WWYD with a 4 month old who still wakes up every 2 hrs at night?

[arivecchi]

Should I CIO at this point? I was hoping he would improve over time, but he still wakes up every two hours to eat like clockwork (i.e. 10:30 pm, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm, etc). I did CIO with DS1 and it worked so the temptation to do it again is strong. DS2 is 4 months and 3 weeks and weighs about 17 pounds.

[xcm83x]

what is cio? you can try rice cereal in her bottle to fill her tummy. feed her breakfast lunch and dinner..feed her rice cereal for breakfast, fruites for lunch vegetables for dinner...stage 1 of course. you could try whole milk watred down...give her something to eat so she'll feel satisfied, and a full belly is good to sleep with...let her stay awake during the afternoons for afew hours...3-4 hours..before bedtime. Like if she goes to bed at 9, let her stay awake from 4-9pm or something.

[bubbaray]

what is cio? you can try rice cereal in her bottle to fill her tummy. feed her breakfast lunch and dinner..feed her rice cereal for breakfast, fruites for lunch vegetables for dinner...stage 1 of course. you could try whole milk watred down...give her something to eat so she'll feel satisfied, and a full belly is good to sleep with...let her stay awake during the afternoons for afew hours...3-4 hours..before bedtime. Like if she goes to bed at 9, let her stay awake from 4-9pm or something.

Whole milk, whether watered down or not, is extremely dangerous at that age. Please, talk to your dr about what to feed.

AFAIK, studies have shown that adding cereal to bottles does not improve sleep.

In any event, both of my girls woke every 2-3 hours until they were 9-10m old. I EBFd and they never took bottles at all.

[arivecchi]

In any event, both of my girls woke every 2-3 hours until they were 9-10m old. I EBFd and they never took bottles at all.

Wow. You are way stronger than I am. I don't think I can handle the severe sleep deprivatin much longer!

[KrisM]

I think she's too young for all the food teh PP recommends. And, I wouldn't do cereal in a bottle, as it's a choking hazzard.

Can you have DH get up one of the times and do a pacifier instead of you feeding him?

Personally, I'd wait on CIO for a couple months. But, if you do it, maybe just for alternate feedings? Would that be possible?

DS1 was much older, but I dropped feedings by cutting them down a minute a night until he stopped waking.

[jgenie]

I think she's too young for all the food teh PP recommends. And, I wouldn't do cereal in a bottle, as it's a choking hazzard.

and I wouldn't give a baby that young whole milk.

[LMPC]

I had this issue with DD at almost the exact same age. FWIW, I tried the paci every other time she would wake up at night. Sometimes she would take it, and I was off the hook for a couple of hours....sometimes she looked at me as if to say, "Yeah, whatever...feed me!!" (Really, she did). Over a couple of nights, a pattern developed where she dropped the 12am feeding....then at 6 mos the 2am feeding. I also think she's too little for CIO (but that's just me). I really think that xcm83x is off the mark with the food recommendations...but that's just what the AAP and my ped say.

Good luck!!

[arivecchi]

I had this issue with DD at almost the exact same age. FWIW, I tried the paci every other time she would wake up at night. Sometimes she would take it, and I was off the hook for a couple of hours....sometimes she looked at me as if to say, "Yeah, whatever...feed me!!" (Really, she did). Over a couple of nights, a pattern developed where she dropped the 12am feeding....then at 6 mos the 2am feeding. I also think she's too little for CIO (but that's just me). I really think that xcm83x is off the mark with the food recommendations...but that's just what the AAP and my ped say.

Good luck!!

Yep. We try the paci all the time. It never works. He wants to be fed every two hours on the dot!

[AbbysMom]

Is she still in your room at night? I was nursing and still had my DD in my room with me at that time. When she was still waking this much at a little over 5 months, I moved her to her own room and she started sleeping longer stretches.

[arivecchi]

Is she still in your room at night? I was nursing and still had my DD in my room with me at that time. When she was still waking this much at a little over 5 months, I moved her to her own room and she started sleeping longer stretches.

Hi. It's actually a boy. Not sure why everyone thinks my babe is a girl!Yes. He is still in our room. He is still with us because his room is a floor up and I did not want to be going up and down the stairs all night. Plus DS1's room is upstairs also and I did not want him waking up when DS2 cried. However, DS1 is now sleeping in our room a lot (long story), so maybe it is time to move the little one up to his room.