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whats normal and whats right ? any advice new mum ?

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caz1512 · 13/11/2008 16:48

my baby takes her evening feed at 7 and settles by abot 8 30 she was waking up at 11 for a feed but now she is sleeping till 2 i had started waking her to get that feed in at 11 but then she wakes about 4 and is hard to settle again should i leave her to wake herself at 2 as she sleeps from that feed till half 6 please advise me

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EdwardCullenCanHaveMySoul · 13/11/2008 16:50

How old is your baby?
When mine were very young i just let them dictate their own feeding pattern tbh. We had a rule:
Let sleeping babies lie!

caz1512 · 13/11/2008 16:54

she is 2 months old

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EdwardCullenCanHaveMySoul · 13/11/2008 17:28

Sorry - had to make tea!!
At 2 months mine were waking whenever they did. I found it useless to try and wake them as they had their own schedule. If I woke them at 11 then they'd still wake at 2 even though they didn't need a feed iyswim.
If it was me, I'd let her go off after her 7pm feed and then see when she naturally wakes for her next. Hope it goes well

ches · 13/11/2008 18:24

Enjoy your sleep.

likessleep · 13/11/2008 19:06

I agree 110%. I think waking once in the night at 2am for a half 6 start to the day must be 'nicer' than feeding at 11 and then at 4 (especially if she then stays awake from 4, eek!)
Do whatever you can for maximum sleep I say!

likessleep · 13/11/2008 19:07

PS I think for a 2 month old, she is sleeping very well at night if she only wakes once

nickytwotimes · 13/11/2008 19:09

caz, we considerd teh dream feed too, btu when we tried it, we found that ds still woke for another feed at a little after his own time anyway. I agree - do not wake your lo!

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