Bedtime bottle
Hiya. I was just wondereing what time you all gave you LO's their bedtime bottle? I do it in his bedroom right before he goes to bed. He generally falls asleep drinking it then wakes up when he goes in his cot! The problem is during the night he generally doesnt settle unless i give him a bottle. This is only once or twice a night but given he is 7 months old next week i want to try and get him out of this habit. Ive read that if you give bottle too close to bedtime they become reliant on having bottle to get back to sleep. Just wondering what others do. Im shattered this morning! Ive had enough of been woke up twice a night now!! Ta xx
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When my lo was about the same age as yours he was waking in the night still for a feed and this is what I did to get him sleeping through. I'd put him to bed as normal, then sometime between 10pm and 11pm I would wake him up, change his nappy, feed him then put him back to bed. Pretty much from when I started doing this he started to sleep through till 7am. Then I just gradually started to reduce the amount he took at this feed and when it come to the point where he didn't drink much of it I stopped it and he slept through. The odd time he wakes in the night now I give him some water in a bottle and that usually settles him. I think he likes sucking it for comfort but he won't have a dummy. x
I just made up less oz's. So he gradually started taking more in the morning instead of in the middle of the night. If he takes a good amount when you wake and he still wakes in the night at first I'd probably try giving him water in the night as he's still having the amount of milk he'd normally have so you need to get him out of the habit of waking. x
i introduced the dreamfedd with her at 4.5 weeks and by 5.5 weeks she was sleeping til 7am without waking up which i'm convinced is due to the dreamfeed.
hope you find something that works for you soon and you get back to getting your sleep again xx
7am,10am,1pm,4pm,7pm and 10pm. She takes between 4 and 5oz at each feed.With her 10pm feed, she sometimes only takes 2 oz but she is fully awake after winding her, so I pout her down in the crib,and turn the lights out in the bedroom, as soon as light are out she drifts off to sleep x