How to handle baby waking up while sleep training
I've read that at 3 months you can start to try and train your child to sleep through the night. My child starts squirming and making little sounds (not crying) in the middle of the night still. I've read that those are signs of hunger? How should I train him to sleep through the night when he does this? I had the following ideas but not sure which to do, or if there’s a better one.
Feed him then and hope he learns to sleep through the night somehow
Wait a period of time (say, a half hour). If he’s still making noise,
or starts up again, then feed him.
Wait until he starts crying. I've
read that crying is a late stage of hunger, so I’m guessing that this
is not what I should do.
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A three-month-old is still in the age of putting on weight very, very quickly, and is not very self-regulated yet. If he is hungry during the night at that age, it's a good idea to feed him, to make sure that he gains well. Also, in terms of the self-regulation -- if a baby needs some parental contact partway through the night, in order to feel settled and comfortable, that's okay at this age.
When you're ready to start weaning your baby off of night feedings, do this one feeding at a time. (Unless your baby takes the initiative and just doesn't need to be fed during the night.)
Edited to add:
You can look at the first nine months out of the womb as exterogestation. Human beings have such large heads that they have to come out of the womb a little early. But their first nine months of life require a great deal of TLC. Here's one reference that explains this idea: www.boba.com/the-second-nine-months but there are many others.
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