Middle of night feeding

[Stormy16]

Just wondering if at 4 months u guys are still feeding your LOs in middle nite..... i feed him once when he wakes up but was told if i ever want him to sleep thru the night im supposed to just let him scream in his crib and not get him and that will make him learn he needs to sleep by himself at night..... but i cant do that.... so just wondering what u ladies are doing in the middle of nite

[ladybugbob1029]

I am totally with you girl!  Cash sleeps from about 730 to 630 or 700 in the morning.  And he started it when I thought I was at a breaking point!  Now when he wakes up in the middle of the night (about once a week) I pat and soothe him and he goes back to sleep, but when I have to do that I think - how did I used to do this three and four times a night?!

[Karen616]

I guess I have it good compared to some of yall. Layla gets tired and cranky around 7pm and goes to sleep (even if she ate at 5pm) and then she will sleep all the way till 7 or 8 in the morning. She just did that one night on her own and has been doing it since. I think God could tell I couldnt handle the midnight feedings anymore and He could tell I was losing it. Isnt it funny how right when you think you cant handle anymore, it works itself out....either that or you learn to handle more, lol.

[jenkaye21]

Cooper is 3.5 months and he sometimes has a bottle in the moddle of the night.  He sleeps from around 9:00 pm to 7:00 am.  If he wakes for a bottle, it is usually around 3:00.  I try his pacifier first, or patting him, but it usually takes a bottle to get him back to sleep.  His doc says I should not be giving him one, but I cannot let him cry-- he is too little!! = (

About half the time he wakes up for a bottle and half the time he sleeps clear through.

[eternidad200]

James still feed twice during the night. He goes to bed at 6-630 pm then he wakes up around 11-12 adn I feed him, he always seems to eat it all. The he wakes up again at 5 am and feed again.

I have read that some babies have the need of midnight feeds until they are about 9 months of age and is bc they still need it, so I assume that for me is perfectly well to feed James, also he is not a big eater during the day, he takes about 4-5 ounces every 3-4 hours.

So I guess you should what do you think is best for LO.

[Sasha80]

Iliana still gets one bottle at night.  Sometimes I can soothe her to sleep and she will go down for an addition 2-3 hours but for the most part she is starving come 4am (she goes to bed at 8pm).  I don't let her cry it out as I have a toddler who is a light sleeper.  Everynight would be a mess for me if Iliana was to "cry it out" and not get fed.  

Things were different when it was just Anika.  She was weaned from the night bottle at 3 months.  She would often wake at night but would lay there and talk.  Eventually she would just go to sleep.  Iliana is not like that.  Not sure what to do.  

[ladybugbob1029]

I quit feeding Cash in the middle of the night at 3 and half months.  I didn't let him cry.  When he would wake up - as long as he wasn't giving me very strong signs that he was hungry - I would just soothe him to get him back to sleep. I would pat him and give him his pacifier or I would pick him up and hold him a while.  And he got to where he would just go back to sleep - he was waking up more out of habit than out of hunger.  It only took a week and he hasn't been feeding during the night since.