how many hours does ur LO go thru the night without bottle??
Luke is 12wks on thurs n im starting to feel very jealous of u ladies who have LO's who sleep thru the night. the latest i can get him to take a bottle (he is formula fed) is 8pm...any later n he will sleep thru and have his best sleep the wrong side of midnight. Tried dreamfeeding at 11:30 last night, he took only 2oz and then woke up at 3am anyway which is his normal timeto wake up!!!! anyway, he has a bottle at 8pm n sleeps till about 2:30-3am and wakes up for a feed, which is fine, one feed a night is nothing comapared to what he was taking...BUT...
im starting to think he will never sleep thru if his last bottle is 8pm. surely he wouldnt be able to go 9-10 hrs without a feed????
How many hours does ur LO go without a bottle???? should i still hold out hope that he will sleep thru after 8pm bottle??? (he will only take up to 20-22oz during the day...cant get him to take any more, if i feed him 3-3.5hr intervals rather than his normal 4hr feeds he will take less each bottle n still end up taking 20-22oz)..please give me hope!!!! starting to feel a bit of a failure n a bit left behind as it seems most people have their LO's sleeping thru by now0
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He's doing really well for his age! Most babies at that age are doing roughly the core night which is 10-6. Luke's only half an hour off that so is doing great!
As he gets older he'll learn to take more at each feed and go longer, but it is a learning process that happens over time. Don't stress yourself out with this xx
I think you're doing really well too!
I would say to try to persevere with the dream feeds - they're not 100% successful to start with, but by the time we'd done them for a week or so, Daisy-Mae would sleep through, having had a few oz at 7pm, then another couple at 11pm. She would wake at 5ish to start with, but we tried just putting her dummy in and she went back to sleep. Some people think that they wake then because that's the routine they are in - you may need to break that cycle - so a dummy or a cuddle may do the trick??? Worth a try for a whole night's sleep I think!!!
C xx
Don't rush things, your lo will soon learn to take more at feeds during the day so won't then need to feed at night.
You'll get there, keep doing what you, your doing a great job