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Offline Daniel's mom

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« on: December 27, 2005, 21:21:43 pm »
My ds is 16 weeks old. We have managed to put him on a routine, so he eats at 7, 11, 3, 7 plus dream feed at 11pm. He can eat max 5 oz, altouhg on average he manages only 4 oz. I read he is supposed to sleep until 6-7 am. He wakes up  2-3 times during the night(which is quite normal) and fall back asleep. However, he always eats either at 3, 4 or 5 am, and then again at 7 am. I suspect it can be that he has to eat more during the day, but he just refuses to eat more and  I will not force him to do otherwise. Is this a normal behavior or am I a doing something wrong? AS a new mom, I just have no clue if I am "teaching" him to eat at 4-5 am or if this just pass away after a while,when he is ready to eat more. Thanks in advance for your suggestions! :D
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2005, 04:55:56 am »
I see nothing wrong with that
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2005, 16:36:37 pm »
Nothing wrong  :D

Does he take a full feed at 5?  If not, you could try using the pacifier or pu/pd to extend it.

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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2005, 18:21:31 pm »
My 10WO DD does a similar thing and I've wondered about it too.  I know she's younger than your LO, but she's a big girl and eats just like your LO:  bottle-fed; usually 4 ounces at each feed; occaisionally 5 ounces.  We don't do a DF, but she'll eat at 7-8pm and then sleep until 4am.  If we gave a DF, she'd still wake up at 4am.  I was struggling to stay awake to do the DF so I threw in the towel. 

I was concerned that I was "teaching" her to wake at 4am for a feed so I tried pat/shh and she CAN make it to 7am, but it's such fitful sleep that I don't think it's restful for her.  So, I just feed her (she'll take anywhere between 2-4 ounces) and put her back to sleep.  She generally wakes in a pleasant mood and will eat at 7-8am.

Am curious what others think...
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« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2005, 17:29:29 pm »
Daniel is now starting to eat 5 oz, so I will "track" him for several days and see if he stills wakes up. I guess now that he is eating more, maybe he will manage to sleep longer. I suspect it is hunger, we will see...
I think your baby (10 w) is actually waking up for hunger. Since her last meal is around 8 pm, she is in fact sleeping 8 hours in a row!, which is really good.
It takes a lot of effort, but in theory, if you give her DF at 11, after several days she will manage not to wake up at 4 am. Some people has told me that if they keep waking up so early, then they continue doing it even when they are 2 years old. (But I am not sure that is true).
Anyway, I think that as long as we feel comfortable doing what we do, then should be fine. For example, I just found out that my mom let us cry during the night!  :roll: Something I just could not do at all...
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