 5.its not too bad except i didnt think i would have 2 teething at the same time.

funnily enough,i said 'never again' after no.3.i found it really hard going back to baby stuff when the older 2 were at school,and such hard work gettin up in the morning after being up half the night.ive learnt to function on very little sleep now

Wow DS 5 and with small gaps. I ould love more, but have really bad preganancys so no more for me - doctors orders. If you could n=buy them at Tesco, I would have another 2.

I am finding the gap easier now 14 months and 2 years. They actually interact now, although it might be by biting

you can have my eldest 2 if you want.they interact by winding each other up to the extreme and trying to blame ds2 for everything.theres 2.5 years between ds2 and dd2,and they are like a comedy double act now.

back to op-does he have a dummy?