Started waking for a feed again?

My LG slept through the night very early on (from about 10 weeks) and did so consistently until we hit the four month regression. Even then, she would go back down with a dummy. She is now almost six months and has started waking after 5 hours and not going back down unless she has a feed, when I do feed her she gulps it down as if she’s starving. Has anyone else experienced this? I’m worried about starting to feed her in the night again in case it becomes a habit that she needs a feed to sleep? But also, she will self settle herself down for naps and bedtime sleep so I don’t know if I am worrying unnecessarily.

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Is she drinking enough during the day?

@anon yeah she is, I’ve even tried to give her more but she rejects it 😂🤦🏼‍♀️

It’s completely normal for baby’s to want night feeds up to 12 months old, they will drop it themselves when they’re ready. May also be having a growth spurt

@Emma thanks for the reassurance Emma! There’s so much online about bad habits etc etc and you never know if you’re doing right for doing wrong. All I knew was I couldn’t leave her if she was hungry so I’m glad to hear this is normal and I’m doing the right thing! 🥰

Could have written the same thing! My LG used to sleep through but is now waking once or twice and only resettles with a bottle. I think it’s just a growing phase (hopefully) x

@Emma yes I wonder if it might settle when she starts to have solids!

There really is isn’t there. My friends little girl has just turned 10 months and decided she wants to wake for a night feed again 😂 So it does sound like it may be up and down until they’re eating properly. There’s always something going on as well isn’t there, growth spurts, leaps etc so I’m just going with the flow really, mine sleeps through a few nights then she will randomly decide to wake for a feed the next night. Only once thankfully so I can’t complain too much. I also read recently that the eat play sleep rule doesn’t really work after this point either and to now start feeding 30 mins before naps so naps aren’t cut short due to hunger. Just in case anyone hadn’t come across this yet x

@Emma thank you for this! Really helpful 🥰

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