Sleeping through the night?

Question

I have a 16week old daughter who was just beginning to sleep through then the teething started, since then she goes down between 7-9pm wakes up between 3-4am for a feed then sleeps till usually between 9-10am, I am both breastfeeding and bottle feeding, which suits both me and her fine that is the way I have did it since she was 8weeks old, but should she be sleeping through even though she is sometimes sleeping from 7pm till 10am only waking for sometimes 10mins for a feed and going back to sleep, am i expecting too much for her to sleep right through? and if not what should i do to try help her sleep through?

Answer 1

I would say that if she was sleeping through the night and now she isn't due to teething, she should still be able to sleep through without the feeding. If it is teething that is waking her, then she doesn't need the feeding she needs teething tablets, Orajel, or Tylenol to sooth her pain. I think by feeding her when she awakens, you are re-training her to get up each night to feed. I, personally, feel that babies are going to wake up night, just like we do as adults. The key is to get them to sooth themselves back to sleep without our assistance or intervention. My little boy has been sleeping through the night since about 10 weeks. At first, it was from about 10pm - 6am and now (he is 5 months old) he sleeps from 8pm to about 6-7am. He recently cut a tooth (about 2 weeks ago) and is working on his second. If he awakens during the night, I go in (if he doesn't resettle on his own after a few minutes) and rub his back for a minute. I try to never pick him up during the night. We have established a very good routine and babies thrive on routines; any change, such as feeding again during the night, re-trains your little one to expect it. I also suggest giving her some cereal before bedtime (if you haven't started that already) because that seemed to really help keep my son full during the night.

Answer 2

Don't expect too much from these little ones!!! You are lucky that she sleeps so well. My daughter also sleeps well but a friend of mine has twins who still at the age of three were waking up once during the night and got up at 5 am in the morning to start the day. Every child is different and what works for others might not work for her!

Answer 3

Don't expect too much too soon. My eldest daughter slept from 10pm to 6am from four weeks old. My son did'nt sleep through the night till he was 16 months. And my youngest who is just coming 16 weeks sleeps 12hours every night. (sorry don't mean to brag!)
I think your little bundle of joy is doing really well. Just keep the night time feeds as quiet and uneventful as possible and if you bottle feed during the night try offering the feed at room temp rather than warm.( She won't enjoy it as much as a nice warm feed)
Hope this helps some.Good luck.x

Answer 4

It sounds to me like what she is doing is very normal. I would like to ask why you are adding bottle feeding to your routine. Do you express your own milk and give it to her in a bottle for some reason? If you are bottle feeding her formula you are creating the danger of decreasing the amount of milk your body produces and definitely substituting an inferior food for a far superior one. I have to question why you would do that. Is it because you have to return to week soon? I am just wondering why you would give her a bottle at all as that is really counterproductive to breast feeding.
Back to your question, if she is teething she may just need the night time feeding for a short time. I would just go with the flow for now. It sounds to me like she is doing really well. If she is sleeping at some point for almost 7 hours at 16 weeks that is very good.
Good luck.
Love and Blessings to you and your baby.
Lady T

Answer 5

You may be expecting too much for her to sleep through. You're very lucky, at 16 months, my daughter was still getting up 3 times a night. I think the schedule is good for her age, and I think she's too young to wean her off of the night bottle. I know you're tired, but just give it a little more time.

Answer 6

each toddler is diverse so drowsing for the period of the night varies... often between 3-6 months.... maximum usually it coincides with the creation of sturdy ingredients (cereal, strained vegetables, pureed end result)... once you initiate introducing new ingredients on your chids weight loss application in basic terms upload one new food a week so if an allergic reaction happens that's effortless to renowned what led to it... An preliminary allergic reaction does not propose that youngster will in no way have the potential to eat that food it ought to propose the youngster isn't waiting to digest it and you may attempt one extra time in an prolonged time to introduce the food.. For the 1st bit after she starts drowsing for the period of the night you will finally end up waking up besides apprehensive by way of fact she hasn't woken up... Get a small compact replicate and a small flashlight coated with a clear out (colored celephane will paintings).... once you awaken you ought to use the flashight and bypass examine that she remains ok place the replicate infront of her nostril and mouth and such... to guarantee your self that she is in basic terms drowsing for the period of the night... The replicate and flashlight are so which you do not disturb her sleep once you're fulfill your widely used worrys...

Answer 7

I wake my 10 week old at 11, just as I go to bed, and give her a few oz, or whatever she'll take. She sleeps through until about 9am then. She may be ready to start weaning if she used to sleep, and wakening because she is hungry. I know that "they" say 6 months for weaning now, but up until recently it was 16 weeks, and really you will know your own baby best.

Answer 8

My son started sleeping through the night at roughly 2 months. I've also known people whose kids didn't sleep through the night until they were a year old. You just have to let it happen. Get your kid on a consistent schedule though, put her to bed at the same time every night!

Answer 9

The fact that she has just started waking for a feed after sleeping through suggests that she is ready to start weaning. She is at the minimum reccomended age so I would give it a try. Start with just once a day then build it up from there! I don't think you're expecting too much for her to sleep through as my two slept right through from about 8 weeks from 8pm - 8am every night!

Answer 10

All baby's as know are not the same some sleep during day some at night,in time yours will settle down and will in time sleep through..Con grats