https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:00:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-bottle-weaning#post-2840095 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 11:33:28 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2840095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Even if she's in 6-9m clothes? ;) I'm kidding, mostly. She's already bigger than O was when she came to us at 8.5 months, so this is a whole different ball game. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-bottle-weaning#post-2840089 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 10:52:13 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2840089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 14 weeks I’d venture to say she needs the MOTN bottle. I recall some moms doing a “dream feed” where you wake your LO a few hours after bedtime and give them an additional bottle and hey STTN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-bottle-weaning#post-2840061 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 09:05:11 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2840061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: Ok that's pretty much what I did last night. She went back down the first time fairly easily, but the second time definitely couldn't settle without the bottle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-bottle-weaning#post-2840053 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 08:44:20 +0000 kiddosc 2840053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree this is likely the beginning of the 4 month sleep regression, but I wouldn't necessarily assume that she doesn't need the bottle at night. There are still quite a few growth spurts in these early months and she might be hungry for real. I would try to soothe without the bottle, but if she's still fussing after 15-20 mins, I'd feed her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-bottle-weaning#post-2840051 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 08:37:27 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2840051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: No definite rules about sleep training, but it's definitely not typically a good idea with kids with trauma. I was thinking it might be the beginning of the 4 month regression. She usually goes down semi awake for naps and night. Occasionally the timing gets screwed up because she's not really on much of a regular nap schedule yet and she ends up falling asleep with a bottle. But at least she doesn't rely on it. She doesn't have a solid routine for anything yet really, except rocking. I need to figure out how bedtime is going to look with both kids when I'm by myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-bottle-weaning#post-2840038 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 07:27:30 +0000 LBee 2840038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd try searching the boards for 4 month sleep regression. Does she go down awake or with a bottle? </p> <p>The science behind the 4 month sleep regression is really interesting -- in a nut shell, baby's sleep is becoming less "babyish" and she is developing distinct sleep cycles like we have:<br /> <a href="https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-patterns/4-month-sleep-regression/" rel="nofollow">https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-sleep-patterns/4-month-sleep-regression/</a></p> <p>If it were me, I would not start bottles back in the MOTN. Once both kids dropped a feeding, we did not add it back. I think that you can't sleep train in foster case, though (correct me if I'm wrong), so I can't really give you other options.... which makes this post sort of unhelpful, I realize. Does she have a well established bedtime routine? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/night-bottle-weaning#post-2840021 Thu, 16 Aug 2018 03:38:54 +0000 Mrs. Turtle 2840021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>N is 14 weeks old. She's been something of a unicorn sleeper for the last month, going anywhere from 8-11 hours straight at night. Suddenly the last few nights she's waking up again. I knew the perfect sleep wasn't likely to last, but now I'm not sure what to do at night. Do I try to get her back down without a bottle? Just go ahead and feed her? FWIW, she's like 95th percentile for height and weight. She's been more fussy in general the last few days and wanting more bottles. </p>