Tips on keeping 2 month old asleep throughout the night?

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My 2 month old goes to sleep around 9-930pm, never a problem falling asleep but he'll sleep til about 1-2am then start getting all fussy for food. I'll give him a bottle (4-5oz) of expressed breastmilk and then he'll be up at about 330-4am for the same thing. Then 5, then 7am.. every 1.5-2 hrs after that. Any tips or advice on keeping a 2 month old asleep the entire night?

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He's/ she is going to wake up when they're hungry. It's normal, you shouldn't really sleep train until six months old.

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Still very young for sleeping all night.. You might get a stretch of 4-5 hours ( which apparently he has from 9-1) but don't expect a baby to sleep through the night before 
6 months!

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Every one has there opinions on this topic. No judgement please. I personally feel when they are at a good weight. Then when they wake up , u soothe then without feeding. If you give them milk at night there going to keep on waking up. Is a routine. I am expecting my 3rd. Followed my moms advice. Both babies slept threw the night at 8wks. Process lasted 2 days tops. No one starved or was unhealthy. I understand all babies are different. I've had 2 easy babies. They were Breast fed babies. My son will be 2years and is great health and sleeper. He goes down at 730pm and Takes his daily naps . My daughter is a teen 
. 3wks till I have my baby girl. Good luck

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He's hungry. As you said. Why would you want him to sleep thru that??

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Start spacing out the actual feedings. You know he can go longer stretches, so when he wakes after a short one, try to soothe him without feeding (or, if breastfeeding, send in dad, so there's no chance of food). At a certain age/weight, they don't NEED the night feeds, but it becomes habit.

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I have a 4.5 month old who is an overall good sleeper. I'm reading a book on infant sleep and (for better or worse) 5 hours of baby sleeping is considered "sleeping through the night" by professionals (doctors, etc.). I know that's not what you mean, when you say that, but I think it helps us make sure our expectations line up with reality--many babies won't sleep longer than 5-6 hours. It's just not a biological reality at that age.

The good news: your baby's sleep patterns at 8 weeks sound a lot like mine's, and he kept getting longer and longer stretches. We're going through our sleep regression now, but before that he was going to bed at 8:00, sleeping until 3:30 or 4:00, then nursing more frequently until we got up.

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Most babies really only have one long stretch during the night. My boy is 3.5 months old and he sleeps from 9- 2 and then from around 230-5 and then usually up again for the day around 7-8. He's been on this schedule since he was 6 weeks. We've tried different nightly routines, but nothing changes it.

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Mine just fell into it tbh. Which is amazing. Read up on baby self soothing. We did this without realising it and now if James stirs a bit he just soothes himself back to sleep over the night.

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Babies tend to have a long stretch of sleep early in the night because they have deeper sleep then. They then have lighter sleep in the early morning hours so they sleep shorter periods. Sorry.

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It's different for babies entering the world. For a newborn having schedule will drive you crazy for the first month. At 3 months it's a lot easier to get babies on a schedule.  Your baby is waking up, possible for a wet diaper or milk. I read a lot of stories on women who gave their baby 1 teaspoon of baby cearel in their bottle, they said it helped them a lot.