Help! Should I wake my baby to eat? (more info)

Question

My daughter is 4 months old and has been sleeping through the night for a month now. Well tonight she had a bottle at 8. She drinks 7oz every 4 hours. She ended up spitting up a lot and it was some what curtled looking. She drank only 5oz and seemed to spit up a lot. She refused to drink anymore and I have her a bath, checked her temp (normal), and put her to bed. She is sound asleep and I'm unsure if I should wake her around 12am to drink a bottle. I'm afraid she didn't have enough or she will dehydrate. Any advice? Should I wake her or leave her sleep?

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Never wake a sleeping baby! Lol if she's sleeping she needs it. She'll let you know when she's hungry.

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Let her sleep!

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I would let her sleep. She will wake up if she's hungry otherwise if she's fighting something sleep will help her recover better.

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Don't wake her. She's smart enough to wake herself up if she needs food.

Think of it this way, do you always eat the same ammount of food at every single meal? No. Sometimes you're just less hungry, especially if you didn't have a super active day:)

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If she's past her birth weight, you don't need to wake her at night. She'll let you know when she's hungry

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My LO would like right before bed every night for a week straight and sleep for 4-6 hours just fine and now he does a small feeding before bed and sleeps 8-10 hours, some times they just don't want a heavy meal on there tummies before bed. Don't wake her though. She needs the sleep. If she is hungry she will wake up and eat. 
Just keep track of her pee diapers to make sure she isn't getting dehydrated, more than 5-6 is good anything less is bad and if her mouth is wet when she cries then she is fine if it is dry then that's bad. My son got dehydrated when he was only 5 days old ( exclusively breastfeeding) and my doctor and mother in law ( who is a pediatric RN) told me what to look for, had to supplement  formula to keep him healthy, now he is over 15 lbs and not even 3 months yet(:

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Sleep is equally as important for babies as feeding is. She's 4 months old. Let her sleep!

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Do not wake

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My pedi office says that as long as baby is past birth weight, let him or her sleep.

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My daughter is used to breastfeeding, so when I give her the bottle I feel the flow is much faster and too much for her handle so I allow her to drink about 3oz at a time with burping breaks to help her. If I don't do that she will spit up a lot of he milk. Try burping her every few ounces and see if she doesn't spit up as much.

And yeah, never wake a sleeping baby. They need sleep just as much as food

Help! Should I wake my baby to eat? (more info)

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