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SLEEP => Night Wakings => Topic started by: cwolff on October 20, 2005, 20:47:21 pm
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I think DD is ready to sleep thru the night without a feed. Last night she woke at her usual 1:30am, which is when I usually feed her. I went in and she had kicked her legs out of the blanket and was tossing and turning. I went to heat the bottle, and brought it to her room. Then I re-wrapped her legs and tucked her in and she fell back to sleep. So I figured she'd be up in a few minutes for her bottle. Well, she didn't wake till 5am. I decided to try to push her to 7am, but after an hour of resettling I gave in and fed her at 6am. She fell back asleep till nearly 8am. Argh, so this threw off our whole day. But what should I have done? And if she does this again should I feed her in the middle of the night, or at 5am instead of extending to 6am? We don't DF because she would still wake a couple of hours later no matter what I did, so I figured one night waking was better than two.
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7pm to 5am is great for a 5mo, so if she does it again I would feed at 5am. You will probably find she will take less at the next feed, but compensate throughout the day.
If you try it again & she doesn't settle easily, it may be hunger so feed, but she might wake at 3,4 or 5 some nights.
Liam who is just a week or so younger doesn't get a df & goes from 7ish to sometime between 3 & 6 most nights, so don't expect it to be 5 all the time, but probably expect she can go to at least 3am, so if you resettle at 1.30 & she wakes at 3, I would suggest feeding.
HTH
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Thanks. Surprisingly, she did the exact same thing last night. Woke at 1:30am, and I really didn't think she would resettle but she did. Then she did wake up around 5am. I was going to feed her, but she seemed so sleepy I just kept putting the paci in. Finally she woke a little before 7am, and we've started our day off great. This is the first actual day I can stay I have at least for the moment, got her on 4Hr Easy. It's been so difficult as her wakings were sporatic and also her morning naps and wake ups were different. I know I'm jinxing myself being excited, but whatever. :D