Night feeding at almost 7 mos

MADforever2009

Cooper gets up it seems like without fail between 2:30-3:00 every morning. Only once has he slept from 8ish- 6ish. At this point is he waking out of habit? I know he's hungry cause he normally pounds his bottle and I'm bot gonna not feed him but I'm curious as to if this is a really bad habit he's creating or something he will sooner or later just stop doing on his own. Any thoughts?

ProwdMommy

I wish I could just get mine to sleep longer than 3 hours at night.  Could you try increasing his daytime bottles?

amanda31H

He's still sleeping a 7 hour stretch, which is really good.

I moved the girls to an 8 pm bed time right around 6 months- I think...it's so hazy!  Anyway, around the 6 month mark the girls were waking anytime between 3 and 5 am to nurse.  It only lasted about a month and then they were sleeping 8-8. 

6 months is a growth spurt time.

keg

I'm a little hazy, but I think I had a baby that would do that too.  I remember getting up in the middle of the night for quite a while (maybe even up to 9 months?).  I tried doing some other things (giving her water in a bottle, CIO, etc) and it did seem like she was hungry.  I didn't mind it too much because she would eat and immediately go back to sleep.  She eventually stopped, but I sure can't remember when now. 

MrsLnt

We didn't have that issue but I think it's bc we held onto the 11pm dreamfeed until 7.5 months.  Could you feed them before you go to bed to hopefully get a longer stretch?

CaliDutchGrl

My one son was just going through this. It only lasted a couple of weeks. He is now sleeping 8:30 to 7:30.

Cyndi&Matt

How much is he eating during the day?  Does he take a full feeding 5oz+ in the middle of the night?

My guys are sleeping from 7p to 7a consistently.  We work really hard to make sure they get at least 26 oz during the day.  Some feedings they take 4oz & some they take 9oz.  We log it every day and at the last feeding we know where we really want them to be.  DH is home in the morning and I am home in the afternoons, so its our way to communicate it.