Should I wake 4 month old for feeds?

[Blu3Bell]

Baby is 4 months old on Tuesday. He's been sleeping for longer periods and a couple of times has slept for 7 hours, with his last feed being up to an hour before.

I'm really grateful for the quiet nights, but is it safe to let him go that long without a feed? He also regularly has a 3 hour nap at lunchtime, will sleeping so long at once start affecting his night sleep soon?

Any advice appreciated x

If he's a healthy baby, go ahead and let him sleep, enjoy it!! Are you breastfeeding? If so you might want to express off a tiny amount of milk if you wake feeling full and he's asleep, to avoid blocked ducts.

You may well be on the cusp of a sleep regression as he's 4 months so don't worry too much if it all goes wrong soon!

Presuming no weight gain issues then it’s absolutely fine. At that age both of mine used to have their last feed as we went to bed at 10/11pm then sleep through to 6/7am.

Appreciate your temporary good fortune and get some rest!

If he's gaining well definitely do not wake him. He's perfectly fine and I can assure you he will let you know when he's ready to eat.

I'm not sure how helpful this is, but many moons ago someone once told me "never wake a sleeping baby".

This is a piece of advice that is shockingly ignored to the persons detriment 🤭

Not true with Newborns who need to feed

@Blu3Bell if feeding well when awake, gaining along birth centile at least, and good dirty nappy output then no need to wake

Unfortunately he lost too much weight after birth, so midwives said I had to feed every 2 hours in daytime and then wake every 3 hours overnight if he was still asleep. That's obviously not the case anymore but I still worry!

All of mine slept 7-7 by 3 months (after very structured routine).

Unless there was some issue with weight I would definitely not wake to feed!!!

They also slept 3 hours after lunch

Formula feeding. I keep hearing about 4 month regression and I'm so dreading it 🤣

One of my babies had a terrible regression, the other sailed through it! You might be absolutely fine!

The effect of having a non-gaining-weight baby can really be harsh. I meet lots of (BF) mothers who are still waking babies for feeds several months in as they've never been able to get over that worry. But your baby sounds like he's doing really well - celebrate that with a full night's sleep for you!

I wouldn’t if he’s gaining weight.

Mine have slept 12 hours at night since 8 weeks, 6 weeks & 6 weeks.

Neither of mine really had a regression. Hopefully it’ll be the same for you!
Youngest needed an occasional 3am dummy replace until he learned to replace it himself at 6 months old, both had stroppy at bedtime phases when they were on the cusp of dropping a nap at around 15 months and 2.5 years. That was it really… I did find at 4 months they stopped being able to sleep downstairs with the TV and lights on, and needed a 7pm bedtime upstairs (with a dreamfeed to get them through to morning) so there was definitely a change to sleep but it wasn’t negative if that makes sense.