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I feed my 11week old before i put her to sleep at night. she wakes up for night feedings. how do i stop this habit and get her to sleep thru the night?
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Feed to wake: If a kid is fed as they wake up, changed later & stimulated until they tire, they do not need to be fed again before sleep. After a 2+hour sleep, they awake to feed & start over. Feeding prior to sleep sets up feeding as necessary with settling.An infant can only learn to self settle in the night if they are not trained to require feeding or rocking or whatever to settle in sleep.
Answered 10/3/2016
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