2month olds waking at night- ?

mavs_girl07 · February 2011

Do you just assume they're waking out of hunger and feed them? Or do you try to resettle them first, by using a paci, rocking, patting, etc?

DS weighed in at 15lbs at his 2mo. well-check and when I told the pedi he was still waking twice a night to eat, the pedi replied "Yeah, there's no way he's waking out of hunger. He just wants to be soothed back to sleep". But then he moved on to something else, and we didn't discuss it anymore. So now I'm wondering if I should try to soothe him in other ways first, or go ahead and feed him? What do you do if your LO is still waking at night?

bumpuser260585 · February 2011

We still feed him when he wakes in the middle of the night, but it seems like he is down to waking just once now. DS was only 10lbs at his 2 month check-up, but he was little at birth. I don't know if DS would go back to sleep without eating, usually he goes 4 or 5 hours at night.

msualum96 · February 2011

MrsLink:
We still feed him when he wakes in the middle of the night, but it seems like he is down to waking just once now. DS was only 10lbs at his 2 month check-up, but he was little at birth. I don't know if DS would go back to sleep without eating, usually he goes 4 or 5 hours at night.

Ditto for us. DS was almost 10lbs @ 2 months, so he's still just too little to SSTN (one feeding @ 3-4am usually). At 15lbs, your LO might not be hungry, as long as he's getting enough at his last feeding. Do you "top him off" before putting him down for the night? My sister did this w/ her kids and they both SSTN by 8 weeks.

mavs_girl07 · February 2011

msualum96:

MrsLink:
We still feed him when he wakes in the middle of the night, but it seems like he is down to waking just once now. DS was only 10lbs at his 2 month check-up, but he was little at birth. I don't know if DS would go back to sleep without eating, usually he goes 4 or 5 hours at night.

Ditto for us. DS was almost 10lbs @ 2 months, so he's still just too little to SSTN (one feeding @ 3-4am usually). At 15lbs, your LO might not be hungry, as long as he's getting enough at his last feeding. Do you "top him off" before putting him down for the night? My sister did this w/ her kids and they both SSTN by 8 weeks.

He gets a full bottle just before bed at around 7-7:30. He was waking just at 3-4am to eat, then back down until morning. But within the last week he's gone backwards and now wakes around 1:30, then again around 4-5, then up for the day around 8.

xxbabycakesxx · February 2011

griffin (whos about the same weight as your lo) still feeds every 3-4 hrs day or night and sleeps between feedings. ive always assumed he was hungry and he always took the bottle. at night he usually drinks 6oz and never more but that doesnt make him sleep longer.

NewFamily09 · February 2011

I've been feeding him when he wakes up. My DS will be 2 months on Saturday. There's no way he's anywhere near 15 lbs though. We have a scale at home and last I checked he was like 10 lbs 12 oz the other day. Over the past couple days though, I've noticed that if he wakes up in the middle of the night, he'll only eat for maybe 5-10 minutes and then he just wants to look around and smile. But then he'll wake up again 3 hours later. It drives me crazy.

JenGarden · February 2011

My LO was 12 lbs, 13 oz at her 2 mo appt, and she is not STTN. She usually goes to bed sometime between 7 - 8 pm, and then she is up anywhere from 4 - 8 hours later (she slept 8 hours each night this weekend, but is back to 4 this week). If she only sleeps for 4 hours, she is also up an additional time. She is ALWAYS hungry when she wakes up, although I haven't actually tried just soothing her back to sleep. We EBF, so I'm not sure exactly how much she's getting, but I go from semi or fully engorged to "empty" feeling.

cupcake528 · February 2011

From my experience thus far - feed him! If he drinks the entire bottle, then he's hungry. I would never deny a 2month old a feeding...... most doctors start talking about weening a night time bottle around 6 mths, certainly not 2. Just because he's a certain weight does not mean he should sleep through the night without eating. 2 mths is pretty early to be doing so. Enjoy this time! I miss it, believe it or not!!!! Good luck!

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