Author Topic: night wakings  (Read 1053 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline cocopop6768

  • New & Learning The Ropes!
  • *
  • Showing Appreciation 0
  • Posts: 2
  • Location:
night wakings
« on: October 30, 2012, 10:08:37 am »
Help needed my 6 week old is on the 3 hour routine give or take the odd 1/2 hour.  He takes 3 - 4 ozs at a time and generally sleeps ok during the day.  I give him a dream feed at 10.30pm but then he wakes at 1.30pm for 3oz and 4.30pm for 2oz.  My lo is on the 75th percentile so not really worried about his weight I feel that he is waking because of habit rather than feeding.  I do try and add a little extra into his bottle during the day but it is quite an effort for him to take it and sometimes he spit up so don't want to force it.  He is bottle fed.  Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
many thanks x

Offline becj86

  • Resident BW Chatterbox!
  • *****
  • Showing Appreciation 346
  • Posts: 10859
  • Location: Brisbane, Australia
Re: night wakings
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2012, 10:43:31 am »
Its absolutely perfectly normal for a baby of 6 weeks to have a dream feed and two night feeds at this age.

As his bottles increase (when his tummy grows big enough), he will probably drop the feeds reasonably naturally himself.

Offline cocopop6768

  • New & Learning The Ropes!
  • *
  • Showing Appreciation 0
  • Posts: 2
  • Location:
Re: night wakings
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2012, 10:56:45 am »
thank you for your answer much appreciated x