Anyone with a 2 month old still eating every 2 to 4 hours at night?

gregNamanda · July 2010

My LO is 9 weeks and still eats every 2 to 4 hours, even at night. The longest stretch he will go is about 3 or 3 1/2 hours sleeping. I'm FF mostly with a couple bottles of breastmilk daily. We recently switched (per Ped. recommendation) to a formula with rice starch in it to help with spitting up. I thought the rice starch might help him feel full longer, but it doesn't seem so. A typical night will be a 3 hour, 2 hour, 2 hour sleeping sessions.

The pediatrician said that his sleeping is normal, that he just needs to eat because he's growing. But I always read on these posts that people with 6 or 8 week old babies are getting 5 or 6 hour stretches.

I am a teacher and go back to work in 6 more weeks. I'm hoping his sleeping habits will change a lot in the next 6 weeks because still waking 3 or 4 times a night is exhausting.

Anyone else? Any advice? Thanks!

butterbeansmama · July 2010

Harrison was a great sleeper. Then all of a sudden started only going a 5 hour stretch and then another 4 hour stretch at the most. Not sure what happened, but I'm not liking it...lol.

I think maybe he is going through a growth spurt. He is definitely eating more during the day too.

shari_rngleson · July 2010

my ds goes about 3-3.5 eating every night! thank goodness i take naps during the day

SoldiersGreenBean · July 2010

Yep, it's normal. Both of mine go 2.5-4 hours at night, but usually you can set your watch for a 3 hour stretch.

JillNicole79 · July 2010

DS just started in the last week or 2 giving us 8p - 6a. Here's what I did/am doing:

He gets 5 - 5oz bottles throughout the day (approx 3hrs apart). I don't let him go more than 3.5hrs between feedings, meaning I will wake him.
In the evening I give him a bath at 6:15 and his last bottle at 6:30p. Then I rock/cuddle until hes ready to go to bed (somewhere between 7 - 8)

At 10:30p DH does a dreamfeed with another 5oz. And right now we're working to drop that.

When he was waking in the motn he was eating a full bottle so I was sure he was hungry. So my plan (which I only got a few days into) was to decrease how much was in that bottle. So 4oz for a few days, then 3oz for a few days, etc. Then I would always wake him at 7a and give him a full feeding then. Really that lasted less than a week and he dropped the motn feeding.

So this along with a LOT of paitience. HTH!

chazlewo · July 2010

glad to hear we're not alone... Theo is almost 7 weeks and only sleeps 3-4 hours at a time. We nurse at night, but have tried bottles of breastmilk and the result was teh same (but more difficult for me since I had to pump and warm milk). I'm already back to work and SO tired and very jealous of the babies who sttn already.

carrotcake06 · July 2010

I ebf on demand but in the past week or so DS has settled into bed around 11 & a feeding around 4, then 8 or 9. He wakes at 630 or so. Before this he woke for a feeding at 2 but dropped it on his own when he was ready. Just 2 nights ago he went 11-6. So, it will happen it just takes time for them to put on the weight they need & for their stonachs to get big enough to sleep longer stretches.

lil_rhody · July 2010

7w and still 2-3 hours at night. It helps to remind yourself that this is normal. I recommend the no-cry sleep solution for goot perspective.

smssy2005 · July 2010

My son is 7 weeks today and he wakes every 2.5-4.5 hours to feed. He just started sleeping longer than 3 hours in the middle of the night.

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