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Personally I think an extra hour or two of sleep is worth dealing with the 5:00 AM feeding. If the latter then you can decide if you want to simply concede defeat and continue with the 5:00 AM feeding rather than wake up in the early dark of the morning. Or your baby may flatly refuse to go back to sleep without being fed.
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Your baby may figure out how to fall back asleep at 5:00 am with a little gentle soothing encouragement from you or your partner. Your baby may continue to sleep happily until their normal wakeup time. Try weaning off the early morning feeding and see what happens. I have no magic solution to this dilemma. I think the problem is that a) it’s close enough to their normal wakeup time b) they’re used to waking up at that time already and c) they’ve gotten enough sleep that basic exhaustion won’t just whisk them back to dreamland. When starting the night weaning process I suggest that this is the LAST feeding session you tackle.īecause babies often respond to giving up the 5:00 AM feeding by deciding instead to start the day. It’s really common for babies to wake up to nurse in the early morning, say 5:00 AM, and then fall back to sleep for another 1-2 hours. There are a few small caveats to night weaning that I want to share…. Then come back next week and share your success story in the comment section! I’ve done this with many families over the years and it works shockingly well. When you are done with a given feeding you are DONE.If not read the tips above (for breastfed babies) on how to proceed. At this point your baby will probably stop waking up for this feeding all on their own.After 1-2 days of “only water” bottles, no more bottles. (Or continue offering less formula in the bottle – 6 oz, 4 oz, 2 oz). Continue decreasing the dilution of the formula until the bottle is 100% water.So instead of 8 oz of water with 4 scoops of formula you would offer 8 oz of water with 3 scoops of formula. -OR- Dilute the formula by reducing the amount of formula in the bottle by 1 scoop but leave the amount of water the same.So instead of an 8 oz bottle, offer a 6 oz bottle. If this happens you need to start over again. Don’t let teething/colds/travel get you back on the night feeding menu. When you are done feeding your baby at X time of night you are DONE.Left to their own devices they typically complain for 5-10 minutes and then fall back to sleep. Most babies who have been gently decreasing their milk consumption are now USED to not eating at this time. This should NOT be a nightmare CIO scene. Babies are much more adaptive at getting the “no more food for you buddy” message from Dads. A) Send daddy in for 1 minute of low-key soothing.If your baby STILL wants to nurse then you have a few options on how to handle it:.By the time your baby is only nursing for 2-3 minutes he may stop waking up all on his own.For example if your baby nurses 10 minutes a side (for a total of 20 minutes), start popping him off at 9 minutes, 8 minutes, etc. Gradually reduce the amount of time baby gets on the breast by 1 minute every 1-2 days.Use the relevant process outlined below to completely wean off one feeding. Start by choosing the feeding that is the least fun for you (typically this is the “dear God why are you awake it’s freeking 2:00 AM” feeding). Otherwise my no-fail night weaning strategy will fail miserably! If you think you’re ready to stop night feedings you must have already read and done your homework from Sleeping Through the Night Part 1 and Sleeping Through the Night Part 2.
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So you can live with night feedings for the next 3 years, or you can take some simple and effective steps to gently wean your baby off their night feeding habit. And while a few babies will organically drop all their night feedings without any assistance from you, the vast majority of babies will continue to wake up routinely for a nursing session or bottle for years. Like unicorn rare.īut my point is that by this time your baby no longer needs to consume lots of food at night and is fully capable of getting all their calories in during daylight hours. Personally I don’t know any people like this. If you are one of these mythical “I love waking up in the middle of the night” parents, best of luck to you. Sears suggests that some parents really enjoy feeding their babies at night and will happily continue offering night feeding sessions until the child stops waking up on their own. By 6-8 months your baby is fully ready and capable to be completely done with eating at night.