Night feeding 9 mo +?
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Topic: Night feeding 9 mo +?
Posted By: Emmecat
Subject: Night feeding 9 mo +?
Date Posted: 22 February 2010 at 9:53pm
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I posted this in the infant/toddler feeding forum but then thought maybe it goes here better? Ooops sorry Just curious and I'm not stressing about Clodagh 'still' BF twice a night at 9 months old, cos it just is what it is lol But curious how many other Mama's are still doing it too? (I know at least one is lol you know who you are When I say 'night', I mean from whenever we can convince Clodagh it's time to go to bed after her 'last' BF of the day (that can be from 7pm- 9.30pm Ooohhh she's a wee trick...... -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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) through to the morning. Generally it's midnight-ish and 4-ish. the midnight/1/2am feed, she's hungry. The 4am one I'm pretty sure is a combo of cold/habit (that's another story...she REFUSES to have any kind of covers on her. sigh 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 22 February 2010 at 9:56pm
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not now i dont but toby - my middle child - fed at night till he was 12 months old. and i'm pretty sure that eden did but only occasionaly at 9 mths. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Henna79
Date Posted: 22 February 2010 at 10:02pm
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I'll answer here too.
me!! Alex is 18 months and is still waking most nights and having a feed. Once if not twice 
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Posted By: Jam08
Date Posted: 22 February 2010 at 11:04pm
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Me too!
Nearly 10 months here and I've been feeding nearly every night for the last 4 months. It's only once and can be anywhere between 1am and 6am, but usually around 4am. However..... he has slept through until 7.30am the past two nights so if he wakes tonight I am going to try to resettle him without a feed. I'm not worried either way though as it's only 10 minutes and I'm a terrible sleeper so I'm usually awake anyway! |
Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 8:18am
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Yup, here too. Having said that, he is FF and has a bottle before bed - around 6.30pm, then another one at around 10pm, and then usually he wakes around 4-5 and chats to himself, and sometimes wants a feed then as well.
Also, how much solids is she taking? I notice that if H has really good meals with protein in them he tends to have better sleeps. Just a thought. Have you tried a sleeping bag? H is impossible to get under a blanket, and the sleeping bag has been a life saver. We have a winter one and a standard one, at the moment he is in the standard one (1 layer merino inside and 1 layer cotton on the outside). I reckon you could make one yourself easy. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Joscia
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 9:55am
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Same! DS has been waking a couple of times per night quite a lot recently. There's no point in doing anything but feed him when he wakes, as he's clearly hungry and generally settles quickly again after a feed.
His night feeds are a bit all over the place - last night it was just once at about midnight. The night before was 3am. The one before that was 10pm and 2am... On rare, blessed occasions he will sleep right through from 6.45pm to 5am... I'd definitely recommend a sleeping bag too. Though DS has actually figured out how to get out of his. I need to sew the arm holes up a bit... ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: mumtooboys
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 10:07am
He's not any more but A did until he was night weaned at 11 months; we started when he was 9 months with the night weaning. Shame looking back now though because a month later when no one was sleeping it would have been nice to have in my arsenal.  My rules when we decided to try the night weaning (he went 3 weeks without them at 7 months old)were gentle and sympathetic to his needs.........if it meant we were all back to bed and asleep quicker I am all for doing what is required to get there. LOL
Even once he wasn't feeding in the night, he was still waking up though and that only stopped when he was 13 months old. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: TysMummy
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 12:32pm
my boy still does ........my girl has just started up again .......have you tried more solids? teething also does it.........my girl is sick so wakes and also refuses solids and i know she is way hungry........with both kids waking ill be lucky if i get 2 hrs straight a night  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 3:29pm
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Jake has started up 2 again Not last night though.. only difference was I was more vigilent offering water through out the day... I think he was thirsty rather than hungry.... -------------   
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 4:09pm
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Hmmm I wondered about the solids thing as for a chubba bubba, she doesn't really eat that much! Weight must come from my boobies lol Today I've made a concerted effort to give Clodagh her meals and snacks earlier than usual adn we'll be trying a much earlier bedtime...I'll try adn have her in bed by 6 cos she is super whiney and grizzly by then and I think she's tired. Nothing ventured and all that! And yeah I tried the sleeping bag thing...she doesn't like them at all AND has figured out how to unzip them, undome them and unvelcro them lol ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Flutterby
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 4:15pm
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I was BFing till about 9 1/2mths and he would often need at least one feed during the night, though I think it was mainly comfort.
And just lately (may be because he has a cold) he has even been needing a bottle during the night every now and then as it has been the only thing that will resettle him. I have always just gone with it. If he didn't want it he wouldn't have it. Though it is a bit of a pain making up formula at 3am ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: LG
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 10:58am
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K's totally FF now and still wakes up for one feed during the night, she goes down at 7 and wakes up between 1 and 4. If i dont feed her she will keep waking up so am sticking with it for the moment -------------  Angel Baby Aug '12, Feb '13 |
Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 10:28pm
Yep, Cam still gets booby at night too! Usually once or twice a night. I'm sure its just habit now, but as we co-sleep its just soooo much easier to get him back to sleep with a quick feed, then roll him back over. I dream of the day (or rather, night) when he decides to just start sleeping through.... although I think its me that must make the effort. 
Does anyone have a good way to wean their 1 year old off night-time booby, without crying (his and mine)? |
Posted By: monster
Date Posted: 25 February 2010 at 12:22pm
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At that age my boy was definitely feeding at night - I can't remember how often, but I think it would have been twice a night. By the time he was 18 months old he'd stopped asking for feeds at night (though he still woke up sometimes for other reasons). -------------   
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Posted By: SBM
Date Posted: 26 February 2010 at 12:39am
We do here. Multiple times a night. I don't even know how many. Coz I sleep through most of them 
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Posted By: ajmmum
Date Posted: 26 February 2010 at 9:27am
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Emmecat Aston is exactly the same. Wakes a few times in the night, once for hunger I think, and then we have the horride period between 430-630am where he wakes and whines and whinges out of habit I think. He will only go back to sleep for 20 min before waking again at that time of morning.
Also have the issue with blankets. He has sleep bags, which are ok, but he rolls so much they get wound up, and he doesnt like them much. Still he sometimes sleeps better in them I think because of the cold. Hates me putting normal covers over him if he's not in his sleep bag. At the moment he is waking almost every hour, although I'm hoping thats a teething thing, but it's not uncommon for us to have 4-5 wakes a night. Like SBM I co-sleep so it could be more or less in my dream state (not that it feels like I have had any sleep of late) If you find a solution to the blanket hating I'd love to know! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 26 February 2010 at 9:37am
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We were still giving a night bottle at that age. I think Sirius stopped waking at about 11months. ------------- 
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Posted By: gmunster
Date Posted: 26 February 2010 at 8:23pm
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If she wakes - we too feed her. 90% of the time she will wake 45 minutes after going down at night - suck back 100mls (HUGE feed for her) and staight back to sleep. But is she wakes again - we still feed her.
Do whatever makes you comfortable - as someone else said - did you ever hear of a uni kid still waking for a bottle in the middle of the night? -------------  
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 26 February 2010 at 8:29pm
Not for a bottle of milk! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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gmunster wrote: