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Best way to get lo to sleep (as much) through night (as poss
Hi
My lo is 11 weeks tomorrow. He has started going 5 hours between feeds at night which is bliss.
However, I am still a bit unsure how much he should eat during the day. He usually wakes up every 3/4 hours when I feed him 200ml (he usually drinks 180 or 190ml). However, today he is asleep in the pram outside. He last ate at 09.00 so has gone 5+ hours now. Should I be waking him up to get calories in him or just let him sleep? (He's only been asleep about an hour and a half not the full 5 hours!)
Thanks in advance
My lo is 11 weeks tomorrow. He has started going 5 hours between feeds at night which is bliss.
However, I am still a bit unsure how much he should eat during the day. He usually wakes up every 3/4 hours when I feed him 200ml (he usually drinks 180 or 190ml). However, today he is asleep in the pram outside. He last ate at 09.00 so has gone 5+ hours now. Should I be waking him up to get calories in him or just let him sleep? (He's only been asleep about an hour and a half not the full 5 hours!)
Thanks in advance
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Good luck
Lisa xxx
I read the Baby Whisperer whose mantra is to fill up on calories during the day (tanking up) so they sleep through. It just gave my lo stomach ache which made him wake up and cry more!
I'm happy for him to take as much as he wants during a feed and take them further apart. He is regularly going 4 hours between feeds now and draining a 200ml bottle. I think it's time for me to put more in the bottle ... just in case!
Looking forward to him sleeping through the night. 5 hours is great - although I can't sleep during the 'middle' stint. My hv says it's a sign of pnd but I really am not depressed, I just think my body has been accustomed to only 3 hours sleep. (It still grumbles though, most bits of me ache !!)
Thanks again x