I was going to blog last week and commendate CC on his new found ability to stretch out his feeds at night-time.
I had tried dream-feeding him at 10:30-11pm and thought this was helping as he was then sleeping until around 3am before needing to feed. I eventually got so shattered though that one evening I couldn't actually stay awake for the dream-feed and he woke me himself at 12:30. He fed and then slept until 4:30 am. I then reassessed as to what exactly I was achieving with the 'dream-feed'.....not much really so just let his natural clock decide when to feed once again.
This was a good choice as within a few nights he actually did a stretch from 8-2, then a 9-4 and then a whopping 8-6! woohoo. He was 19 weeks old, and I recalled that BB did this at 19 weeks and then never looked back.....could I actually believe he'd started sleeping through?
Ah - I was a bit premature with my hopes. Admittedly it was still pretty cushty for a few nights as he went back to waking once (normally between 2 and 4) Not to be sniffed at, however for the past three nights he has regressed back to twice nightly feeds - around 1am and 5am. I know that most people would start introducing solids to help with the sleep, but I believe a small amount of sleep deprivation for me is a small price to pay to ensure that my boy gets the best start he can, and if they say it's best to wait 6 months before introducing solids, then that's what I intend to do....sleep or no sleep!
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