Someone literally just posted this and I explained it 😆

But ill do it again. So my daughter just had the same issue. But the difference was she was on a blood pressure med so I thought she was hungry or in pain and the bottle made it better (upset stomach or something).

So I was feeding her to sleep. Therefore, every stage of sleep she hit for REM sleep, she was waking wanting a feed since that's how she remembers she fell asleep.

It was explained to me by a sleep consultant that its like falling asleep on the couch. You don't sleep as soundly and when you wake up, you're more awake than if you would have fell asleep in bed. You would have easily put yourself back to sleep and never remembered waking if you fell asleep where you normally do.

That bottle is what you babe remembers last doing. So that's what they need to hit that next stage of sleep. Therefore you babe also doesn't know how to put themselves to sleep independently as that bottle is making them milk drunk like a newborn.

I hope none of this comes across as judgemental or like you did anything wrong! Because we literally JUST dealt with this and same situation! Our babe went to bed at 8pm. Work like clockwork at 1am then 330 then 530 and officially at like 730-8am. And each wake up she would need that bottle.

So in your case, if your babe is getting proper nutrients throughout the day with food and milk, they should not need to feed at night at all. We still feed my daughter at 6am because she actually seems hungry and she was so used to 3 or 4 bottles. So do what is best for you and your baby. But I would highly recommend finding a sleep training method that works for you and your family! It only took our daughter 2 nights to have no issues throughout the night and putting herself to bed :)

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