how to stopo night feeds/waking?
my son is 8 months and is now fairly good at settling down-after being a screamer!
my issue now is the night feeds, he still wakes in night and has 7 oz then plays on his own to sleep-i go back to bed! then when he wakes at 6or 7am, he looks tired still.
i dont no how to stop this and make sure he is still getting enough milk overall, although i no that as he approaches a year this wontbe a issue so much i guess. anyone tried something that worked?
my issue now is the night feeds, he still wakes in night and has 7 oz then plays on his own to sleep-i go back to bed! then when he wakes at 6or 7am, he looks tired still.
i dont no how to stop this and make sure he is still getting enough milk overall, although i no that as he approaches a year this wontbe a issue so much i guess. anyone tried something that worked?
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The only thing I can suggest is to offer him more food during the day to see if he will go longer at night. Have you introduced all food groups?
I would've suggested that he could be waking out of habit but if he's taking 7oz then he must be genuinely hungry. Have you ever dreamfed him? Would this work to try and push him through till morning?
My girls wake at about 6am for food but they treat the feed as a night feed. They usually fall back to sleep and wake properly at around 8/8.30am. Do you put your LO back to bed after the 6/7am feed?
Sorry for all the questions hun, just trying to get a better picture to come up with more suggestions xx
not really much i can suggest as my 18mo goes to bed with a bottle as he, purely out of habit, wakes up in the night for it but drinks it while sleeping?!
we tried giving him water but he would just cry.
we tried giving him less gradually but he'd just wake up more often!!
we tried giving him more to eat at dinner and then before bed but he just didnt want it!
so we gave up lol. admittedly he only has one bottle instead of like 3 lol. but we just leave him as he seems content and doesnt wake us up anymore
hope u find a solution for your lo
kx
he eats all food groups and eats well i think, but not loads. never has draank loads overall but always drinks 6-7oz overnight
as long as you continue to offer him milk, he'll continue to wake
xx
Sorry can't be anymore help
First of all i made sure i thought she was eating and drinking enough in the day to fill her up. I started giving her a couple of snacks aswell as meals like rusks and the organix baby biscuits.
When she was waking twice-the first time she woke in the night between midnight and 2 i just gave her a cuddle and didn't speak to her, just reassured her really. I put back in bed and stroked her back/tummy for a few seconds and then walked out. Sometimes she cryed a little but went back to sleep quite well. If she really screamed i had to get her up bacause she woke her sister (they share a room) but she only didn't go back to sleep a couple of times. The other time she woke up in the night between 4-5 i gave her a feed. I did this for a few nights and she just woke once a night.
I did it like that for a few more nights and then i did the same all over again to try and get to sleep through completly and now she mostly sleeps 7-7, she has a feed at 7 in morning and then may go back to sleep for half hour depending if her sister is up or not!
I know all babies are different but i knew she didn't need the feeds in the night so i just kept going with it and it did work quite well but of course she still has her moments.
xxx
i'm sure if you stopped the night time bottle he'd still be drinking enough honey - does he have water during the day?
if his nappies are quite dry then he's obviously not drinking enough and you'd need to up his intake, somehow