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Offline Zoey

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Stopping 3am feeding.
« on: June 07, 2006, 01:41:21 am »
Hello.  My Lo is on 4 hour easy - we just started some cereal in the mornings.  I have wanted to drop his 3 am feeding for a while as it messes with his 7am feed - though I don't know why b/c it's been 4 hours - but anyhow.  I started last night, at 3am he woke - when he cried, I went in, turned him on his side to pat, and he went off to sleep within a minute.  Then he woke at 5, 515, 545, 605, 630, 645 and we got up then.  He usually doesn't do this early am waking.  I just want to make sure I shouldn't do this another way.

I think he doesn't need that 3am feeding b/c he did fall asleep - rather quickly - with brief intervention.  I would think if he needed it due to hunger he wouldn't have fallen asleep.  But I can't figure why he woke so early and so many times - unable to soothe himself back to sleep.  He is sleeping fine all other times, napping great 2-3 hours in the AM and 1-1.5 hours in the pm with 30 min catnap before bed.  Goes to bed at 630-7pm, has a DF at 1030. 

Also, should I do wake to sleep for this?

Thanks for reading!

Zoe.
« Last Edit: June 07, 2006, 02:55:16 am by Zoey »
      

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Re: Stopping 3am feeding.
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2006, 18:21:39 pm »
Ok well - Last night he went to bed at 7pmish, I DF'd at 1030pm, then he slept uhtim 830am OMG!  I got up to check him at 530am cause I thought for sure he wasn't in there LOL and he was sleeping fine.  That messed up the routine a bit but how was I to know this early riser would change things up on me!  So, now I'll set my alarm for 7am, in case he does that again.  I guess I'm ok now, he doesn't need that feeding and things seem to be ok just removing it.

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Re: Stopping 3am feeding.
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2006, 20:28:52 pm »
Good to hear Zoe!
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Re: Stopping 3am feeding.
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2006, 04:04:34 am »
is your lo still on the cereal? if it continues (even up to a wk from now it starts again..the night wakings that is ) i would stop the cereal as it may be too much for his little belly to handle just yet. imo it really is a myth that cereal will help a lo sleep through the night..there are exceptions to every rule but for the most part i think it makes things worse  :-\
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