When did you start letting your baby cry it out a bit during sleep training? My little guy is 3 months old. He normally sleeps from around 7-8pm to 2am, fusses and we give him his pacifier (he's swaddled), and then wakes around 4am for a feed. Except last night, when he really wanted to eat at 11pm. Am I giving in to baby terrorism to do an extra feed at night? Is it okay to go in and give him his pacifier when he fusses? We have very little interaction with him and he goes right back to sleep when we do. Thanks for your thoughts.
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There are tons and tons of great blog posts on HB about sleep training (when, how, etc.).
I just wanted to say that it sounds like your LO is sleeping well and doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing. It is completely normal for babies to need 2 nightfeeds until 6 months and 1 nightfeed until 9 months or a year. If you don't think your LO is hungry at 11pm then by all means offer the pacifier! That is what we did and we eventually chose to CIO for that waking when we knew for sure he wasn't hungry (I.e. he fell back asleep every time for a few weeks).
I also wanted to add that sleep training =/= nightweaning, but rather its teaching your LO how to fall asleep on his own. If he is falling asleep without needing your help, then you're already on the right track!
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Maybe it's a growth spurt? We started CIO at 4 months, the same day we moved LO into his crib in his own room. After that he went down to one wake up to eat usually, and his naps got longer.
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@Sammyfab: everything you said! Also OP, I'd say that three months is too little to be manipulating you with "baby terrorism"
@Mrs. Beemer: are you breastfeeding? My LO is six months old and occasionally will do a pre-midnight feed and then sleep through till morning if she hasn't fed well during the day.
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My LO started to eat more at night around 3.5 months. They say that at that age because they are becoming more aware of their surroundings they often become distracted while nursing during the day and therefore don't drink as much... so they end up needed to eat more often at night to make up for it. It was rough and it went on for a while but now at 4.5 months she's getting back on track (and she slept through the night last night!). For us she really did just need to eat more and so I didn't feel that CIO was the right move since she wasn't fussing for no reason. She did have a few really bad nights where she was waking like every 45 minutes and my husband would go in and rock her back to sleep if it hadn't been at least 2 hours since she last ate.
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it could be a growth spurt, hense the extra waking. my LO went through one at 12 weeks and it lasted a week, however, she was waking up every 2 hours ravenous
lol. if you feed him when he wakes, your supply will be able to keep up with his demand and it typically wont last more than a week. now, my LO is 5 months and goes to sleep on her own, but still wakes up once a night for a feed, plus a dreamfeed, and everything i have read says it is very common for breastfed babies to need 1-2 overnight feeds for the first year of life.
lol. if you feed him when he wakes, your supply will be able to keep up with his demand and it typically wont last more than a week. now, my LO is 5 months and goes to sleep on her own, but still wakes up once a night for a feed, plus a dreamfeed, and everything i have read says it is very common for breastfed babies to need 1-2 overnight feeds for the first year of life.
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