https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:50:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796325 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 12:18:27 +0000 IRunForFun 2796325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Nope this is exactly what I did with DD. I set a certain time in my head (for me it was after 4 am) and if she woke before that, I'd let her CIO. It took a couple days and then she stopped waking up between 1 and 2. At almost a year she still sometimes wakes between 4 and 5 to eat so we'll be working on that one soon... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796323 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:53:07 +0000 Adira 2796323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Well it sounds like he was able to fall back to sleep on his own without it, so I think what you're doing will work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796321 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:47:19 +0000 winniebee 2796321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I would totally do that, but he doesn't like the pacifier at night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796311 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:27:40 +0000 Adira 2796311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: That's perfect then! Hopefully it'll train him to not wake up that first time and then he'll only wake for that 4:30 feeding! I did the same thing with my kids, though I did it when they were even younger and I just kept giving them their pacifier back when they would wake up until I was ready to feed them. It definitely works! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796309 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:19:52 +0000 jape14 2796309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: same here! it took DS about a week after setting a cutoff time to get down to one MOTN feeding. DD took a little bit longer but it then it turned out that she was cutting her first two teeth - once they were through she went right down to 1x a night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796307 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:12:06 +0000 winniebee 2796307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jape14: Thanks! I do nurse him before bed - but when we are done, he goes in the crib regardless of whether he's asleep, drowsy or awake. He can put himself to sleep when he's awake! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796306 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 11:10:45 +0000 jape14 2796306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is exactly what I did with DS (now 3) and more recently with DD (6mo). Both times our pediatrician confirmed that as long as they ate well throughout the day, the earlier wakings were more habit than hunger. (Both kids were sleep trained for going to sleep first, for reference.)</p> <p>Generally if we need to do checks before the cutoff time (rarely happens though), I send in my husband. The other thing is that once I made significant progress in pushing the feeding time, I don't go backward. We set the 2am cutoff for DD a few weeks ago, but she's been consistently making it until 4am or later, so the new cutoff time is 3am. With DS, this meant he eventually made it until 5/5:30/6. It did mean early wakeups for a while, but in my view, better that than MOTN! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796291 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:41:16 +0000 winniebee 2796291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: nope, he fell back asleep at 2 and slept til 4:30 - so, I only went in at 4:30 and only fed him at 4:30. Thx for weighing in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796244 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 09:25:30 +0000 Adira 2796244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think you're confusing him - you're just trying to train him not to wait up that first time, which is totally fine at this age I think! Just curious, did you end up feeding him at 2:00? Or did he fall back asleep and you didn't feed him until 4:30? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-to-drop-one-feeding-questions#post-2796225 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 08:57:37 +0000 winniebee 2796225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>G is almost 7 months old and for the last month has been waking every 3 hours to eat. I am committed to getting down to just one overnight feeding (because he intermittently does it and I know he can). He is EBF, not really into solids yet. </p> <p>I decided I wouldn't feed him before 2 a.m. Last night, went to bed at 8, slept until 1 -- then cried off and on for over an hour (ETA - he fell back asleep on his own without me going in). Slept til 4:30 and I fed him....and he slept til 8. </p> <p>Is that a good result? Is it confusing to make him cry at one waking, but then go in at a later waking to feed him?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>