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cadiz92
Posted - 24/02/2005 : 18:49:04Does anyone know at what age a baby can sleep through the night without being fed? I know its the million dollar question but I would love to hear what other people do. My 9 month old goes to bed at 7.30ish and I feed her at 11 (before I go to sleep myself - a dream feed) and then usually once more during the night at around 3 or 4 before she wakes for the day at around 8. I am wondering if I could start phasing out the feeds during the night. I have a feeling that she is just waking up out of habit now instead of hunger but I would hate to think that I am starving her by refusing to feed her! Thanks.
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King
Posted - 02/03/2005 : 10:56:00Cadiz, by 9 months babs should be safely able to sleep through without feeding. If its not happening automatically ie still waking and seems to want feed, I suggest that you start reducing the amount you are giving on the middle of night feed. Eg (assuming bottlefeeding) if she is currently taking 6oz in that bottle reduce it by 1oz every night, effect should be that she will take more food during day. When you have reduced it to say 2oz then try not feeding her just encourage her to go back wot sleep without feed (using soother if she uses one or just resettling her, may involve crying), or if that doesn't work offer her cooled boiled water instead of the milk.
If this works, then apply same principle to the dream feed.
Baby who is on 3 solid meals a day is safe to sleep 12 hrs at night.
Good luck
waiting
Posted - 28/02/2005 : 16:09:49Thank God my little fella isn't the only 'angel'... still waking twice at night for feeds (he's 3 months). Like many of you have said, dont you feel like slapping the women who's babies sleep through! I do envy them tho. Now, I know the secret to them sleeping through is for them to get their 'full requirement' of feeds during the day. But what is that exactly? As all babies are different, can you go by the recommended quantities? My fella wont drink more than 5 ozs at any one feed, sometimes even leaving an ounce. Between 7am and 7pm he would have about 5/6 bottles (depending on what time he wakes), is that enough? He is a good weight, think about 13 lbs now. Any thoughts?
rah_house
Posted - 28/02/2005 : 11:36:37There's a difference between waking in the night and needing a feed at night. I would have thought at nine months your little one wouldn't need a feed between 7:30pm & 8am, but of course that doesn't mean she'll sleep through. And even after a baby starts sleeping the night there's no guarantee she'll keep up that habit.
juliemcc
Posted - 28/02/2005 : 11:00:44my ds slept through from 3 weeks but now that he is 16 months he wakes every night to come into us...every baby is different...go with your instincts..a midwife said to me that if you can get a baby to sleep two nights in a row then they no longer need a night feed and that's what happened to us...hth
rom
Posted - 28/02/2005 : 10:07:00Hi Cadiz
I would be lying if I said our dd (9 months) sleeps through the night regularly, had our first night in weeks last night. But I havn't had to feed her at night for months. She gets her last bottle at 7/7.30, in bed by eight, and her first bottle the next day is 8.30-ish. I guess your baby is waking out of habit, have you tried giving her water instead of milk, as she should be getting enough food/milk during the day to get her through the night.
And even after a baby starts sleeping the night there's no guarantee she'll keep up that habit.
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