Eating more at night/4 mo wakeful?

Re: Eating more at night/4 mo wakeful?

• Cellis member

  May 2013

  huwehotaling:

  My DD will be 5 mo next week. She has been a good sleeper at night since about 10-11 weeks. She would wake up 1x at night or not at all. Then in the last week everything has gone downhill. She's waking up more frequently and is hungry, will eat 4-6 oz 2-3 times a night (she is FF). I noticed yesterday that she hardly ate anything during the day. I think she ate about 10 oz all day and then 5 oz before bed. She normally eats 20 oz during the day and then 4-6 oz before bed. Is this part of the 4 mo wakeful period? I'm confused as to why she's all of a sudden eating most of her feedings at night. Anyone else experience this?

  This is what I have read is the 4 month wakeful. Babies are more alert and interested in the world around them so they don't eat as much during the day. That causes them to wake up more at night to fill up on the calories they missed out on during the day. I feed DS more often during the day and in his room where there aren't any distractions. He hasn't been waking up more at night, he's actually gettting up less. Whether or not that's why, I don't know, but it seems to be working.

   

  

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• huwehotaling

  May 2013

  teds1chic:

  Yep I read it's because they notice so much more during the day now that they are distracted. I noticed that if I nurse her in a quiet room during the day she does better and eats a little calmer versus thrashing around to look at things.

  Yes, this is exactly what my DD has been doing during the day too. I will try taking her into another quieter room. Thanks

  

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• mydixiewrecked member

  May 2013

  I actually tried this today. Normally LO naps in his swing in the family room but the last couple weeks he is not napping like he used to and getting up to eat 1-2 times a night. He is still eating the same amount (if not more) but he acts like he will miss something exciting if he naps for more that 30 minutes. Our bedroom (where his crib is) is so bright during the day so I can't lay him in there. I took him into the guest room today where it is darker,turned a box fan on,fed him and when he fell asleep I left him in there. He has been asleep an hour so far,if this works I will be overjoyed. He is a feisty little dude when he is tired!
  

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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