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My son had a appointment the other not with our doctor cause she’s on maternity leave so we seen the doctor who’s taking her place 
She advised me not to feed my son during the night cause his 8months she said his not hungry it’s more for comfort but I still feed him during the night though cause I’m not gonna let him cry I was wondering if any of your doctors told you this 
I’m bottle feeding him so I don’t know if it’s different from breastfeeding but what do you ladies think 💭

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I feed on demand. My baby wakes up and wants the boobie? Then my baby gets the boobie!

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I don’t give a shit what my doctor says about my parenting. That’s not medical advice, that’s parenting advice. Biologically normal infant sleep includes wake ups and infants require nurturing. There’s a reason we naturally produce more milk at night!! Not sure why society is trying to play moms like this, but it’s really toxic. I tell my ped to stay in her lane. I’m a nurse btw and 100% value my doctor’s medical advice, but they tend not to know about baby sleep and nursing unfortunately.

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Obviously they dont have children. I feed my 8mo when hes hungry whether its 3 in the afternoon or 4 in the morning.  Most nights he sleeps through but sometimes wakes up hungry.   I mean really what kind of dr would tell you that

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If you’re feeding every two hours then no your baby doesn’t NEED all of that. But once or twice at eight months? Totally biologically normal. You’re the mother who knows your baby and she’s just a doctor who read a textbook.

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It is totally normal for an 8 month old to still wake to eat 1 or 2 times a night. When my son was 6 months, I had a young doctor say, "I feel bad saying this because I don't have kids, but if he wakes up at night, you should just let him cry." Ummm...no. Could they technically go without the calories overnight? Maybe, but every baby is different. This is also the same doctor who told me at his one year appointment that I should just stop breastfeeding him and giving him breastmilk all together because it doesn't have the right nutrients and good fat they need like whole cows milk does. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. How can milk made for cow babies be better than milk actually made for human babies? When I make appointments, I always request not to see her.

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I usually breastfeed 2 times during the night still. And he always eats a boobful 😄 sometimes i can hear his tummy rumble once the milk starts hitting his empty stomach... So i don't really care for "he doesn't need it" advice, that I've been also gotten from different sources, as i'm sure he actually is hungry. He also just eats, and then goes right back to sleep with no fuss. 
Recently we had a few bad nights as two more teeth are coming in... He was waking up a lot as he was in pain, so i breastfed many times a night for comfort. This feels right to me. I don't care for professional opinion 😊

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No we don’t feed our baby girl through the night. The doc told us to drop it at 6 months. She eats plenty during the day there was no need for an extra feeding at night other than it was her habit. There was like 3 days of fussing around 3 am then she was fine.

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My 8 month old still wakes up once every night for a bottle. I still give her one because she is hungry. I wouldn’t care what that doctor said, your the mom and know when your baby is hungry.

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My doctor said the same thing. But she really doesnt eat at night

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Our doctor told us the same even though we haven't for a long time because he doesn't want to eat when he wakes up crying it's always for comfort. But she did bring it up and said not to feed him over night anymore if we were because at his age he didn't need to eat that much. This was at our 6 month appointment.

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