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SLEEP => Night Wakings => Topic started by: mamamarce on February 01, 2007, 15:28:11 pm
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My baby is 3.5 months old and he was sleeping trough the night until last week when he had a cold and started waking very hungry at 2 a.m.
When he felt better, he started eating the way he normally does and sleeping a bit longer everyday: 3:00 a.m. one night, then 4:00 and 4:30.
I was hopping last night he would go back to his normal waking time (around 6:00 a.m.) but instead he woke up at 9:00 p.m., (an hour before his dream fed and ate 4.5 ounces), and then at 1:20 a.m. and emptied both breasts…Is he on a growth spurt?? What should I do??
Here is his 3.5 - 4 hour easy routine:
6:20 wake up and fed (both breasts)
6:40 diaper change
At day care:
9:20 fed (4 to 6 ounces)
10:00 nap
12:30 fed (4 to 6 ounces)
2:00 nap
4:30 or 5:00 fed (4 to 6 ounces)
At home:
Play until 6:30
6:30 Bath and bedtime routine
7:00 fed (both breasts)
7:30 bedtime
10:00 dream fed (4 or 5 ounces)
Thank you for your answers
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Sure sounds like a growth spurt to me!
https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=66001.0
You may want to pump more frequently throught the growth spurt to keep building your supply. Do you nurse on days off? I would suggest a little more nursing for your supply whenever you can.
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Thank you for your answer, I pump only once a day (around 6 ounces) and take the expressed breast milk to day care the next day. On weekends, I breastfeed him as much as I can, and typically he only takes one 6 ounces bottle in the afternoon. I’ll take your advice and use the pump maybe after his night fed. Whish me luck tonight, I’m exhausted!
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How's it been going?
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Growth Spurt is officially over, he's on a four hour EASY now and sleeping though the night again! However he lost some weight after almost a week not eating enough at day care and waking up hungry at night…What I did was take a day off so I could figure out what was going on and after reading some posts at wabywhisperer.com I decided to change teats from size 1 to size 2 and worked like a charm. My son now takes tree 6 ounces feeds at daycare and has started to gain weight again.
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Great news!
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;D