Hungry, Hungry Baby!! Wants to Eat Twice a Night!

The only thing that jumped out at me was you said if you don't feed her she stays up and talks and babbles. If she were hungry, she would cry. I'm thinking that she is just in the habit of waking up at this time and if you give her some time, she may soothe herself back to sleep. Even if she doesn't, as long as she's talking and babbling and is happy, leave her alone. It may not be that she really wants to eat, but is just in the habit of waking up.

Sounds like a normal baby to me. They grow a lot that first year and need to eat every few hours.

If she is hungry you feed her. She really is sleeping 5-1/2 hours at a pop - it's just that because you put her to bed so early her 5-1/2 hours is up at 1:30 in the morning. We always put my son to bed for the night when we went to bed for the night - around midnight or whenever he wanted his last feeding. That way when he woke up again, it was already morning (or almost so). She will also have phases when she needs to eat more - growth spurts and phases when she eats less.

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When my daughter was your daughter's age, we went through the same thing. She was quite the little eater. She was a healthy weight but she was also my "roundy girl" with all the accompanying dimples and creases where her joints would be if we could see them. GOSH, I loved that age!

What we did was make this horrifying looking concoction that was the cereal mixed with her formula and then a vegetable (like the carrots) mixed in. It was thicker, more complex, and stayed on her stomach longer. She ate it all, like it was Turkish Delight, and slept much better.

Could be getting into the 6 month growth spurt a little early. I found that if my DD got up to eat, she really needed to eat, especially in the first months.

Every baby is different so maybe this is just what she needs right now.

I think that is pretty normal at that age

she is only 5 months old!! i would expect a baby that age to get up that many times, even if your other child did not every baby is different...I would not try to stuff her just so she wont wake up! she is a baby & still needs tons of attention & coddling, even during the night!

you can try to add more formula throughout the day.. solid food will fill her tummy but she needs the calories from the formula. maybe make each bottle a bit more ??

but every baby is different and sleeping through the night is developmental.. my first chidl slept through at 7 months.. My second woke up every night till he was 3.. at 4 he still wakes up once a week or so..

differnt kid.. different schedule..

she is NOT the same as her brother and a 5 month old is NOT required to sleep throught the night...you might WANT her too but that doesn't mean she will. They are not the same and never will be...sry she is so "annoying" at bed time. I know I have been there 3 times with young kids but soon it will be over.