Comments on: Night Feedings by Age –When Do You Try Night Weaning?

By: Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site

Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site — Sat, 11 Jan 2020 00:50:51 +0000

In reply to Kelly.

Hi @Kelly –
Good question!! I hope that other parents can share their story with you! As for us, we have a great quiz on our blog that can help! Here’s the link:
https://www.babysleepsite.com/night-weaning-2/night-weaning-quiz/
I hope this helps Kelly! Please contact us if you need any help at any time!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 16:12:56 +0000

Hello,
Thank you for all the helpful info! When you tried weaning your children how did you know they weren’t ready to fully wean. We’re in the same process with our daughter. She was waking once then went through a sleep regression around 7.5 mos. I nursed her because I thought it might have been a growth spurt, but after 8+ weeks, she was waking 3-4 times a night. We’ve tried weaning for several days now and she’ll wake once 2:00-5:00 am and is very difficult to get back down. I’m not sure if I should nurse her because she’s hungry or it’s still part of her adjusting. We can rock her back to sleep at that time and she doesn’t show hunger cues but cries as soon as we try to out her back in the crib.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 19:41:51 +0000

In reply to Kristen. Hi Kristen, Thank you so much for visiting The Baby Sleep Site! Congratulations on all of the progress you've made on your sleep work so far :) I'm sorry to hear you're still struggling with night feedings. Many babies are still inconsistent feeders at this age, and that can be normal; there are a lot of growth spurts, sleep regressions, and other reasons a baby might need to eat more one night than the next. It can also be normal to see the same baby sleep 7 hours in a stretch one night and only 3-4 the next. None of us are sleep robots! :D If your baby is going back to sleep easily after being fed, and is not waking again within the same hour, it is likely she is just hungry and will need to eat at night for a while more. I hope this helps!

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 02:32:26 +0000

Hi there,

My daughter turns 5 months old tomorrow and I’ve worked very diligently with her on her sleep habits to try and get us on the right foot from the beginning. She sleeps in her crib, can go down awake, doesn’t need her pacifier to sleep, we have a good night time routine to get her in the night time mindset, etc. So I’m baffled as to why she is still waking frequently at night. She has shown that she can go as long as 7 hours without waking, but then the next night she wakes 4 times in one night. I always feed her because it’s honestly faster to give her a 5 minute feed than to let her cry for longer than that. She feeds quickly and goes back to sleep (still goes down awake, though, not nursed to sleep), But I was kind of hoping that since she has the ability to put herself to sleep, that it would translate to her sleeping through the night (or at least for 6hours minimum!). Does this still sound like a crutch/habit? Or do I need to work on getting her to eat more during the day? Let her cry at night just seems hard because I don’t want to wake up our toddler. Thank you for your help!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:43:12 +0000

In reply to Rads. Hi Rads, Thank you for visiting The Baby Sleep Site! It sounds like your daughter is sleeping within the normal range of hours for her age. If she is not having any other trouble, like excessive fussiness during the day, she is likely getting enough sleep. I hope this helps, but please let us know if you have other questions!

By: Rads

Rads — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 04:55:48 +0000

Hi ,
My 5 month EBF old daughter wakes up everyday at 4 am and cries so I feed her bcos that’s the only night feed she is having.She dozes off while nursing but as soon as I place her in the crib, she wakes up she doesn’t cry but starts playing with her hands and takes around 45 mins to 1 hr to self settles and goes back to sleep by herself around 5:20 am and wakes up around 7-7:30 am. She sleeps around 7-7:30pm .Is this normal that she is getting only around 10 hrs sleep at night and that too not consolidated.She takes 2 naps, morning nap around 9-9:30 am for 1 to 1.5 hrs and afternoon nap between 1-1:30 pm for 1.5 to 2 hrs. Is there anything I need to change in her routine.
Thank you.

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Mon, 06 May 2019 13:58:09 +0000

In reply to Jo.

Hi @Jo, thank you for writing to us. I’m sorry to hear you’ve been struggling with your daughter’s sleep. It sounds like you are doing your best to support your wife during this time when I’m sure you feel like your hands are tied. I’m sure she appreciates it more than you know. 🙂
At 5 months old we would hope to have a few less wake ups than you are experiencing, usually around 1-2 per night. Here is a link to a free guide that will give you tips to help wean your daughter down a bit and get her sleeping longer stretches at night: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-through-night-free-ebook/
If you need more help with this, let us know, we would be happy to help further if you need. We offer many different options of support, and we can try to offer some advise on the bottle situation to see if there’s something you haven’t tried yet (although I’m guessing you’ve tried lots of different things): https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting- services/
If you have any questions about the services we offer for more in-depth information then please feel free to contact us directly at contact@babysleepsite.com. Hang in there!

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 03 May 2019 18:24:19 +0000

Hi there!
We have a beautiful 5m/o LO who is exclusively breastfed (we waited too long and she now refuses the bottle). We put her to bed at 6pm and baring a few pick up, put downs, she sleeps to 10pm. Then from 10pm she wakes every c2hours through to 7am.
My poor wife is super tired. She is also due to go back to work in a few months.
This feels like above normal feeding from what I’ve read.
Can we start night weaning? Do you have any advice as to how we can elongate time between feeds?

By: Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site

Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 03:56:21 +0000

In reply to Maranda Malenfant.

Hello @Maranda,
Thank you for writing us. I’m sorry to hear your family is having sleep problems and your son is struggling with sleeping at night and also with short naps! I know how exhausting this can be for mom and dad! You’re not alone and we would love to help!
We do have e-Books and premium resources available where the research has been done for you, which will help you gently night wean your little guy and also teach him how to fall back to sleep on his own and lengthen those naps. Or, for the fastest service, we have expert sleep consultants waiting to help!
Since you are already quite drained, I do believe you could benefit from one of our Personalized Sleep Consultation packages, our most popular option. In our consultations, we will work with you on a detailed plan to which you can commit and feel good about. All of our email consultation packages for new clients include a Personalized Sleep Plan, which is a detailed guide written just for your family given your specific sleep history and goals.
You can read about all of our sleep consultation packages and purchase directly online here:
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Please let us know if you have any questions at any time and hang in there Maranda!

By: Maranda Malenfant

Maranda Malenfant — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 12:11:03 +0000

My baby is 8 months old and has been waking 3-4 times per night since he was 4 months old. Sometimes I get lucky and he only wakes up twice. Right now he only takes maybe two 30 minute naps each day. Sometimes he’ll do 45 minutes. He is still sleeping in our room because we are putting an addition on our house so he sleeps right next to me in his pack & play. When he wakes up he demands to eat and will only eat for a few minutes to fall back asleep. He does take a pacifier and sometimes I can get him to take that instead of eating again. He was up at 10, 12, 1:30, 3 then up at 6 this morning. I’d like to try and get him down to one night time feeding but feel that him being in our room isn’t helping. Any suggestions? I’m drained.