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Are we starting a bad habit w/ overnight feedings?

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Natalie has usually been a good sleeper. She'll take her last bottle around 6-6:30 (8 oz) and then goes to sleep within the hour. She often wakes up around 3 a.m. but will always go back to sleep quickly once we give a pacifier. Well, the past two nights she hasn't wanted to go back down even after being rocked for awhile so we've given her six ounces of formula and then she will go back to sleep. She hasn't had an overnight feeding prior to now since she was two or three months old so I don't want to regress, but it seems to be the only way to get her back to sleep. I'm afraid of starting a bad habit but am not sure how to stop this if she truly is hungry at 3 a.m.
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  • Mrs.McJeepMrs.McJeep
    We had the same problem with Luke about a month ago...I moved his last bottle to 7/7:30...and that stopped the 2/3 am bottle.  I'm not saying that's the ideal solution.  But our boys have to eat at 7 or 7:30 or they are up super early between 2-4 and ready for a bottle.
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  • howleyshellhowleyshell member

    Honestly?  Yes.

    It's a catch 22.  If you feed them at this age in the middle of the night they can come to expect the feedings.  They don't make the effort to get the calories during daylight hours because they know it's coming at night.

    As rough as it is - if you tough it out for a few nights she'll make the effort to get extra calories during the day time.  Be sure you're making them available to her.  Add extra snacks, baby food, etc or even space bottles closer together if you need to to help give her more opportunity during the day.

    It's tough stuff.  Sorry you're dealing with it!

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  • CMM05CMM05 member
    I'm agreeing with HowleyShell.....sorry to say....you are starting a bad habit. I have been there and it sucks and you just want to feed them, but she's doing it for comfort and to "test" you guys! What time is her last bottle at?? Have you let her CIO a bit or do you go right in? Maybe try letting her CIO a bit, use the paci or go in just to let her know you are there. Does she have one of those crib soothers? (FP Aquarium or Rainforest one....), those helped us a lot when Connor went through something similar....
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  • Mrs.ReemMrs.Reem
    Sadly yes probably. When you start feeding them their bodies quickly start waking them to expect the calories at that time every night. You can break the habit pretty easily though by reducing the amount of formula and incrasing the water content a few nights in a row, so do what you have to do.
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  • Kim777Kim777
    We haven't gone through this, but a good friend did. They talked to their pedi who told them that he did not need that milk in the middle of the night at this point and they were just developing a bad habit. In their case, the pedi told them just to let him cry. I know that is not the answer for everyone, but they did go with her advice and after a few rough nights they got back on schedule. Good luck!
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  • Mrs.Meg&JayMrs.Meg&Jay

    Ava takes her last bottle around 7pm and wakes up at 5:30/6am for a bottle and then goes back down until 7:30/8am.  Sometimes I think she is hungry, and other times I think it is habit.. so I'm not the best person to ask!

    but maybe she's going through a growth spurt if she just started doing this?!?!

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