Allie is almost 4 months old and while it pains me to see her getting so big (its no secret that I love babies) I had hoped the trade off would be more sleep.
Lilly was such a difficult baby. Her horrible reflux and constant UTI's made her cry and scream all the time. And yet even she slept through the night by 15 weeks.
This little punk isn't having it. And it's not because she isn't a good sleeper, she is. The problem is she's hungry. One look at her thighs (that have more rolls than a cinnabun and man are they cute) and you know she isn't starving. But she wakes up just long enough to eat and falls right back asleep.
At first she was making progress. Bedtime with one last bottle at 7pm. I would feed her one more time before I went to bed about 10:30pm and then she wouldn't wake up till 4am. She would quickly eat and go back to sleep until 830am. It worked! I was anticipating dropping the late night feeding soon and then move on to dropping the 4am one after that.
Alice, however is not hving it. About a month ago she stopped stretching the time between meals during the night and now eats every 3 hrs, day and night.
I guess I could let her cry it out but since it doesn't seem lik a habbit I'm hesitant to try. If she truly is hungry momma is going to feed her. Since I pump breast milk and give it to her in bottles I wondered if givng her some formula at night would help. I hear it takes longer to digest formula so I mixed half and half... didn't help. I tried adding some rice cereal... didn't help.
And while there is no question I will take this little munchkin any way I can get her (have I mentioned how utterly in love with her I am?) I must say I miss the zzzzz's.
I am right there with ya. Around 3 months, C starting eating every three hours at night...and it hasn't stopped...he is now almost 8 months old! I am weaning him at the end of this month, for that very reason. I NEVER GET TO SLEEP. He nurses literally every three hours day and night now. But I agree with you, I don't think it's habit, I think these kids are hungry. C is almost 20 lbs now...he isn't eating for boredom sake, he is eating because it takes a lot to fuel his chubs! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteOh, I remember those sleepless nights! They didn't last as long for me with my daughter. Her reflux was so bad that I stopped nursing at 3 months. I don't respond well to pumping, and she kept barfing it all up anyway. We went with 2 HEAPING tablespoons of rice cereal with 2 oz. of formula. That was the magic--not as much spit up, and finally, some much-needed sleep! Good luck!!!
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