Sleeping through the night?

Ok my twins are about to turn 5months and not sleeping through the night, they still want the bottles every 4 hours! So right now they are eating 51/2 - 6 oz every 4 hours- is this too much? I am just wondering when they will not need or want the middle of the night feedings anymore??

 

Babies have their own schedules!! They will sleep through the night when they are ready. I know it is hard, and I understand you wanting your sleep, but at this age, if they are still waking up, they must still need the feedings. :hug99: Mine were breastfed and they didn't 'sleep all night' for the longest time. For the record, from what I know, sleeping through the night means 5 hours.

 

well, we dont even make it a solid 4 hours in between feedings, someone is crying for thier dropped binky or just whinning period so even a full 4 hours straight would be great lol.

 

At 5 1/2 months my boys were still waking to eat. But eating at night led to them not wanting as much during the day. Even though their milk intake was a tad less during the day though they were still eating alot including solids. This is when i decided to have them CIO at night. After a few nights they slept through and then their schedule was on track during the day. Does that make sense? My CIO story is part of the sticky at the top.

 

Every 4 hours?? I wish that had been the case. Mine were eating every 2-3 hours around the clock until they were about 6 months and then the night feedings started to dwindle down. My ped said at 7 months, no more nighttime feedings. However (not to be discouraging cause every baby is different) my one dd started sleeping through the night at about 7-8 months and my other one not until 14 months!!! It was rough. I felt like it would NEVER happen but it did.

 

((((Hugs)))) to you!! My babies really didn't start sleeping through until about 9 months! I was a wuss...
They do sleep through...then teething starts, colds, I won't tell you! lol!! I do not remember when I got a full night sleep.
Seriously though, it DOES get better. Take care of yourself!

jen

 

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Babies have their own schedules!! They will sleep through the night when they are ready. I know it is hard, and I understand you wanting your sleep, but at this age, if they are still waking up, they must still need the feedings.


What she said!

DD usually sleeps from 7 to 4. But DS has been a maniac lately - down at 7, hungry at 11, 2:45, 4:15... :blink: Really hoping that this is a BRIEF growth spurt and that he'll be back to sleeping 7 to 3 or 7 to 1 like he used to!

Just feed those hungry babies. They'll sleep longer when they're ready.

 

With my two, 6 months was the turning point for sleep. For your sanity's sake, why don't you come up with a schedule with your husband so that you can split up the 4 hour intervals?

Hang in there! They DO sleep longer as time goes on.... I know it feels like it's dragging now, but looking back, it goes so fast! Good luck.

 

Hello, mine are 9 months and still wake up once to eat!!! It's probably habit, but I don't know, I just have been hesitant to do CIO with them yet. They are starting to sleep through on their own - there will be nights where they each do, or like last night when Con did but Chase woke up to nurse ... but the nursing is so quick, I'm back in bed in 10 minutes. I always let them cry a few minutes to try and get themselves back to sleep, and if they just start screaming, then I'll nurse them. If they aren't sleeping through by about 10 months, I will probably CIO. They just wake the once so that's OK, otherwise they sleep 630pm-630am.

I always just let my babies dictate their own feeding schedule. I figure, they know when they are hungry!!! It's so hard to keep waking up with them, but it will get better real soon, I promise! And I agree with PP, is there a way your husband can help with at least one night feeding so you can sleep more? Or someone come over for an hour or so during the day so you can catch a nap?

 

Jake was still waking up, not to eat, at 6 months, and I finally did CIO with him.

 

I had one sleep through the night at 7 weeks and other was more like 5-6 months. It will happen and I know how tiring it can be!

 

Ok after reading all the comments and CIO stories, i think i am going to give it a try. My thought was that since they share a room , thatthe crying of one would wake the other or keep the other awake, but most of the stories say that it didnt-- so im hopeful! My hubby is away for training (military) untill Oct 1st , so ithink im going to try it starting tonight. He asked me before he left if i had PPD, because i was so tired and just snapping at him and everything. So my next question is should they be eating more than 51/ oz- we are giving them solids once a day and then they are eating every 4 hours.? Anyhoo, wish me luck!! I hope they can both learn to CIO soon!!

 

I was just going to add that CIO might be the way to go. I can't imagine at that age they need the feeding. They are probably waking more out of habit. And if you get rid of the night feedings they will probably just eat more during the day. Mine starting sleeping through at about 3 months. And granted, every baby is different, but it seems like a lot of people who's babies took that long to sleep through ended up doing CIO because it was a habit thing, not a hunger thing. So instead of prolonging and making it even harder for yourself, I would give CIO a chance and see what happens. Nothing ventured nothing gained. Good luck and keep us updated!

 

Never had a problem with my two in the same room as we did CIO. It took us 3 days BUT we never had to do it to eliminate the night time feedings. We were down to 1 for the longest time and finally 2.5 weeks ago they have been sleeping from 6:30pm to 6am. We did it so that they could learn to self soothe and maybe they are waking at night but able to put them selves back to sleep now?? My DS was the habitual waker so the one night he didn't wake we realized that both can make it now. If they happen to wake now we won't hesitate to use CIO since I know they can go the night without a feeding.

As for daytime feeds my two drink about 6/7ozs every 4 hours. Solids 3 times a day now.

My pediatrian said that the best time to do CIO was between 4 and 6 months so I would agree to give it a try. All the best and hopefully it won't take to many days!

 

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Ok after reading all the comments and CIO stories, i think i am going to give it a try. My thought was that since they share a room , thatthe crying of one would wake the other or keep the other awake, but most of the stories say that it didnt-- so im hopeful!


For a long time, when one would start to fuss (which was usually Lorien) I would run in and grab Arwen and bring her into our bed so she could sleep while her sister fussed (I was doing some CIO eventhough she wasn't really "crying" but more fussing/crying out of habit). Then I realized that I can't bring Arwen into our bed with us everynight because then I'll have another situation to deal with. So finally, I just let her stay there when her sister woke up and started her usual crying/fussing ritual. She did wake up a few times but honestly, she LEARNED how to sleep through it and I think that was really important for them. Now when one wakes up crying, the other one usually sleeps through it unless it's like 5or 6 in the morning and then they are ready to be up for the day :wacko: Good Luck!

 

Do they eat an entire bottle every 4 hours? Maybe you could give them more at each feeding and they could get more full during the day?
I started mine on an eating every 3 hours during the day routine and they started sleeping longer at night. It took Aveyr a little longer than Evan to start STNN but now they are both STTN 10-11 hours.

 

Hi there. I'm just wondering how much they're drinking during the day. I know this doesn't work for everyone, but once we got into the larger bottles (7 oz.) my guys stopped waking for food at night. I always stick to a three-hour routine during the day so I know they're getting lots of nutrition during daylight hours. That way they don't seem to need nourishment at night.

I'm NOT an expert but this seems to have worked for us.