Nighttime feedings

[lilahbean13]

If this has been asked just tell me where to look and ignore this post!

How often is LO waking up to eat and do you BF or FF?

I feel like we are waking up wayyy too much over here!

[ainslie325]

Usually once, but we've had about half a dozen STTN's. Generally, we put her down at 10-10:30, she'll wake between 3-4:30, then sleep until an indeterminate hour of the morning, usually 7ish. From that point, we enter our feed>play>nap routine until it's bedtime again. We are 50/50 formula and expressed breastmilk.  Baby is 10 wks.

If you've checked all the boxes for sound sleep (consistent bedtime routine, dim light, quiet atmosphere, white noise, pacifier if wanted, well fed), try not to sweat what other babies are doing.  Every baby is different, and as yours grow, these wake-ups will trim down.  It stinks right now, but it'll get better!

[stampingqueen]

Feb 15, 2015 9:47:29 GMT -5 lilahbean13 said:

If this has been asked just tell me where to look and ignore this post!

How often is LO waking up to eat and do you BF or FF?

I feel like we are waking up wayyy too much over here!

LO is 9 weeks and goes to sleep around 9pm. She wakes again at 4am to eat. She eats more frequently during the day (around every 2 hours, sometimes 2.5). I asked her doctor if I should be worried she sleeps that much at night but she's gained almost 5 pounds since birth so he isn't concerned. She's breastfed and her stomach is small which is why I am shocked she sleeps so well. Counting my blessings! I go back to work tomorrow so we might reverse cycle. Time will tell.

[kboyet]

We have been getting up 1-2 times a night for the past week which is a success for us. Ryan is 10 weeks and is bf. We have an early bedtime between 7:30-8 and he wakes me up around 2 to feed and then up again around 6:30-7. He takes a long morning nap too but then is awake most of the day give or take 15-30 min cat naps.

We did have nights where I was up 5 times! So like pp said, if you are checking all those boxes off don't sweat it.

[bookworm87]

I'm almost exactly the same as kboyet. We get up at 1:30 or 2 and then again at 5:30 or 6:00. Our troubles are mostly that sometimes he whines for his paci at night if he has lost it and one of us has to jump up to retrieve it or he has taken to staying wide awake between 2 and 4am. Hopefully those things stop, especially since I go back to work soon.

[babyrn2009]

DS is 10 weeks old and EBF. For the past ~2 weeks he only gets up once around 4-5a for a feeding. He goes to sleep between 9-10p. The couple nights he hasn't gone down until 11p he slept until 7a! I hope this continues!! He was an every 2 hour waker/eater for his first month of life so I am truly shocked he's sleeping so long now...

[abenson3]

7 weeks old here. Bedtime is 11pm, she eats between 5&6 then is down for another 3 hours.

[lilahbean13]

He's still waking up every 1.5-2 hours. I think I'm going to get night time diapers because im thinking maybe some of these wakings are because he's wet and uncomfortable. I am not worried about him as he eats and gains weight and catches up on sleep during the day. I would just enjoy sleeping more

[kboyet]

Feb 15, 2015 10:59:11 GMT -5 lilahbean13 said:

He's still waking up every 1.5-2 hours. I think I'm going to get night time diapers because im thinking maybe some of these wakings are because he's wet and uncomfortable. I am not worried about him as he eats and gains weight and catches up on sleep during the day. I would just enjoy sleeping more

How old is your LO?

[rayray007]

LOs were waking up around 1 and 4 am until a couple weeks ago. That stopped around 9-10 weeks and then they were only getting up around 4am, the past two nights they've gotten up at 2 and 5 am- im hoping it's just a short lived growth spurt.
Eta: BFd with some F supplement.

[gradschoolmama]

Feb 15, 2015 14:44:50 GMT -5 Miss Killjoy said:

My baby is 8.5 weeks old, EBF, and tends to fall asleep around 9:30, wake between 1:30 and 3, then sleep until 5:30 or so after. So she's waking once in the middle of the night and once at Crazy Stupid Early AM.

+1 for this routine.

[alanier18]

Mine is 12+ weeks and she goes down between 11-12 and usually sleeps straight through until 830-9. Sometimes she will wake up at 6 to eat but that doesn't happen often. Her weight gain is awesome so I just let her sleep. There have been nights when I went to sleep about 2 hours after her and I woke up before her made her a bottle and coffee and then had to wake her up Bc I felt it has been too long. Let's just say she likes to sleep

[aleys628]

LO is 10 weeks and ff. He falls asleep between 9 and 10 and usually wakes once around 4-5. Then doesn't wake up again until after 8 am. He takes only one long nap during the day. He just kind of settled into this routine at about 7 weeks, right when I went back to work. Before that he was up every 2 hours or less.

[stefdolly]

LO is 9w. I EP. He drinks 3-4oz during the day and gets 5oz at bedtime which is 1030/11. We have a routine. Tubby then bottle. I put him in his crib after that and he puts himself right to sleep. Wakes around 430/5 for a diaper change and goes back to sleep til 630ish. Timing works perfectly as I go back to work Tuesday and need to leave home by 730.

[2jelplus1]

So envious of you ladies with predictability-- as you can see from the chart below, though we try to start bedtime routine every night around 7-7:30, LO (who is 10 weeks and EBF)'s schedule is "i do what I want"

[rn536]

LO is 12 weeks. He goes to bed around 8:30 pm (last feed at 8) and he wakes around 4 am to eat and goes back to sleep until 7:30.

[lovesbooks]

Feb 15, 2015 18:18:10 GMT -5 2jelplus1 said:

So envious of you ladies with predictability-- as you can see from the chart below, though we try to start bedtime routine every night around 7-7:30, LO (who is 10 weeks and EBF)'s schedule is "i do what I want"

The organizer in me is loving this chart. Go you! I want one!

[bdk0186]

Feb 15, 2015 18:03:47 GMT -5 stefdolly said:

LO is 9w. I EP. He drinks 3-4oz during the day and gets 5oz at bedtime which is 1030/11. We have a routine. Tubby then bottle. I put him in his crib after that and he puts himself right to sleep. Wakes around 430/5 for a diaper change and goes back to sleep til 630ish. Timing works perfectly as I go back to work Tuesday and need to leave home by 730.

Has your LO always been able to put himself to sleep?

[2jelplus1]

Feb 15, 2015 18:35:22 GMT -5 lovesbooks said:

Feb 15, 2015 18:18:10 GMT -5 2jelplus1 said:

So envious of you ladies with predictability-- as you can see from the chart below, though we try to start bedtime routine every night around 7-7:30, LO (who is 10 weeks and EBF)'s schedule is "i do what I want"

lovesbooks, this is auto generated (based on relatively intuitive input) with the Baby Connect app.  I think it's about $5 on the app store and can be synched with DH, caregivers, etc.  I only planned on using it for a week or so to "discover my baby's schedule" but I'm now about 6 weeks in without many clear schedule trends... on the other hand, I love that it tells me how much my baby has slept/eaten so far that day relative to the day before and the rolling average of the 7 previous days.  If anybody else decides to get it, the best tip I can give is start at midnight on whatever day you start or day 1 is all f'ed up and that messes up the rolling average for a week... I'm only a tiny bit OCD.

Bonus: The app also has an input for height and weight and when you put it in, it tells you what percentile each is based on baby's birthday and generates a fun chart showing how the %iles change!

[rayray007]

Feb 15, 2015 19:10:54 GMT -5 2jelplus1 said:

Feb 15, 2015 18:35:22 GMT -5 lovesbooks said:

lovesbooks, this is auto generated (based on relatively intuitive input) with the Baby Connect app.  I think it's about $5 on the app store and can be synched with DH, caregivers, etc.  I only planned on using it for a week or so to "discover my baby's schedule" but I'm now about 6 weeks in without many clear schedule trends... on the other hand, I love that it tells me how much my baby has slept/eaten so far that day relative to the day before and the rolling average of the 7 previous days.  If anybody else decides to get it, the best tip I can give is start at midnight on whatever day you start or day 1 is all f'ed up and that messes up the rolling average for a week... I'm only a tiny bit OCD.

Bonus: The app also has an input for height and weight and when you put it in, it tells you what percentile each is based on baby's birthday and generates a fun chart showing how the %iles change!

Can you put two babies in there?

[2jelplus1]

Feb 15, 2015 19:49:06 GMT -5 rayray007 said:

Feb 15, 2015 19:10:54 GMT -5 2jelplus1 said:

lovesbooks, this is auto generated (based on relatively intuitive input) with the Baby Connect app.  I think it's about $5 on the app store and can be synched with DH, caregivers, etc.  I only planned on using it for a week or so to "discover my baby's schedule" but I'm now about 6 weeks in without many clear schedule trends... on the other hand, I love that it tells me how much my baby has slept/eaten so far that day relative to the day before and the rolling average of the 7 previous days.  If anybody else decides to get it, the best tip I can give is start at midnight on whatever day you start or day 1 is all f'ed up and that messes up the rolling average for a week... I'm only a tiny bit OCD.

Bonus: The app also has an input for height and weight and when you put it in, it tells you what percentile each is based on baby's birthday and generates a fun chart showing how the %iles change!

Can you put two babies in there?

I believe you can, my friend who got me interested in it is planning to use it to simultaneously track her toddler and infant.

[lilahbean13]

Feb 15, 2015 11:55:44 GMT -5 kboyet said:

Feb 15, 2015 10:59:11 GMT -5 lilahbean13 said:

He's still waking up every 1.5-2 hours. I think I'm going to get night time diapers because im thinking maybe some of these wakings are because he's wet and uncomfortable. I am not worried about him as he eats and gains weight and catches up on sleep during the day. I would just enjoy sleeping more

How old is your LO?

He will be 8 weeks on Monday

[marsava]

LO was 7 weeks on Saturday. We're FF. Usually in bed after a bath around 7-8. DH gives a dream feed around 1030 then he'll wake around 1-2 then 4-5 and if I'm lucky go back until about 7. Rrrrrreally hoping for longer stretches soon.

[lilahbean13]

Feb 16, 2015 18:15:03 GMT -5 marsava said:

LO was 7 weeks on Saturday. We're FF. Usually in bed after a bath around 7-8. DH gives a dream feed around 1030 then he'll wake around 1-2 then 4-5 and if I'm lucky go back until about 7. Rrrrrreally hoping for longer stretches soon.

I feel your pain! Hopefully longer stretches are around the corner for us too. I'm like a zombie right now

[rayray007]

Feb 15, 2015 22:00:00 GMT -5 2jelplus1 said:

Feb 15, 2015 19:49:06 GMT -5 rayray007 said:

Can you put two babies in there?

I believe you can, my friend who got me interested in it is planning to use it to simultaneously track her toddler and infant.

I got this app and have been tracking both babies today. It's great so far! Lots of options and easy to customize, and I love the summary and graphs.

[mcm]

My guy is 8 weeks, EBF, and usually wakes up once at night to have some boob. But, he doesn't actually cry... He just sleep grunts till I get him.

[frenchy816]

Feb 15, 2015 16:02:38 GMT -5 alanier18 said:

Mine is 12+ weeks and she goes down between 11-12 and usually sleeps straight through until 830-9. Sometimes she will wake up at 6 to eat but that doesn't happen often. Her weight gain is awesome so I just let her sleep. There have been nights when I went to sleep about 2 hours after her and I woke up before her made her a bottle and coffee and then had to wake her up Bc I felt it has been too long. Let's just say she likes to sleep

This is my LO too. He's 8 weeks and usually falls asleep downstairs with me between 10-12 and then we go upstairs between 12 and 2, he usually wakes a little so I change his diaper and feed him, if necessary. Then he's out until 8-9ish, sometimes 10 am. I am getting up at 6am when DH goes to work to pump. LO is EBF. My goal this week is to see if I can get him to bed upstairs in his co-sleeper (or possibly his crib) for that first portion of the night. 

For the record, LO only catnaps during the day. 

[2jelplus1]

Feb 16, 2015 19:52:53 GMT -5 rayray007 said:

Feb 15, 2015 22:00:00 GMT -5 2jelplus1 said:

I believe you can, my friend who got me interested in it is planning to use it to simultaneously track her toddler and infant.

I got this app and have been tracking both babies today. It's great so far! Lots of options and easy to customize, and I love the summary and graphs.

Sweet, sweet data. Until I can get some control over LO's schedule I'll settle for the false sense of control I get from obsessive tracking.

[malmomma]

Feb 16, 2015 19:02:40 GMT -5 corinne said:

7 weeks on Wednesday. Bed at 8-9, up at 11 - 12, up again around 3-4, then it gets kind of random.

+1 except he's 8 weeks

[bookworm87]

Yea the ignoring thing doesn't go so well for me unfortunately. For my boy, the grunts are a warning that if I don't get up and fix whatever is wrong, pure rage will be reigned down upon us. Normally, his paci has fallen out and he would like it back.