DS suddenly eating all night, and not wanting to eat during the day! WWYD?

[nstewart]

DS is 4.5 months old.  For the past few days he doesn't want to nurse during the day and I think it's because he's eating all night!  Our routine (mostly decided by him, not me) was: 

8:30 - bed time, nurse to sleep

11:30 ish - potty opportunity/diaper change, nurse to sleep when I go to bed

3:00 ish - DS wakes, nursed to sleep

6:30 ish - DS wakes, potty opportunity/diaper change, nurse to sleep

8:00 ish - up for the day

The last few nights he has been nursing at 2, 4, 6 and 8 for however long he stays latched (I fall back asleep but it seems like it is for quite a while).  Maybe it's a growth spurt except that then he isn't hungry all morning.  Yesterday he went from 8 until 3 without eating and had no interest at all in nursing when I offered.  The same thing today (except he ate at about 1:30).  Is this normal?  I'm sure it's because we're co-sleeping and I'm right there.  Should I just go with it or try to re-establish our previous routine? Do you think from your experience it's just a phase? I've been really tired the last few days.  Also, at his last appointment he dropped off a bit on the weight curve which didn't have me overly concerned as he's very active and EFB'd and I know the growth chart is mostly formula fed babies so not accurate for BF'd babies, but this not eating thing has me worried he could drop some more.

Also my doctor was trying to get me to "slowly" night wean so he would STTN. I just grin and nod but really I don't plan on doing this and she has no idea that we co-sleep.  Would you try to night wean at this stage?

I'm generally a "go with what baby wants" mamma but if he can go from 8-3 without eating, I'd rather feed him every 2 hours during the day and have him sleep from 8:30-3:30 at night!

Thanks!!

[Super~Single~Mama]

Do a search on the 4 month sleep regression.  Sounds like thats exactly whats happening to you!