sleep...and feeding.

Pink_Tinks · Mar 15th, 2010, 06:40 AM

i know all babies are different, but when do they start to sleep longer at night?

harriet had 5oz at 7.30pm, was still awake at 9.30pm in her cot (totally fine, just chatting to herself!) fell asleep then was awake wanting feeding at 11.30pm. had 3oz, fell asleep, then up again at 1.30am for 2oz. up at 4.30am and had 3oz then slept till half 7.

there have been a couple of nights when she has had her 7.30pm feed and not woke up to feed until 1.30am which is lovely!

any suggestions on how to either eliminate night feeds (obv i dont want to starve my daughter!!) or how to keep her awake to drink more so she isnt waking every 2 hours?!

I would ask my HV but my after care had been and still is totally shite!!

Emma1980 · Mar 15th, 2010, 07:10 AM

if Finley falls asleep on the bottle i stroke his cheek and he usually carries on sucking...

He started sleeping from 630-430 at 5 weeks that was the first night i moved him into his cot x

dani_tinks · Mar 15th, 2010, 07:15 AM

We tank Jacob up from 5-6ish and start to put him down, hes normally down by 8ish and then we feed him at 12, he'll then sleep through NORMALLY to about 630. sometimes he has a little whinge around 5ish, but its normally for a dummy or attention rather than milk. x

EDIT, Sorry forgot to say he normally takes no less than 100mls at each feeding which = bout 4ozs?? but the tank feed he'll normally have between 5-6 ozs!

**OmarsMum** · Mar 15th, 2010, 07:16 AM

She will start dropping her night feeds one by one. When Lo was 1 mnth he used to sleep for 6-7 hrs without waking up for a feed. Now he can go upto 13 hrs & he only takes 6-7 oz before bedtime. If she falls asleep while feeding, u can try playing with her ears, stroke her cheeks or move the bottle in & out.

sera · Mar 15th, 2010, 07:33 AM

at 6 weeks River was going down at 1030pm and waking ar 530, he is 10 weeks now and going to bed around 630/7 and sleeping through till 530, he just cant keep his eyes open... but as i am BF im up in the night dying for him to feed as he is too sleepy to dream feed.

but

lol

ellie27 · Mar 15th, 2010, 10:23 AM

Your LO sounds very normal to me!!

Unfortunately the other few response posts that you have had all indicate that LO will no doubt start sleeping for 8 hrs through the night etc - I really dont think that indicates correctly what the average month or 2 month old baby is like - and hopefully some more responses will prove that.

I was never expecting Anna to 'sleep through' - the best she has done so far is 12 midnight til about 5am.

The feed/sleep times that you mentioned were pretty much what Anna was like last night - except she never had a 4.30am feed

You are doing great!

dani_tinks · Mar 15th, 2010, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ellie27

Unfortunately the other few response posts that you have had all indicate that LO will no doubt start sleeping for 8 hrs through the night etc - I really dont think that indicates correctly what the average month or 2 month old baby is like - and hopefully some more responses will prove that.

I never said my LO sleeps through the night for 8 hours.. I said we rewake him, then he'll sleep from midnight to 630, sometimes waking up at 5 and having a whinge.
Every babe's different

Blaumba · Mar 15th, 2010, 10:56 AM

Well here is what my lo does..
He starts stocking himself up from around 6ish and usually falls asleep about 7:30ish then he wakes at either 11:30 for another feed depending on how well he filled himself up earlier. If he filled himself up earlier and we are REALLY lucky he will go untill 01:30-02:00 after that he want another feed around 4-4:30 and then sleeps till 6-7am.
I can't say how much he's eating as he's bf. Obviously this is not allways the case, we have had nights where he's up every hour or fully awake and ready to go at 4am (yawn) and twice he's done a 7 hour sleep from 8pm till 3am type thing (loved those two nights!)
As someone else said all baby's are different and also change all the time at such a young age.
I have a friend who's also bf and her lo started going from midnight till 7am from 6 weeks old (lucky girl).

MissRhead · Mar 15th, 2010, 11:02 AM

My LO feeds every 3 hours in the day then will have a feed at about 8 and sleep untill 1/2am I make a 5oz bottle and he takes about 3o sometimes less and then goes straight back down untill 5/6 he's only 5 weeks old and I'm amazed at how well he does at night, I thought at first he should be feeding more in the night as he's so young but he's putting on weight just fine infact very well lol. So I just think every baby is diffrent xxx

Rhiannon · Mar 15th, 2010, 11:02 AM

last week went like this...feed and bed at 9pm...awake at 3.30am for a feed...then awake at 6.30am for feed and then staying awake.

last night however was...feed and bed at 9pm...awake at 1.30am for feed....then awake at 5.30am for a feed...then awake at 7am (no feed)

im not sure which one i prefer!!

i think it takes a while for LO to choose their night time routine - hopefully he will sleep from 9pm till 6.30am soon!

Mar 15th, 2010, 06:40 AM	#1
Pink_Tinks Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Posts: 1,661	sleep...and feeding. i know all babies are different, but when do they start to sleep longer at night? harriet had 5oz at 7.30pm, was still awake at 9.30pm in her cot (totally fine, just chatting to herself!) fell asleep then was awake wanting feeding at 11.30pm. had 3oz, fell asleep, then up again at 1.30am for 2oz. up at 4.30am and had 3oz then slept till half 7. there have been a couple of nights when she has had her 7.30pm feed and not woke up to feed until 1.30am which is lovely! any suggestions on how to either eliminate night feeds (obv i dont want to starve my daughter!!) or how to keep her awake to drink more so she isnt waking every 2 hours?! I would ask my HV but my after care had been and still is totally shite!!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 07:10 AM	#2
Emma1980 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Ashton Under Lyne Posts: 3,405	if Finley falls asleep on the bottle i stroke his cheek and he usually carries on sucking... He started sleeping from 630-430 at 5 weeks that was the first night i moved him into his cot x

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Mar 15th, 2010, 07:15 AM	#3
dani_tinks Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 6,349	We tank Jacob up from 5-6ish and start to put him down, hes normally down by 8ish and then we feed him at 12, he'll then sleep through NORMALLY to about 630. sometimes he has a little whinge around 5ish, but its normally for a dummy or attention rather than milk. x EDIT, Sorry forgot to say he normally takes no less than 100mls at each feeding which = bout 4ozs?? but the tank feed he'll normally have between 5-6 ozs!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 07:16 AM	#4
OmarsMum Mum (Mom) BabyandBump Team Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UAE Posts: 12,808	She will start dropping her night feeds one by one. When Lo was 1 mnth he used to sleep for 6-7 hrs without waking up for a feed. Now he can go upto 13 hrs & he only takes 6-7 oz before bedtime. If she falls asleep while feeding, u can try playing with her ears, stroke her cheeks or move the bottle in & out.

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Mar 15th, 2010, 07:33 AM	#5
sera Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: perth ,WA Posts: 1,181	at 6 weeks River was going down at 1030pm and waking ar 530, he is 10 weeks now and going to bed around 630/7 and sleeping through till 530, he just cant keep his eyes open... but as i am BF im up in the night dying for him to feed as he is too sleepy to dream feed. but lol

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Mar 15th, 2010, 10:23 AM	#6
ellie27 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: uk Posts: 8,702	Your LO sounds very normal to me!! Unfortunately the other few response posts that you have had all indicate that LO will no doubt start sleeping for 8 hrs through the night etc - I really dont think that indicates correctly what the average month or 2 month old baby is like - and hopefully some more responses will prove that. I was never expecting Anna to 'sleep through' - the best she has done so far is 12 midnight til about 5am. The feed/sleep times that you mentioned were pretty much what Anna was like last night - except she never had a 4.30am feed You are doing great!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 10:56 AM	#8
Blaumba Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 650	Well here is what my lo does.. He starts stocking himself up from around 6ish and usually falls asleep about 7:30ish then he wakes at either 11:30 for another feed depending on how well he filled himself up earlier. If he filled himself up earlier and we are REALLY lucky he will go untill 01:30-02:00 after that he want another feed around 4-4:30 and then sleeps till 6-7am. I can't say how much he's eating as he's bf. Obviously this is not allways the case, we have had nights where he's up every hour or fully awake and ready to go at 4am (yawn) and twice he's done a 7 hour sleep from 8pm till 3am type thing (loved those two nights!) As someone else said all baby's are different and also change all the time at such a young age. I have a friend who's also bf and her lo started going from midnight till 7am from 6 weeks old (lucky girl).

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Mar 15th, 2010, 11:02 AM	#9
MissRhead Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Crewe Posts: 1,959	My LO feeds every 3 hours in the day then will have a feed at about 8 and sleep untill 1/2am I make a 5oz bottle and he takes about 3o sometimes less and then goes straight back down untill 5/6 he's only 5 weeks old and I'm amazed at how well he does at night, I thought at first he should be feeding more in the night as he's so young but he's putting on weight just fine infact very well lol. So I just think every baby is diffrent xxx

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Mar 15th, 2010, 11:02 AM	#10
Rhiannon Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: wales Posts: 2,488	last week went like this...feed and bed at 9pm...awake at 3.30am for a feed...then awake at 6.30am for feed and then staying awake. last night however was...feed and bed at 9pm...awake at 1.30am for feed....then awake at 5.30am for a feed...then awake at 7am (no feed) im not sure which one i prefer!! i think it takes a while for LO to choose their night time routine - hopefully he will sleep from 9pm till 6.30am soon!

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