Night wakings

lhgd1989 · October 2014

DD turned 9 months Sept 30. For about two weeks she is waking atleast two times per night when she used to wake up once around 5:30 a.m. To eat. I try everything I can when she wakes up the first time to calm her back to sleep without feeding her ( sometimes she wakes up after only being asleep for four hours). Usually she still won't fall asleep after 1.5 hours of me trying to calm her down so I give in and feed her. She downs her bottle everytime. I'm torn between creating a bad sleep assosiation and what if she is going through a growth spurt and needs those extra feedings. Anyone going through this?

lifesaverz · October 2014

Yup, & I think it's normal. My LO likes to switch it up. For a long time she would only wake to do an early morning feeding around 5am, but here & there she still will wake up a second time in the night to eat (usually much earlier if she does). I just go with it. I guess I trust that she knows what she needs. If she wakes up I will try for maybe 5 min to get her back to sleep, & if it's not happening, I know right away to feed her. As long as she goes right back to sleep after, I don't see it being a problem. No way would I stay up an hour & a half!

BoothBaby · October 2014

Our Pedi warned us at our 9 month checkup that they can revert to (more) night wakings at this time.

FutureMrsCaesar · October 2014

We're in the same boat lately. He used to sleep from 7pm-5 or 6am then eat and go back to sleep for another 2 hrs. But a few nights a week he's been waking up around 2am. I usually have dh try to calm him down but if that's not working after 5 mins or so I just go in and feed him. I feel like he's been so much more busy and independent during the day that he may need the extra food/drink at night. He'll start sleeping through the night eventually, if my now 3 yr old learned to sttn anyone can!

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