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I think it's probably okay to offer paci first because if he's hungry he'd spit it out.....if he really needs nursing he'll probably let you know.

i've been doing this since very early on which i think helped contribute to her sleeping through the night at ~7.5 weeks. I kind of followed the moms on call method and i do it up to 3 times before i feed. but i can tell when she's hungry when she won't take the paci or keeps spitting it out so then i'll just feed her. now she sleeps about 9-6:30. half the time she wont wake up for the paci, but some nights she'll wake up once or twice for it and then will sleep another 2-4 hours.

I definitely think it's okay to offer the paci first... Especially for that first feeding. Elliot consistently wakes up at almost those exact same times and each time he's convinced that he's starving but I found that if I take the bottle and replace it with a paci after he's eating even just half an ounce he'll go back down. I've been decreasing the amount I feed him so hopefully eventually he'll realize that he doesnt really need to eat yet. The point is, they're definitely old enough to last longer!

Could L just be going through a growth spurt since he was sleeping through before?

It could be a growth spurt but even then I would still offer the paci first. If he's extra hungry he will spit it out. If not, he will just shift his calories to daytime and eat more then (that's the ideal situation!). Sounds like you have an awesome little sleeper on your hands though!

We always offer Nolan a pacifer after his normal last feeding. Most of the time the pacifer puts him right back out. When he is truely hungry he spits the pacifer right back out. He is gaining weight just fine so the doctor gave us the go ahead.

I think if he was really hungry at 4:30, there's no way he would have gone another 2 hours. Don't feel guilty, he's growing and learning to sleep longer