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SLEEP => Night Wakings => Topic started by: angesax on July 25, 2005, 14:09:12 pm
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Hello, My baby is now four months and sticks to the 4 month easy routine with no problem. I am breastfeeding and he is still having a feed at 3am. Should I be looking to stop this feed? He has a full feed but come 7am he doesnt really have that much. What is the best way to drop this feed or should I carry on. He was 10 15 at birth and now weighs 16lb and is 17 weeks old. Thank you.
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hi there,
Can you tell me what your daily schedule looks like, and also, does he wake up at the same time every nite?
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Hi,
He breast feeds at 7am, 11am, 3pm, 7pm, 11pm. He wakes during the night usually at 3am but it can be 2.30 or 4am. When I feed him he has loads but then doesnt have very much at 7am. I think its habit but Im not sure.
Many thanks
Ange
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My biggest concern with you dropping the night feed would be for your breastmilk supply. Sometimes being on a 4 hour schedule so early combined with no night feedings can really diminish your supply.
With that said, he is a big baby, so he may very well be able to make it through the night without that feed. The fact that he doesn't eat much at 7 is a big thing, I think.
Have you tried wake-to-sleep? That might help get your past that. Or else offer a pacifier instead and see if he will go back to sleep with some pat/shhh. Hope this helps!