No Sleep Routine

Once a baby hits 16 pounds, there really isn't a need for a nighttime feeding, so don't feel bad taking it away. There are alot of 5-month-olds that don't sleep through the night, and it's normal for babies to sleep through the night, and then stop because of developmental milestones and other changes. She probably is missing Mommy time, and trying to make up for it at night. Try to get everyone to be consistent about routines, and firm about staying in bed at night, and things should improve.

Hello! My daughter is 10 months old and has been doing the same thing for a few months now. Last month when she saw her doctor, I explained it to her and she said "oh, we got a night feeder eh?" She told me to not feed her formula/breast feed when she awoke in the night, but to instead give her a bottle of water. After a few nights of waking, and having water it wouldn't be worth the waking for her. I'm not too sure if your daughter wakes to be fed, but I thought I'd throw that out there just in case. By the way, I have not had the heart to take away the nightime feeding, so I'm not too sure how well this works. Good luck and know that there are others out there who are just as sleep deprived, but being the mother of four, I can tell you it does get better... :)

This is so funny. I just posted the same situation! Read it, its almost identical to yours. My 5 months old has been doing this for a while now. She has that 4 hour stretch then is up all night nursing. So im interested in reading your responses! Good luck...

this sounds very familiar. I too have a 5 month old daughter who has pretty much the same exact sleeping pattern. I breastfed only for the first 6 weeks because of complications, but when i was breastfeeding, she would wake up constantly at night. after i switched to formula, she started sleeping through the night, maybe waking up once, i would feed her and she would go back to sleep. but over the last few months, she hit a couple of growth spurts, which of course made her want to eat more, so she started waking up more, then she got sick, now, she's right where your daughter is. she'll sleep 3-4 hours alone, then wake up to eat and want to be with me before she will sleep again. sometimes she won't even sleep the first stretch alone. I wish i could give you some great advice, but i can't, i haven't figured it out yet either. but i finally realized, i guess it's not so bad if she's in bed with me, it's not like she takes up that much space, and in a few months, i will do with her what i did with my son, and let her cry it out. it only took 2 nights with my son, and he has been putting himself to sleep and sleeping through the night ever since. he was about 7 months when i did that and he is 2 1/2 now. mabye you can take some comfort in knowing that your not the only one, seeing your story makes me feel better about my situation.

My 2.5 year old didn't sleep through the night until he was 13 or 14 months old, and we cosleep. My 1 year old doesn't either and he sleeps with us too.

We cosleep because it just works best for us. I can nurse right in bed when the baby wakes up and then we both go right back to sleep.

I don't have any solutions for you. I suggest doing whatever it takes to get everyone the most sleep possible. If that includes bringing the baby to bed, just make sure there aren't any pillows or blankets near the baby, and that he can't get stuck between the bed and the wall. It is possible to cosleep safely, and sometimes it gets everyone more sleep than they'd have otherwise. Some babies just crave that closeness in order to sleep well.