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At what age can I stop the middle of the night feedings ? Posted: 09-30-07 23:27pm
My daughter is 2 weeks and 2 days old. I
have been feeding her every 3-3 1/2 hours.
She is formula fed. I was wondering if
during the night I could feed her every 4
hours? That way I could possibly get just
a little more sleep. And at what age can
I stop the middle of the night feedings? I
am just getting sooooo worn out.
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Becky
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Posted: 10-01-07 04:00am
the first few months are very tiring. my
daughter used to wake up every hour for
feeds! she would refuse to take a whole
bottle at a time no matter how much i
burped her etc.
there is no set age that they stop waking
up. my daughter didn't until she was a
year old and my son slept through from
newborn til 8 months then started waking
up again!
it's all the joys of being a mother. do
you have a partner who could help share
the burden? or ask family or friends to
mind her for a few hours during the day so
you can have a little sleep. you need all
the help you can get so don't be afraid to
ask.
good luck and i hope she sleeps through
for you soon
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Bridget
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Posted: 10-01-07 08:08am
after 2 weeks, you no longer have to wake
them to feed them and can let them work
out their own schedule. if she'll go 4
hours, feel free to wait that long.
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OctoberBaby06
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Posted: 10-01-07 08:31am
Yep like B said, I stopped waking Kaylee
up to feed her after a few weeks & let
her let me know when she was tired. After
a month she was sleeping through the
night!
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mayhi
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Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 453 Location: Halifax, NS Canada
Posted: 11-13-07 12:31pm
Every baby is different. They do say tho
that once they are at 14 lbs you can start
to ween them off of the night feeding. My
doctor said that if they wake up, and you
leave them for a bit and they go back to
sleep and sleep 2+ more hours then they
are not hungry when they are waking the
first time, if you let them go back to
sleep and they are up in less than an hour
or an hour that they are definitely still
hungry when they first wake up. Chandler
has some nights where he wakes and in 5
min is back to sleep for at least 3-4 more
hours. And then there are nights he wakes
up and I know he is hungry just from the
sounds he is making. He is usually
sleeping from 8:30 or 9 pm until 4-5:30
am. It really just depends on his day.
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