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Offline Littlebees

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Night Waking - how do you know when to feed?
« on: August 05, 2017, 08:12:49 am »
My lb is now 13 weeks and bottle fed, we have now moved to 3.5/4 hour cycle which he is happy with:

7am, 10.45ish, 2.30ish, split last bottle 6/7pm, then DF at approx 10.45pm.


He is asleep by 7.30/8pm and seems happy not to take a bottle until 7am. HOWEVER, he will wake in the night from 3am (usually about 5am) but will generally go back to sleep if I can give him his dummy and muslin. This can happen several times in the night - he is not crying to feed but i know he will accept if offered!! I haven't NF in a week as he is getting up to 35oz in the day the bottles are now 7oz and he is satisfied.

Are we going the right way or should I still be offering the NF when he wakes? I am just conscious that if I do, we will be going backwards and the day feeds will be lighter... any advice?

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Re: Night Waking - how do you know when to feed?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2017, 16:15:12 pm »
If he settles without a feed then I would not be getting into a habit of offering one TBH!!  :-*

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Re: Night Waking - how do you know when to feed?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2017, 21:04:27 pm »
Is he waking for the dummy do you think rather than a feed? I got rid of my DS's dummy at 4 months because he was waking multiple times a night for it. It may be worth thinking about.

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