Sleeping At Night Advice

My son is now a little over two months old. He has been sleeping in his crib for the past 2 weeks and has been doing preety good with it. Usually waking up his normal every 4 - 4.5 hours to eat. Last night we rocked him to sleep at 8:30pm. I went in at 1am and he was out cold. (4.5 hours) I didn't know if I should try to feed him or "test the waters" and see how long he would go. For a couple of reasons we decided to try the feeding. We did so very quietly, gentially with no lights on. He pretty much slept through the entire feeding. We put him down after burping him and he slept until 6:30am (5.5 hours).

Obviously WE were thrilled to get almost 10 hours of sleep with little interuption but was that the right decision for the little guy. The "sleep feeding" at 1am worked great since he is usually a fussy eater if he's awake. By feeding him at 4.5 hrs, I just don't know if I am counteracting his normal progression to sleep through the night without a bottle.

Thanks for the advice...

Message edited 6/29/2008 7:49:40 AM.

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I wouldn't wake him. He'll wake up if he's hungry. This is a good thing.

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I would leave him be. If he is getting enough milk during the day then he is probably content and sleeping through. GL!

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I was always told never to wake a sleeping baby....I just let my DD sleep but I am sure to have a bottle waiting for her when she wakes up in the morning

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We thought that as well but we were torn....

A) On one hand, I could do the sleep feeding which would take about 20 minutes to complete. It would go smooth, no fuss, no mess, no crying!. We can put him right back into the crib after, etc.

B) On the other hand if we waiting for him to wake up. Then he is fussy, sometimes crying, gotta try to calm him down before feeding, takes longer to complete, etc.

For better or for worse, we went with choice A.....

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I would "test the waters" one night and see what happens. I was so nervous the first time DS slept through the night. I kept getting up to make sure he was okay skipping his night time feeding. But once it happens- life gets so much better for you!

We also asked our pediatrician and he told us not to wake him when sleeping. If DS is really hungry, he'll cry.

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we used to do the "sleep" feedings as well and they were a life saver.

he would go down at about 7pm and then DH would feed him again before he went to bed at like 12am and we would get until about 6 or 7am the next morning.

We asked the Dr. and he said that was fine, up until they are about 3 months old or so.

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Trav,

You go Daddy!!! That is soooo awesome!! How great would that be if Justin started sleeping and eating better??

I would test it out again tonight and see how it goes!!

Had fun last night!! Tyler woke up a few times last night for his Water Cup (Nice) and went right back to sleep. He is still sleeping now at 9:05.