Babies: 3 - 6 Months

Crib troubles, setting myself up for disaster?

So ever since putting LO in the crib he wakes up at 12am/1am every night and I have to cosleep the rest of the night. Cosleeping has really become uncomfortable so I came up with this brilliant idea last night to give him a smidgen of milk (2oz) when he woke up at 1am while he lays in the crib and it worked! He rolled over cooed for a bit and fell asleep till 4am (his normal time he wakes for a feeding) so then I just had to cosleep until 8am. I would love not to have to cosleep at all.

Do you think this will cause an extra feeding habit? Or is it possible he will drop it and keep sleeping like he has done? I'm also hoping to feed him his last oz of formula while lying down in the crib for his 4am feeding in hopes that he will be able to fall asleep In the crib and not our bed for the rest of the morning but he is pretty energetic and it usually takes him half an hour to fall back asleep after his early morning feed. 

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Re: Crib troubles, setting myself up for disaster?

  • is it possible he really is hungry? I gave my DD formula the other night at 4:30 after she kept waking up for an hr. It did help her fall back asleep and last night she STTN again, no problems. I sometimes do a dreamfeed of 1-2 oz around 10:30/11pm if I think she didn't think have enough formula during the day.
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    is it possible he really is hungry? I gave my DD formula the other night at 4:30 after she kept waking up for an hr. It did help her fall back asleep and last night she STTN again, no problems. I sometimes do a dreamfeed of 1-2 oz around 10:30/11pm if I think she didn't think have enough formula during the day.

    Idk because as soon has his head hits my bed he is snoring 

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  • Same exact here...except i've been breastfeeding...i am currently in the process of weaning her so i'll be interested to see how it'll work at her midnight feeding with the formula. I read that if you don't mind feeding them at night, then go ahead and do it as long as the feeding aren't excessive (more than 2). However, you should probably try to pick your baby up and feed him as usual since feeding them while lying down can cause an increased risk for ear infection. I obviously have to get my baby out of her crib to breastfeed her....do it a little and when she falls back to sleep I put her in her crib and to my surprise she actually stays asleep....but for some reason at her 4 or 5 am waking she doesn't want to go back in her crib and i have to cosleep which i'd prefer not to do....i guess i'll just keep trying to put her back in her crib until it works? once i switch to all formula this whole night time thing is going to be pretty obnoxious...so i'll probably at least try to eliminate the 4 am feeding by using DR. FERBER'S method. I really enjoyed his book if you haven't checked it out yet, you should look up the section on "nighttime feedings"..it really helps give you confidence on doing what is best for your situation.....good luck!
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