How do i get my 4m Baby to stop waking every 3 hours for a bottle.

Crystal - posted on 05/16/2010

Try giving her a little rice in her bottle before bed, this will keep her full longer. Then just water when she wakes up in the night. But I would suggest you still give her at least one milk bottler in the night. If she is waking every three hours Try this.

8pm - Bedtime - 6oz or 8 oz Rice Bottle

11pm - 1st wake - 4oz Water Bottle

2am - 2nd wake - 4oz Milk Bottle

5am - 3rd wake - 4oz Water Bottle

8am - Morning Milk Bottle

Cyndi - posted on 05/16/2010

At around 3 months my husband and I would lay in bed awake hoping the other would get up and about 15-20 mins later my son would fall back asleep... pretty soon he just stopped waking up!

Heather - posted on 05/16/2010

THE TRICK IS CEREAL IN THE MILK MOST WILL TELL YOU NO BUT BELIEVE ME IT WORKS WONDERS A TSP OF RICE CEREAL IN THE MILK AT NIGHT WILL KEEP THEM FULLER AND SATISFIED THRU THE NIGHT
MY DAUGHTER SLEPT THRU THE NIGHT FROM THE TIME SHE WAS 2 MONTHS OLD ALTHOUGH WE NEVER TOLD THE DR WE GAVE HER THE RICE CEREAL MY AUNTS AND STUFF ALL TOLD ME THE TRICKS LOL

Amanda - posted on 05/15/2010

most babies that young need something that is why they cry my suggestion would be feed her in a dark or very little lighted room and lay her back down dont make it an activity just a quick feeding...keep it simple.. another way to help is put her to bed awake but sleepy this way she learns to put her self back to sleep when she wakes through the night for something other than hunger... i did this with my daughter and it worked.. hope it helps you and good luck

Kenyetta - posted on 05/15/2010

A warm bottle with some Rice Cereal inside the bottle

Trina - posted on 05/15/2010

This is a cool article. http://www.kathydettwyler.org/detsleepth...
It is about babies sleeping through the night written from the perspective of an anthropologist.

Katherine Leslie - posted on 05/15/2010

I cant really help much because my first didnt' wake up much when he was a baby but he also was tub fed for the first 16 days of his life. (2month early) my second son just started sleeping through the night last month he is now 10 months and he would wake up three to two times everynight. but think God he is sleeping through the night since we are having another one in Sept and I need sleep.

Lynne - posted on 05/15/2010

does she share a room with you? I found if they are in their own room they tend to sleep through the night.

Jessica - posted on 05/15/2010

put some cerial in her bottle. just poke a bigger hole in the nipple

Sophie - posted on 05/15/2010

Agree with Tessa- there are studies to suggest that it is safer to sleep WITH your baby up until 2!!

As long as the parents are not intoxicated/smokers it actually reduces the risk of SIDS significantly as it helps to regulate babies breathing, temperature etc

Sophie - posted on 05/15/2010

At 4 months its completely normal for her to wake needing a feed- shes still got a tiny tummy! You could try offering her a dummy to see if she is really hungry or just wants to suckle

Flora - posted on 05/15/2010

my 15 months old still wake up for night feed..getting slow down abit..but still wake up about 2/3 times..she does not like pacifier..i make sure and she is full before she goes to bed..but later on, she will wake up again..most of the ppl suggested me that i should let her cry sometimes and she would sleep back..but mu hubby says he does not have heart to her his daughter cry..so we still have to wake up about 3 times at night...i wonder when will i be able to sleep the night straight LOL :D Good luck!

Laura - posted on 05/15/2010

Baby's are just something you cannot solve like a puzzle. They are not supposed to sleep through the night and definately they are not supposed to be left alone when they cry.
You will have to figure out what is the reason why your baby cries and then fullfill he's needs. If he is hungry - feed him. If he is longing for cuddle - cuddle him. Mom's job is to fullfill all the needs their babies have, there is absolutely no reason to miracle-work and a non-crying baby.

Krystle - posted on 05/15/2010

the cearl in the bottle really works i did with my son and my sister did it with her daughter in it works so try it

Emily - posted on 05/15/2010

my son is now 9 month and he has slept threw since he was 3 month. i give him a bath with that johnsons bedtime bath and shampoo. then a bottle then straight to bed if he started crying i would ignor him for 5 mins then put his dummy in (dnt talk to them coz then thats interacting with them) if he woke up up in the night i would just keep putting his dummy in and he would go back to sleep. why dont u try a teddy or something just a little one so if they wake up she has got something to occupy her. xx

Laura - posted on 05/15/2010

i have my daughter in the bed with me most nights...i also have her bassinette right beside my bed and a cot for her in her room and she sleeps in all three beds during a 24 hour period....i have her in her cot till she wakes at midnight for a bed then i put her in the bassinette then when she waskes at 3am she spends the rest of the night in my bed. its jujst me and her in the bed. i have heard and read not to have the baby in the ebd with you but honestly id rather have her in my bed i worry alot and having here right beside me eases my mind

Hannah - posted on 05/15/2010

just keep giving the dummy me and my husband gave our son the dummy and it only took 3 nites

Lisa - posted on 05/14/2010

My baby is 4.5 months old. She on a normal day takes 6, 5oz bottles.( give or take a little she may leave )

I give her a bath just before her last bottle is due. After she falls to sleep, which is normally within 20-30 mins of that last bottle, she sleeps 9-10 hours almost every night! I kid u not!

I found that the sleeping is great as long as she gets ALL of her bottles!

Kym - posted on 05/14/2010

To Chantel Paulsen Have you tried feeding her solids at tea time then if she is still hungry give her a bottle and that should fill her up and she might sleep all night. i had the same problem with my first son ao that is what we tried and found that he wasnt waking up in the middle of the night for a bottle, Yours Sincerely Kym King

Tessa - posted on 05/14/2010

Joy said "Please don't sleep with your baby that is very dangerous and can lead up to SIDS and suffixation it is not recommended to sleep with any child for at least their first 2 years of life"



This is a grossly misinformed statement. Please do your rersearch before spreading misguidance to other mums and possibly making life harder for them by scaring them out of a perfectly safe option that can bring relief to a family.



SIDS foundation state that cosleeping is only dangerous with parents that drink, smoke, are under the influence of drugs or sleep extremely deeply. It is also dangerous to cosleep on a couch or withbaby between yourself and a wall.



Cosleeping has actually been found to LOWER THE RISK OF SIDS due to the fact that a baby's breathing and sleep pattern is regulated by being with the mother.

Samantha - posted on 05/14/2010

My mother-in-law gave me some advice that worked for all 3 of her children and mine. She was sleeping through the night at 11 wks.
The first night she goes with out a feeding, take that as the que to start. If she starts crying, go in, check on her and make sure she's not tangled in blankets or isn't sick, etc. Don't Shush or speak or pick her up. When you see she's fine, walk out. In about 15 - 20 min if she's still crying, check on her again. Repeat until she goes to sleep. It might take about a week (mine was just 3 days), but it worked for us! She slept for a good 6-10 hrs a night after that. Any advice about feedings (like adding cereal to a bottle, etc.) I would run that by my pediatrician first. For some it's ok, but my pediatrician didn't agree with it.

Jennifer - posted on 05/14/2010

When my son was doing that we tried everything!! I ended up finding a night time formula by enfamil called restful nights i believe. It is a thicker base formula to help keep his tummy full! We gave it to him before bed @ 9pm and he slept until about 5am. Hope everything works out for you!

Joy - posted on 05/14/2010

Please don't sleep with your baby that is very dangerous and can lead up to SIDS and suffixation it is not recommended to sleep with any child for at least their first 2 years of life. I agree with some of the mom's comments about her needing to feed in the middle of the night she really might be hungry and you don't want to see your daughter in a lower percentile because of no weight gain. She will come around in her time we can not force our children to sleep in our time because every baby is different.I am a mother of three and each of them were waking up until they were ready which is usually around 6 to 8 months.

Laura - posted on 05/14/2010

my little girl is nearly 3 months old and she wakes up twice a night maybe even once if im lucky or every hour if im unlucky
im not sure how to get your child to sleep through
but i love when my daughter wakes up during the night as im having trouble with my milk supply i can usually only feed her once a day and i save it for her midnight feed i love it cos its my own little special time with my little girl

Corinne - posted on 05/14/2010

I would say that 4 months old is normal to still be waking at night, so u have to feed if they wake for it. I would suggest you talk to ur dr first but i know that they have a new nighttime formula made by enfamil thats a little thicker than regular formula so it holds them over longer. If u use that at the last feeding before bed (or u can just add like a tsp or 2 of baby rice cereal to that last bottle) u should be good to go :) good luck

Naomi - posted on 05/14/2010

I was told by my doctor to give my son rice cereal in his bottle when i was puttin him to bed. I do it every night and he sleeps from 8pm till 8 or 9am. He doesnt cry when i put him to bed and he sleeps all nite. Give it a try if you want or talk to your doctor first. Unless you have already fixed the problem.

Elizabeth - posted on 05/14/2010

ummm i agree that 4 months is just too young to make them cry it out. if they want to be fed, then you should feed them at that age. remember they are still growing and until they are eating solid foods, if they wake up for a bottle i say let them have it. she is your baby and you should take care of whatever needs to be done. not saying you're a bad mother, just saying this post sounds a little selfish.

Michelle - posted on 05/14/2010

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Samantha - posted on 05/14/2010

They tell that babies should eat every 3 to 4 hours until they are atleast 12lbs....but there are some babies that start sleeping through the night early on...and I was always told to never wake a sleeping baby, My daughter has been sleeping through the night since she was about 6 weeks old...but you shouldn't try to force your baby to sleep through the night until she is ready...

Tessa - posted on 05/14/2010

You don't. It's a 4 MONTH old baby. Her body is still growing and needs the nourishment through the night. To try forcing her to quit what is natural is just... unnatural.
Some babies sleep through, most don't it's luck of the draw.

Brittany - posted on 05/14/2010

Welll my daughter started sleeping through the night at 2 weeks old.. I was reallllly lucky! But some nights she will cry out and I let and she falls right back asleep she usually sleeps 630pm to 7 or 8-9 depending on what we have to do usually she sleeps 13 hours a night. 4 months is not to young to sleep through the night, I also don't think it depends on weight or anything, my daughter was obviously tiny at 2 weeks old and she did it and she has never weighed that much and still does. I think it all depends on the baby, if they are hungry they are hungry but sometimes they could just want comfort or maybe they are teething there could be a million of reasons, you just have to patient, it will come eventually. Good luck!

Michelle - posted on 05/14/2010

My son is breastfeed and 3months old. I pump a 5oz bottle and add gerber rice when he wakes about 12am. He then sleeps tell 6 or 7. I suggest using baby rice. Water is NOT recomended tell 6months.

Ashley - posted on 05/14/2010

i think you should speak with your doctor about cereal or oatmeal i started my son on cereal at 5 months and he only got up once a night and 4 months is still very young to not feed in the middle of the night

Chelsey - posted on 05/14/2010

Cereal in the bottle worked for us. People say its a old wives tell. But try it. I really liked it. As long as you feed her yourself and not just leave the bottle in the bed with them it shouldn't be a chocking hazard. And don't make it too thick I would just put a half a tablespoon full in a 4 oz bottle.

Priscilla - posted on 05/14/2010

HAve you tried swaddling her in a swaddler with velcro? This helps mine alot!

Anna Marie - posted on 05/14/2010

if your baby hasn't started eating solid food maybe its time to start weening her!! all my kids started solid food at about 16weeks it normally helps with them sleeping at night and being more settled in general! you can also try getting in a few extra oz in during the day so that you won't worry about them getting enough food!! from about six weeks your baby is capable of skipping a feed during the night if there getting enough food during day! hope some of this helps GOOD LUCK!

Rachel - posted on 05/14/2010

Putting cereal in their bottles is a choking hazard. Only feed cereal with a spoon!

Jennifer - posted on 05/14/2010

what worked wonders with our daughter and son is the baby cereal. There is rice, oatmeal, multigrain and more. Don't make the actual cereal but add it to a bedtime bottle. It makes it thicker and will hold them over longer at night. It may not work ALL night but it's almost guarenteed to give you more time between feedings.

Jayne - posted on 05/14/2010

my daughter was very good fom about 4 wks she was sleeping from 11pm til 6am atabout 9 wks started to waken up every hr and a half to be fed and was taking full 9 once bottles she also had very bad colic. day and night she screamed and when she wasn't screaming she was looking fed. so at 11 wks i started her on solids. not only did the colic disappear but she started sleeping right through again. she is almost 3 still has a big appetite but shes very healthy and of normal weight. so maybe if you wanted you could try putting some baby rice in a bottle

Brandy - posted on 05/14/2010

I would ask their doctor, but when my little guy was waking up every 2 to 3 hours they told me to put a little bit of baby cereal in his bottle (or feed him a little bit of baby cereal before bed) to help keep him full longer. They might not sleep through the night, but you might get more hours between feedings.

Heather Lea - posted on 05/14/2010

is the baby waking up to feed and going back to sleep or is the baby waking up and wanting to play?



if feeding, then this is still normal at 4 months old. if the baby was 6 months i'd say give them a bottle of water or a passifier.

You can try with the last bottle of the night putting some rice "cereal" into the bottle and that should help them sleep longer.



if they are waking to play, as much as it may make you feel like a bad mom, you are not and let them cry themselves back to sleep. in the end you both will be happier and well rested for it :)



I remeber with my first child, she would not sleep unless i held her...which ment i wasn't sleeping...for the better part of the first 6 months of her life she slept in a swing, i loved that swing :)



my 2nd baby, well i'm a blessed parent that she's slept through the night since birth...aside from last few months she's been sick off and on so has now gotten into a habbit of waking 2-3 times a night. usually a bottle with water in it works. Soon it's going to be back to crying herself back to sleep.

Heidi - posted on 05/14/2010

I used to put a little bit of baby cereal (about a tsp) into his last bottle around 7-7:30pm. Once I started that, he started sleeping through the night because he was full. That's the main thing, make sure they are really full before bed and they would wake less often!!! Good Luck!

Miranda - posted on 05/14/2010

My son woke up about every hour and a half to two hours when he was four months old. Are you breastfeeding of formula feeding? When you say bottles, I am assuming you are formula feeding??? There is really nothing you can do at this point to "stop" her from waking up, her little tummy is waking her up. I would suggest that you wait until about six months, and start introducing some forms of solid foods. This will hopefully fill her up more, and if she still wakes up you may just have to let her soothe herself back to sleep. I think she is too young to introduce cereal in her night bottles, but you could always ask her pediatrician. My son is 15 months and still wakes up two to three times a night ( I only feed him once), but all baby's are different, you really can't rush these things.

Tiffany - posted on 05/13/2010

The last time you feed her before bedtime, i suggest putting a little bit of baby rice cereal mixed in with her formula and it makes the milk a little thicker and it lasts longer in her tummy and she wont wake up as often during the night. I had to do that with my daughter when she was still drinking formula because she was drinking too much. Start out by putting a little bit of rice cereal in her bottle make sure that the milk is still going to come through the hole in the nipple. You might have to invest in nipples that have a bigger hole or an x on the nipple. That usually will hold the baby over and she shouldn't wake up at all. Hope that this helps!

Bonny - posted on 05/13/2010

I've heard of putting baby cereal in the bottle would fill them up more and let them sleep longer. Good luck!

Christine - posted on 05/13/2010

Try giving her a little more food before you put her down like something solid..a snack or something..make sure she is full before you put her down and then maybe she'll only wake up once..at 4 months typically children will wake up. I was blessed so I'm prob not the one to help..all I know is when my daughter hit 1 and decided one night it was gonna take her 4 bottles to fall asleep the next morning I through all the bottles away and went to sippies..never had an all nighter until this day. Although I never had an all nighter before that night either..but anyway like I said she will prob wake up anyway but before bed just let her have a little something extra to fill her up.

Amanda - posted on 05/13/2010

i agree with lisa stokes four months is kinda young to let her cry it out my son is 16 months and still wakes up 2 to 3 times a night. the only thing i would recommend is ceral that worked great with my older boys it made them where they slept through the night most of the time.

Zante - posted on 05/13/2010

my daughter wasn't sleeping through the night until she was about 14months. what i would do on the days nights her daddy worked I would nap with her during the day and that way if she woke up in the night it wouldn't be so hard on me. I know it's hard but you will make it and pretty soon she wil be sleeping through the night.

Robin - posted on 05/13/2010

My husband and I tried the pablum route and it worked wonders. My son was sleeping through the night at 3 months when we gave him the pablum right before bed.

Megan - posted on 05/13/2010

I agree with nikita because that was one of the things we tried with our son but another that worked best for him was to give him 6 ounce bottles in the day and 7 at night.