OHbaby! Forums : Weaning nearly 1 year old... https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:59:01 +0000 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:11:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15376 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Have no advice, but just wanted...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=330264&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#330264 Author: Mum2ET
Subject: 15376
Posted: 19 March 2008 at 8:11pm

Have no advice, but just wanted to say good luck with dropping the night feeds. Ella still has a couple of feeds at night so am going to take advantage of the long weekend coming up and try a bit of tough love this weekend.

]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:11:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=330264&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#330264 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Luke fell asleep early last night,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=330159&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#330159 Author: LJsmum
Subject: 15376
Posted: 19 March 2008 at 6:04pm

Luke fell asleep early last night, 6.20 pm so when i arrived home at 7.15 he was already alseep. Usually he is in bed at 7pm or just after. So was expecting him to wakre up early for a feed.
He woke at 2.30am for a feed I fed him as I hadn't fed since the night before and had heaps of milk and leaking every where. So he fed well and then woke at 4.30 fed one side and back 2 sleep. Awake for the day at 7.30am.
So i didn't stick to my plan... Thought i couldn't as if i gave him water he wouldn't drink it as milk was dripping everwhere!!!

Have decided to stop night feeding during weekend as have more time and won't be working the next day !!!]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:04:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=330159&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#330159 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : how did it go? did he sleep well...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=329770&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#329770 Author: MyMinis
Subject: 15376
Posted: 19 March 2008 at 10:20am

how did it go? did he sleep well for you both?]]> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:20:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=329770&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#329770 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Thanks everyone for your advice...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=329298&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#329298 Author: LJsmum
Subject: 15376
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 8:20pm

Thanks everyone for your advice and ideas

I had to work late tonight had a meeting so DH was there to give dinner, do bath, e.t.c and Luke took a bottle, 100mls for his last feed.
Which was excellent So happy he fed, even though it was only 100. Today he had 4 bottles between 100 - 170 mls each so he did have more today which was good.

So the plan is to offer water when he wakes at 3am we have offered bottle DH has done this and he takes 100mls.But DH is tired too and needs sleep too.

So will see how it goes. I don't really want to wean but NEED SLEEP!!!! So will see how we go....]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:20:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=329298&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#329298 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Ahhhhh you want to wean from night...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328619&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328619 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 15376
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 10:13am

Ahhhhh you want to wean from night feeds! Makes so much more sense.

For me it was a matter of being a bit cold hearted... made for a lot of leaking though! haha

I offered her water in a bottle at night if she got up and then cuddled her back to sleep.

I think I remember sometimes just giving in but eventually she got over it.

It may take a week of hell, but you'll get there eventually ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:13:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328619&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328619 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : You could try sending someone...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328607&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328607 Author: Nikki
Subject: 15376
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 10:07am

You could try sending someone else in with a bottle at night. If there is no breast on offer he may take that instead, if hes hungry. We sent my mum/DH in for a few nights when Jake got in a bad habit of waking heaps after a sore tum (about 5.5 months, after starting solids). After a few nights he was down to just one feed of only 100mls, which we dropped with a bit of crying - far less than I imagined though - about 20mins the first night, 12mins the second night then he slept through from the 3rd night. Not everyones cup of tea, but I was exhausted! And I knew he didn't really need to be feeding in the night - he was just using me as a comforter.
We also did as someone above suggested, gave him a toy/cuddly which he still uses to self-settle in the night.

I agree with SimoneF too - could you make him hold out for the milk feeds during the day and have a 200ml bottle instead? That may encourage him have a larger last feed so he isn't waking hungry.]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:07:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328607&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328607 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Hi Milo Can you convince him to...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328455&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328455 Author: popcorn
Subject: 15376
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:57am

Hi Milo
Can you convince him to drink anymore than 100mls formula at a time during day? Maybe if you could get more milk in him during the day time he might not need to wake at night?
Other than that I have no idea! ]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:57:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328455&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328455 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Michaela&#039;s waking for night...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328453&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328453 Author: The_Stuarts
Subject: 15376
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:54am

Michaela's waking for night feed up until 10 months was because she had problems self settling. Once she learnt how to self settle at 7pm she started staying asleep until 6am. The sleep store helped me create a routine that she and I were both comfortable with (no CIO or CC)]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:54:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328453&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328453 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : I got a dvd from the sleep store...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328440&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328440 Author: kebakat
Subject: 15376
Posted: 18 March 2008 at 7:41am

I got a dvd from the sleep store (its been a while since I watched it tho) but from memory to get them to drop night feeds if you take a watch in with you and time how long hes feeding.. for example say its 10mins, the night night let him only feed for 9 minutes.. and slowly drop it down. Daniel usually wakes at 5am for a feed, I don't especially care about it now because he appears to be starving but I'm slowly dropping the amount he has, and he still sleeps through until wake up time.]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:41:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328440&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328440 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : If I were you I&#039;d look at...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328384&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328384 Author: busymum
Subject: 15376
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 11:08pm

If I were you I'd look at upping his solids during the day and letting the milk feeds drop back gradually, to help his night sleeping. I weaned my eldest at that age (from bf) and the 2nd eldest one month prior. They had continued to wake every night and when I weaned, they stopped waking in the night. I'm not sure whether it was comfort/habit or if they were just digesting milk too quick and not having enough food. But since you have tried CIO, the solids intake is probably the next best thing.

And you could try introducing water with meals and milk in between...

ETA: if he's not so keen on formula, skip it entirely and introduce cows milk - with a small amount of milo if he needs convincing!

Edited by busymum]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:08:25 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328384&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328384 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : I have absolutely no experience...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328139&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328139 Author: arohanui
Subject: 15376
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 9:03pm

I have absolutely no experience in this (lol) but I was reading on the sleep store website this morning about how to get older babies to drop their middle of the night feed. Talks about how they need to self settle and use something other than a feed to get back to sleep (like a cuddly or something). The bit I remember said to choose what you want as his cuddly (eg a muslin) and have it close to you when you feed him, so he'll come to associate it with that nice feeling. And maybe sleep with it under your top a couple of nights. It goes more indepth, so might be worth checking out the website ]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:03:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328139&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328139 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : I just re read it and it does...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328103&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328103 Author: LJsmum
Subject: 15376
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 8:46pm

I just re read it and it does sound confusing!!! Sorry.

I want to wean to stop the waking at night/early morning it is sometimes 5am but has become anywhere between 3 - 5 am.

So yesterday he went to sleep at around
7pm
woke at 2am
went back to sleep at 2.10am
awake at 2.30am
Fed at 2.38am
asleep at 3.00am
awake/ fed at 5.00am
asleep at 5.15am
awake at 8.10am.


I just want to sleep all night!!! and not wake at 3am!! or 5.30am.!!

So thought weaning may be best as have tried crying it out but it hasn't worked so far.

also as he is 1 in 10 days thought I should cut back his feeds?

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:46:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328103&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328103 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Weaning is such a hard and personal...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328091&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328091 Author: The_Stuarts
Subject: 15376
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 8:40pm

Weaning is such a hard and personal decision but to add my 2 cents worth I agree with the others - why wean? It doesn't sound like you want to and it definitely doesn't sound like you have to. I'd keep on going.

He might choose to wean off some of his feeds himself as he grows older. Michaela self weaned her afternoon first, then her before bed because she was too interested in other stuff going on around her (she was over a year old by the time she started self weaning).]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:40:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328091&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328091 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Yeah why do you need to wean? You...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328079&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328079 Author: kebakat
Subject: 15376
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 8:34pm

Yeah why do you need to wean?

You could just cut the bottles down/out or give him water etc from a sippy cup instead.]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:34:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328079&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328079 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : Sorry, confused - why do you need...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328070&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328070 Author: nikkitheknitter
Subject: 15376
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 8:30pm

Sorry, confused - why do you need to wean?

Sounds like he is going really well

I'd keep up the good work!

If you are concerned about him drinking too much, if anything I'd cut down the bottles to just before his sleeps.

But if you want to finish breastfeeding then hrmmmm... I'll be back

Edited by nikkiwhyte]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:30:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=328070&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#328070 <![CDATA[Weaning nearly 1 year old... : well i think it&#039;s time To...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=327993&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#327993 Author: LJsmum
Subject: 15376
Posted: 17 March 2008 at 7:01pm

well i think it's time To Wean. I feed Luke bedtime feed and a night/early morning feed around 5am. Sometimes another morning feed so all total 3 BF a day.

He has bottles during the day usually 3 of around 100mls each. 9.30am, 1.30pm,4pm.


I have tried giving him a bottle at the bed time feed but he doesn't want it only wants to be BF.

Luke is happy to take bottles in the day but bedtime/ night/morning he wants Breast.

What can I do??? Now he's nearly one Plunket says he should be on about 2 - 3 feeds a day he had 6 feeds today

He eats really well loves his food. So the amount of milk is not affecting that.

Help!!!!!]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:01:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15376&PID=327993&title=weaning-nearly-1-year-old#327993