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Babies: 0 - 3 Months
Was Docs Advice Good?
My DD is 11 weeks old and when we went to her 2 month check up i showed the pedi. DD evening sleep schedule
6:30 pm-8:00 Cluster Feeds, Bath, QT time
between 7pm-8pm goes in crib awake but sleepy (goes to bed)
between 12am-1am wakes to feed
between 3am-4am wakes to feed
between 5-6am wakes to feed
Up for 7:30 am
The pedi recommended
bed 7-8 pm
WAKE HER UP at 10pm feed
when she gets up somewhere between 2am-3:30am Dont feed her. I can give her a paci, rub her belly, every 15 minutes
Then at 5:00 am feed her
so far she fusses off and on bt 3-5am once we give her the paci and rub her belly she falls back asleep for about 1015 mins, then fusses all over agian for 15 min so on until we feed her at 5am
this is night 5 we are doing this, it has gotten better but the doc said it should take about 3-4 nights and then she should sleep from 10pm-5 am.that has yet to happen.........any feedback would be SOOOOO helpful.
PS I have noticed that she is eating more oz duuring the day.
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Re: Was Docs Advice Good?
Different doctors have different opinions on babies and sleeping, so I can't tell you if your dr's advice was "good" or "bad."
However, I would NEVER wake my sleeping baby (I'd try dream feeding first). Also, I don't think you should hold back a nighttime feeding until a baby is much older than 11 weeks. That just seems cruel.
I don't see the point of waking the baby up to feed, then ignoring when they wake up for the next feeding.
My doctor told me to never wake my baby when he is asleep.
I think you and your baby will figure out a schedule that works for you. Right now DS is 7 weeks and he goes to bed around 8, sleeps until 12 or 1, then again around 5.
Do what works for yall.
I don't think you should ever wake a sleeping baby. I also think you should feed on demand.
I'm going to go against the grain on this one a tad.
I have found that my LO sleeps through the night if I make sure she gets her 6 bottles a day. If she is still sleeping from her evening nap when she is due for her last bottle for the night, I wake her up. Granted, she is due to eat pretty soon and since I don't have to work tomorrow, I may just let it go, but I know for sure she will be up in the middle of the night.
DD had her 2 month check up today and my doc said that if my LO was not STTN at this point, she would be discussing ways to make it happen. She even mentioned cereal... I'm not sure I agree with that, but I also don't have that problem. Probably if my LO was not showing signs she was ready to STTN, I would still be all for the nighttime feedings. But I do know she can go that long and do really well, so I do what works best for us.
I think that you have to do what works best for your family. If sleep deprivation is becoming a really big problem for your family then it might be "good" advice, but if it doesn't really matter to you if LO gets up, then I would just follow LO's cues on when it's time to eat.
One more thing I wanted to add...
I did start tracking how much my DD was getting each day (roughly, since I pump and BF), and it was around the time that we started upping her oz intake that she started STTN. Her first and last bottles of the days are her least amount of oz for some reason, but she has been pretty consistent (give or take 1 oz) for a week and a half now.
Good Luck! I feel better when I write it all out and try to find a pattern. (LOL, like it couldn't change anytime anyways)
With my 1st DD, my doc told me at 3 months she shouldn't need to eat in the middle of the night anymore and that we needed to start CIO. I ended up switching to a new pedi before her 6 month appointment.
Your DD is not even 2 months old and your pedi is trying to get her to STTN?! That would alarm and upset me.
Heck my DD didn't start STTN consistently until she was closer to a year. Feed your baby when your baby wants to be fed.
THIS.
Um... Your pedi is getting a huge side eye from me. I say go find yourself a better pedi. I mean I am looking for a better pedi for less reasons than that! I just don't like my pedi. I got lucky with my LO. She has been STTN for some time now. However, your child will STTN when they are ready.
So stop listening to your pedi's advice, start feeding her when she wants to be fed. She will STTN when she is good and ready to. In the mean time I suggest finding a new pedi.