Sleep training / night weaning
Desperate for more sleep. My son is 9 weeks…can we start sleep training and weaning night feeds? He is almost 11 lbs. He will sleep from 8pm-12/1am and then is awake frequently!
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Can’t do until your doctor gives you the green light. Usually happens at 4/5 months. I’m sorry it sucks, but baby needs you now 🥲
I totally sympathize but nine weeks is really too young. My baby did a month of waking every hour 😭 he's four months now and we're finally getting that 8-12am stretch and then wakes every two hours or so. He eats twice overnight. Night feeds are developmentally normal for a baby under six months. Typically for people who are going to sleep train, 5 months is the soonest. I think you should focus on reducing wakes instead of eliminating them. Some things that helped us were: consistent bedtime routine, Merlin's Magic sleepsuit, moving from bassinet to pack and play (he was hitting the sides of the bassinet and waking up), and really consistently burping + leg exercises for gas (he's clearly not waking only from hunger). I know it's annoying to hear these things if you're already doing them. But also I think another thing that helped was just him getting older. Nine weeks is so little, he'll grow! hang in there!