night feedings

#1_BadgeBunny

My LOs are doing great and going at least 4 hours between feedings so for that i am thankful! They eat 9a  1p   5p  9p and they are like clock work.  but at night sometimes they will go from 9p to 4 am (wooohoo) but its never consistant.  most of the time they go from 9p to 2a then again at 6 or 7 am.

is this the first signs of STTN?? or is that wishful thinking?hahaha! also is there anything i can do to try and get them more consistant b/c poor DH walking in the door from work at 12 ish and showers and by the time he falls asleep he is asleep 1 hour and they wake.    Now i could do that feeding alone and let him get some more sleep but im being selfish b/c he wont take the 6 am feeding letting me get a block of sleep.. sooo nahh on him hahaha! when will he learn how to tandem feed? but that a whole other post!!

amcam24

It probably is a sign they are getting ready to STTN.  It's not consistent at first.  I remember DS would STTN one night, then wake up a couple of times the next night. 

lgurian

if you add an extra feeding during the day it will be easier to drop one in the middle of the night. we are following babywise and they say to feed every 3-3.5 hours during the day until they are consistently sleeping 9-10 hours at night then you can move to every 4 hours during the day. it seems to be working for us, they have been STTN since they were 8 wks. we still arent to 9-10 hours/night but they eat at 9:30pm and not again til 7am. anyway, GL which ever method you follow (there are a million out there). 

atlbride23

fyi for those using Babywise:

THE OFFICIAL NEWSMAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
Volume 14 Number 4


Expectant parents often fear the changes a new baby will bring, especially sleepless nights. What new parent wouldn?t want a how-to book that promises their baby will be sleeping through the night by three to eight weeks?

One such book, On Becoming Babywise, has raised concern among pediatricians because it outlines an infant feeding program that has been associated with failure to thrive (FTT), poor weight gain, dehydration, breast milk supply failure, and involuntary early weaning. A Forsyth Medical Hospital Review Committee, in Winston-Salem N.C., has listed 11 areas in which the program is inadequately supported by conventional medical practice. The Child Abuse Prevention Council Of Orange County, Calif., stated its concern after physicians called them with reports of dehydration, slow growth and development, and FTT associated with the program. And on Feb. 8, AAP District IV passed a resolution asking the Academy to investigate ?Babywise,? determine the extent of its effects on infant health and alert its members, other organizations and parents of its findings.