What do y’all think-night feeding

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My 2.5 month old generally wakes up every 3 hrs to eat during the night... super tiring. So while doing so reading I decided to try to calm him and first then feed if needed. So last night ate 5oz at bedtime 830 (he has been eating a lot more at bedtime lately) btw he is fed breastmilk on the boob and pumped too. So he fell asleep at 930 woke up at 12 was able to calm him and put him to sleep with the pacifier. Woke up at 130 and I just put him in bed with me ( I know bed sharing blah blah blah I don’t do it ignorantly so please no comments on that) anyway got him to sleep till 5 which is wake up time for us with only waking up 2x. When he woke up he was happy and didn’t act like he was starving. Normally during the night he would eat a total of 6oz. So my question is
How can I get him to sleep through? 
Do you think he is just waking up bc he wants cuddles?
What would you do in my place (I don’t want him sleeping in the bed with me but sleep)
FYI he is swaddled and we have a bedtime routine and he is the kind of baby that will let you know that he is hungry.

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At that age they wake because they are hungry. My LO woke every 2-3 hours for feeds until around 5mo old when he starting going 3-4 hours.
I would keep feeding on demand, your baby wakes because he is hungry at 2.5mo old.

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He’s really young. I definitely think he’s still waking up because he is actually hungry.

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I wouldn’t even do this to a 6 month old honestly. If you’re breastfeeding you should always feed on demand. 2.5 months is normal for them to wake that often. Just a part of them being a newborn.

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I agree that cutting out all night feeds at this age is not necessary, but you may be able to get by on 1 feed in the night as long as you feed him just before bed and right when he gets up. Babies need a certain amount of calories in a 24 hour period so just try feeding him more often during the daytime. I'd keep feeding on demand in the night when he wakes, but the extra calories in the day could reduce his wakings at night. Both my girls ate every 2-3 hours during the day for practically a year and went longer stretches at night. Even doing it this way, you might not see immediate changes and he may still be too young for longer stretches at night. Good luck!!

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I agree with other comments. That is still very little. Your baby is probably hungry. I was feeding my BF baby every couple hours still at that point.

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Hello. Check but I think that while that’s still quite a lot of feeding, that’s probably quite a normal frequency for night feeding at that age for some babies. Hopefully he’ll start sleeping a bit longer soon! :) x

What do y’all think-night feeding

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