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hello all mums.just want some ideas on getting my 16month son to lay in past 6am.tried milk,but just wants to get up and go,then tried by 10am and then sleeps for over 2 hours.too young to understand about the nightlight on/off.also are you letting your little one feed themself with spoon,or give me an indication as to age at which they can do this quite well?last query~what age and how did you get them to stop having their bedtime bottle?any help and advice would be great,as don't really know any mums with similar age children!
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My lo is also 16 months and not feeding himself with a spoon yet, i usually give him a spoon & he will have a go now and again but it does go everywhere. x
Do you have black out curtains/blinds in your los room?Until I got these I found Ben was waking earlier.
Normally Ben sleeps from 7pm to 8.30/9am,sometimes later,sometimes earlier!!!But oddly just for the last few morning hes woke about 5am moaning,I wait for abit then if still sounding restless I go in and settle him back down and give him his dummy,as usually its because its fallen out and he cant find it,this is enough to settle him back to sleep usually,sometimes i have to go in more than once but i dont speak to him or pick him up and dont make the mistake of getting him up or putting him in bed with you lol!
Dont think you should give milk,as he may start waking for the milk,or see it as a signal to start the day!!does he use a dummy?I know not everyone agrees with them,my lo only has them at nap and bedtimes and they do help him settle!
I still give him his bedtime milk in a bottle,not sure myself when to stop,As long as he wants it all ect i dont think you need to be in a rush,again some people recommend stopping using a bottle but again I dont think there is much rush,but i personally hate seeing kids older with bottles so its something i will start sometime,just not yet lol.
Ben will try to use a spoon/fork but its a messy job so it depends on what he is eating if i let him,as it takes forever and needs to be something he can pick up quite easily,he isnt that bothered just yet so when i see he wants to do it himself i will let him more,probably in another few months but i do give him the spoon and let him eat abit hiself most meals times,just not for the entire meal!Oh and hes 17 months.x
[Modified by: Benjismummy on January 24, 2009 01:45 PM]
As for the feeding himself. At 16 mnths my lo would have his baby fork to stab things (easier than using a spoon) and I would have the spoon. It would then be a case of James gets a fork full but I'd spoon feed him in between so he still got something in his mouth. As for when they do it 'properly' James is 20 mnths and still gets stuff everywhere!
James still has a bottle of warm full fat milk at night time. He doesn't have a bottle at any other time. He still loves it. He can now hold it on his own so we get comfy on my chair in his room and, as he drinks his milk I have my hands free to read him a short story. While ever he's still wanting it I'm happy for him to continue.
Hope this helps.
Lennon can just use a fork and he is nearly 20 months,he can use a spoon but it usually just falls off,i started just giving him the spoons to try and i used 1 myself so he can get used to holding it and see you using it same with the fork
with the bottle Lennon used a beaker from 12 months and he just gets cows milk,he now wont drink milk before bed time i have tried so hard but he just wastes it,he gets his morning milk with his breakfast and for the rest of the morning all in a beaker i did have to go to 1 with a treat like spout first
its all about trial and error i have found and hopefully like my lo it will be short lived the are forever changing routines i would say at least every 2-3 months something had to give x x
hope this helps chick x