Myth # 1 Formula
fed babies sleep through the night.
While some research shows that breastfed babies tend to wake more often even when they are older, it does not mean that all formula -
fed babies sleep through the night.
Not exact matches
They also suggest the possibility that
baby could become used to waking for a dream
feeds at the same time each
night and we may then miss the window when our
baby may otherwise have
slept through the
night!
She should also be
feeding him regularly throughout the
night, instead of teaching the
baby to
sleep through it.
I just know that BW suggests that you don't eliminate the dream
feed until after the
baby is successfully
sleeping through the
night until the desired wake time.
My
baby is nearly 4 months old, I still
feed every 3 hours as he is not
sleeping through the
night.
My
baby slept through the
night at 9 weeks and we did cluster
feeding (4 and then 6 pm) until she was around 4 months I think.
You can also see these posts for ideas:
Baby Whisperer:
Sleeping Through the
Night: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/09/
baby-whisperer-
sleeping-
through-
night.html Early Morning
Feedings Before Waketime: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/early-morning-
feedings-before-waketime.html and Nighttime
Sleep Issues: http://babywisemom.blogspot.com/2008/01/nightime-
sleep-issues.html
If you find you are looking for ideas to help give
baby that extra bit she needs to
sleep through the
night, cluster
feeding just might be your answer!
If your
baby sleeps through day time
feeds, he will make up for it by
feeding frequently at
night.
Some
babies will continue to wake for a
feed every three hours, while others will
sleep through the
night.
«They should
feed every three to four hours every day and
night, so always wake your
baby for
feeding if he or she's
sleeping through the
night.»
Human
babies are not designed to
sleep through the
night anyway, especially because they to need eliminate several times a
night or
feed if they're little (the frequency depends on the age of the
baby).
So, if your
baby sleeps through a
feeding during the day, you may produce more milk that
night.
Can someone share their
feeding schedule for a 8.5 - 9 month old
baby that is not
sleeping through the
night 90 % of the time?
This means getting your
baby to
sleep through the
night without waking up hungry and in need of a
feed.
One of the most important things to get right to help your
baby to
sleep through the
night is the nighttime
feeding.
I wish this blog post would talk about the pressure to
sleep train and have a
baby who
sleeps through the
night as much as they talk about the pressure to breast
feed.
and do your best for your
baby e.g. according to the manufacturer's instructions and the health visitor my
baby was having 2 extra bottles a day in terms of both frequency and amount of
feeds but we knew our son's «hungry» cry so knew he needed it and after a few weeks he stopped wanting them and started
sleeping through the
night.
* Your experiences with
sleeping through the
night, naps,
night feedings, your feeling regarding letting your
baby cry... Of course you can use aliases for your child / children's names if you don't want them to appear online.
But then the
babies miss out on a
feed,
sleep to much and think it's
night time hence they will not
sleep through the
night.
Because you can start this method of training when your
baby is very young — in theory from birth - by the time your
baby is ready to
sleep through the
night, they can have already learned how to put themselves to
sleep, the only remaining thing to be done is to drop the middle of the
night feed.
Baby went through a rough night the previous night, and last night I bottle fed baby 40 ml as she was pushing mommies breast away and was restless in falling of to sl
Baby went
through a rough
night the previous
night, and last
night I bottle
fed baby 40 ml as she was pushing mommies breast away and was restless in falling of to sl
baby 40 ml as she was pushing mommies breast away and was restless in falling of to
sleep.
Baby was OK and slept through nights as my wife breast fed baby on demand after work, and slept fed baby at ni
Baby was OK and
slept through nights as my wife breast
fed baby on demand after work, and slept fed baby at ni
baby on demand after work, and
slept fed baby at ni
baby at
night.
Here are some guidelines on
night feeding for infants at different ages and how you can help your
baby to
sleep through the
night without eating.
It can even happen if
feedings get thrown off by an hour or two, especially when your
baby starts (gloriously)
sleeping through the
night and therefore skips the nighttime
feed.
This rule allows you to make sure that your
baby is well
fed and not just
sleeping the
night through.
Most healthy, full - term, newborn
babies can
sleep through the whole
night without
feeding by the time they turn six months old.
If he's
feeding well and filling his diaper (at least 8 per day for newborns and four for older
babies who
sleep through the
night), there's likely no need to worry about whether your
baby is
sleeping too much.
Another cause is a
baby having infrequent
feeds or missing
feeds - for example, when they start to
sleep through the
night.
Remember, most healthy, average weight
babies can
sleep straight
through the
night without
night feeds by 6 months old.
Ford emphasizes structured
feedings from the start, saying that carefully planned daytime
feedings help
babies sleep through the
night sooner.
While some formula -
fed babies do
sleep through the
night at an early age, others don't
sleep through the
night for many months.
By three - four months most healthy full - term
babies are able to
sleep through the
night, perhaps with a single 2:00 am
feeding, by six months all healthy
babies can do it.
I'm wondering if it's better to try to eliminate that
feeding by having my husband go in when my
baby wakes, for as many
nights as it takes until he's
sleeping through it; or if we should try to gradually push that
feeding from 4ish to 6ish or later.
Babies this age will start to quit nighttime
feedings, and are usually ready to
sleep through the
night now, anywhere from six - to 12 - hour stretches.
For older
babies it rarely helps them
sleep through the
night, and often leads to dependence on
feeding before bed that can lead to tooth decay, obesity, and
sleep problems that begin at nine to twelve months of life.
We follow babywise in our household and have a
baby who
sleeps through the
night, everyone comments on how happy our
baby is, and she has been breast
fed for one year and still going.
At around 6 months of age, usually when your pediatrician encourages you to start
feeding the
baby solid food, you might see another change, as many
babies start
sleeping through the
night.
So, instead of wishing your
baby would just «
sleep through», it can help to try and consider
night milk as «smart milk» and see those snuggly
night feeds as priming your
baby's brain for long - term health and happiness.
Don't expect yours to
sleep through the
night — the digestive system of
babies is so small that they need nourishment every few hours and should be awakened if they haven't been
fed for 4 hours (or more often if your doctor is concerned about weight gain).
You may have a friend whose
baby is on formula remark that her
baby only
feeds every 3 - 4 hours during the day and
sleeps through the
night.
Fact: As
babies grow they can take on more food and they may start to
sleep through without waking up to
feed; however, you should be aware that
babies do not just wake up because they are hungry; they also want your attention and your affection so
feeding them later on will not really have any impact on the length of time they
sleep during the
night.
By six months, your
baby will probably be
sleeping through the
night and will be able to go for many hours between
feeds.
Some
babies begin to
sleep through the
night at four months old, while others don't achieve this goal until nine months due to a need to
feed at
night.
While most
babies are not able to
sleep through the
night without
feedings until they are between 4 and 6 months old (ask your pediatrician to be sure), you can help your little one begin learning how to put herself to
sleep now.
Hopefully your
baby will take great 1.5 - 2 hour naps and not wake after 40 - 45 minutes each time (the length of an entire
sleep cycle) or
sleep through until the next
feeding (if he still needs them) at
night.
While sucking does indeed help
babies relax and it's your choice whether to offer a dummy, please note, this may impact on
feeding if given before breastfeeding is established and it could affect
sleep at a later stage as the dummy slips out of
baby's mouth and needs to be replaced
through the
night.
0 - 2 months: every 2 - 3 hour
feedings during the day and
night (could mean as many as 5 nightfeedings) 3 months: 3 nightfeedings, longer first stretch emerges (about 4 hours long) 4 months: 2 nightfeedings, first stretch is about 5 hours in length 5 months: 2 nightfeedings, first stretch is 6 + hours 6 months: 1 nightfeeding, longest stretch is 6/7 hours ** in order for
baby to go longer than 6/7 hours at
night, solids need to be well - established, meaning 3 meals / day consisting of all 4 food groups in addition to milk 7 months: 1 nightfeeding, 6/7 + hour stretch 8 - 9 months: this is the average age that
babies will drop all nightfeedings 10 - 12 months:
babies may have an occasional nightfeed, but are able to
sleep through most
nights ** this chart is assuming that
baby is gaining weight properly, healthy, and has no other medical concerns.
But ¨ variety of scientific studies indicate that rather than it being completely controlled by the environment, the
baby's own maturational rate as influenced by its unique internal needs to awaken, to
feed, to find reassurance, or to oxygenate, are as much influencing factors in
night waking and «
sleeping through the
night» as is
sleep location, per se.