5 1/2 month sleep habits? Help!

Question

Hey mommas! My daughter usually wakes up once or twice a night and I feed her to get her back to sleep every time. Is anyone still doing this? I try to rock her for a few but she won’t stop crying so I break down and give her a bottle. I just don’t know if I’m enabling her crying or not bc she knows I’ll give her food. But if she’s hungry, she’s hungry right?? Ugh. Idk!

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You can reduce the amount she feeds at night by giving a smaller bottle, as they get used to this make it smaller again and eventually they won't need the feed anymore.
I did this with my 5 month old and she goes 10:30pm to 6am without a feed now

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We're still doing this. He wakes up once or twice a night and I feed him immediately and he goes back to sleep. I am not planning on changing this, though. I don't think I will ever refuse him food. If that means I have to wake up a couple of times a night then that's ok with me.

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My daughter wakes up around 4 am just to be soothed back to sleep and then she’s up within an hour or 2 and I’ll feed her then she sleeps again for another hour or so and then is just up for the day. 
I’ve made it a point to not feed her between 10pm-5 am. If she wakes up within that time frame I’ll just put her back to sleep. But if it’s after 5 am I will go ahead and nurse her. It’s been working out for us for a while now!

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My son still wakes up 1-2 times to eat! He used to wake up 4+ times a night and I would feed him, but he wasn't ever hungry because he wouldn't eat more than an ounce. We finally stopped feeding those extra times and just when he is hungry (usually around 11 am and then 3 am). 
Is she eating a lot or is it more out of habit?

5 1/2 month sleep habits? Help!

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