Another question about middle of the night feedings...

laceysmom82

My pedi said to try letting her cry (he said no more than 2-3 minutes) during one of the times when she wakes up during the night.  He said she may have just gotten used to waking and eating every 2 hours. Bad advice too?

ETA: If you didnt read my other post, she is currently still waking every 2 hours to eat during the night, and the doc suggested rice cereal in her bedtime bottle.

Hyfagal

I'm not sure if this is the same but I read about sleep crying and found that I had actually been waking her up when she did this. Now if she cries in the night I only pick her up if she's actually awake. She'll lay and cry for a minute or two but have her eyes closed and then drift back into quiet sleep on her own.

rimjob

I am with hyfa on this.  I was picking her up every time she made a peep and realized how crazy that was.  She is honestly a very noisey sleeper.  Now unless her eyes are open I try not to touch her

atalanta04

I agree with pp's.  My DD is a super noisy sleeper, and I was picking her up every 2 hrs when she was sleeping in our room, thinking she needed to eat.  Sometimes she would nurse for like 5 minutes and go right back to sleep.  When we moved her to her crib in her room, I didn't hear her unless she was really crying for a few minutes, which meant more sleep for us!  She cries in her sleep and will quiet down after two minutes or so and go back to sleep for another 30 min to an hour. Is moving her to another room an option? We weren't planning to until 4 months, but with her fussy sleeping, it works so much better.

dlstamm

I would let LO cry for a little bit like pp said.  DD sleeps in the RnP in the living room.  I think she slept in our room for a night or two before moving to the living room or her room.  Most nights she's STTN.  My FIL's girlfriend rushes to her when she is visiting and hears DD make a noise.  I continue to tell her that unless she's crying for a while, I don't go to her because she usually goes back to sleep.  If possible, move LO to another room and you may be amazed with how much sleep you get.  Good Luck!

pixieprincss

Personally, I would not follow that advice. There is nothing  wrong with a 2 month old eating every 2 hours and I see nothing to gain by not providing her the food or comfort that cries are asking for. That said, I did just learn about noisy sleepers. When LO fusses in the night, I respond immediately by watching him or patting him but I don't pick him up until I can assess if he is awake or just sleeping noisily. The assessment takes about 30 seconds. We cosleep, so for me it is a just a quick roll over and look at him. If he was in another room, I think I would want to get in there quickly to prevent a genuine waking from becoming a full-out wail which seems like it would make baby wake up even more and just seems less than compassionate to a little person who has no coping skills.

Mrslovebugs

If it's just a fuss, whine, or grunt I don't go to her. She will usually go back to sleep.

 I wait to see if it turns into an actual cry. If she starts crying (or I can tell she's about to), then I get her.

thatsmary

pixieprincss:

Personally, I would not follow that advice. There is nothing  wrong with a 2 month old eating every 2 hours and I see nothing to gain by not providing her the food or comfort that cries are asking for. That said, I did just learn about noisy sleepers. When LO fusses in the night, I respond immediately by watching him or patting him but I don't pick him up until I can assess if he is awake or just sleeping noisily. The assessment takes about 30 seconds. We cosleep, so for me it is a just a quick roll over and look at him. If he was in another room, I think I would want to get in there quickly to prevent a genuine waking from becoming a full-out wail which seems like it would make baby wake up even more and just seems less than compassionate to a little person who has no coping skills.

I agree.