Sleep!
Anyone got any advice? This is my second baby. My first is/was always a great sleeper so we were so lucky. My second isn’t terrible, but could be so much better. I generally stick to nap times in the day and make the most of his wake windows to feed and tire him out. He goes to bed at 7pm as I just can’t keep him awake any later than that. He will always wake up at 4am but we’ve also had one other wake up before this too. He’s so inconsistent with when he actually wakes up (first time) so I’m finding it hard to work out when this will be. I am giving him milk from a bottle to get him back off to sleep but should I be feeding him back to sleep or try sleep training methods? Trouble is, with me not knowing when the first wake up will be, I can’t do the gentle stroking to guide him into his next sleep cycle! Feeling a bit stuck with what to do! Any tips welcome.
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This sounds like great sleep for a 6mo! I think feeding back to sleep is always the nicest way for you both. Sounds like your babies great at linking sleep cycles already so I'm sure he'll start dropping the final couple of night feeds/wakes when he's ready x
For some perspective and to make you feel better about your situation - my baby now wakes every hour...either for bottle or comfort. I'm a broken woman 😅 I don't know if this helps but just get comfort in knowing it can always be worse and surely it will eventually get better as they grow up and wean....right?! 🙃🫂
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I think it’s normal for babies to wake up, they’re still only tiny & sometimes people aren’t realistic. Maybe try a dream feed whilst he’s still asleep? X