Can’t seem to go more than 5 hrs w/o bf!

Feed him, he is little and he needs food. And even if he doesn't *need* the food he may just want the comfort that a feed brings. All round I think it is just less stress to except that babies wake in the night for feeds and/or comfort often until they are quite a lot older than your DS, feed him go back to bed, you will get more sleep that way than trying to force him to sleep other ways.

Buy your DH some earplugs if it's bothering him that much

five hours for a 7 month old is very normal!
your poor hubby though - how terrible for him to have to wake up and give bub a bf! oops, thats you!

Lol Bizzy!

I'm still feeding Esme at least once a night. More often twice or like last night 4 times So 5 hours for me is a good night.

She's 10 months and I have just started going with the flow

Haha Bizzy Love it

Hi

I finally thought I’d cracked it and got T (he’s 6 months) to sleep through consistently, just for him to begin to wake again at night – just in time for me going back to work tomorrow! T’s feeding during the day is rubbish at the moment – hence the night wakeups.

T is FF, so it may be a bit different, but one thing I have noticed is that it doesn’t matter how much he has to drink in his feed before bed or his dreamfeed, it’s the total he’s had to drink over the whole day that impacts on whether he’ll sleep through or not. For him the magic number is 950mls, any less than this (even 20mls less) and he will wake during the night to top up; 950mls or more over the day and he will *usually* sleep through. Can you try getting him to drink more during his day feeds and see if that makes a difference? Easier said than done I know, T will drink as much as he wants and not a drop more.

I’ve also noticed that solids (and we do a mix of mash for lunch and BLW for tea) don’t make any impact on the amount of milk he needs. The only food that does seem to make a difference is if he eats a lot of avocado (but I guess that’s because it’s such high calorie).

Sorry not much help – just wanted to say I empathise and that it is normal. My DH keeps asking me why T’s not eating properly during the day and how long this is going to go on for (umm, let me consult the Toby manual they gave me when we left hospital that I haven’t told you about...)

What about a dream feed? If you did that it might mean he then only woke once. Psychologically you might feel like it was only one wake up a night and feel better about it. You sound pretty convinced that he is actually hungry so I would probably just go with the flow and feed him. If he is only doing a few sucks and is then asleep then you could look at weaning him a bit like Kalimirella said

Tyler is just over 10 months and still can wake once or twice a night for a feed (more comfort i think but as he sleeps in with me no biggie ) id say thats pretty normal for a bub that age to still be feeding over night and your milk is giving him all the nutrition he needs

i aslo go with the feeding cause its easier lol..but i also think if he didnt need feeding he wouldnt take so much..i dunno..I'm giving him another month or so before i start trying to do something about it.. Liam will only sleep when he wants to though..no amount of crying or anything would change that..he self settles if he's ready to sleep :)

My DS was feeding twice a night well past 7 months....

Your DH sleep will be a lot more disrupted if you dont feed him

We have only stopped night feeds in the last two weeks - and still she wakes twice a night for some water and a cuddle lol.

I just went with it however frustrating it can be to night feed and your DH is just going to have to hack it really, thats what being a parent is about isn't it, sleep deprivation

In all honesty 7 months and baby led weaning means he isn't going to be getting full and still needs his milk as his main form of nutrients.