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trying to stop night-time feeding in 7mo - any advice???

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armyofme · 08/01/2008 10:42

hi all, wasn't sure whether this should go in the sleep or feeding section but here goes...i've been trying to wean my 7 mo off night-time feeds for around a month now and not getting very far unfortunately. although she has slept through a few times, this is far from consistent and i am getting to the end of my tether with the sleep deprivation! the problem is that since being on solids she often doesn't want her bed-time bottle at 6.30pm, so wakes up in the night and is impossible to get back to sleep without feeding. and i wouldn't want to let her cry it out if she is genuinely hungry n the night. has anybody had a similar situation? if anybody has any ideas or advice i'd be much obliged....

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Seona1973 · 08/01/2008 12:35

what time is dinner? My lo's have dinner at around 5pm and then they had their bedtime bottle at about 7/7.15pm - maybe you need to make dinner earlier to make sure your lo is not too full to take her milk. From 6 months I also started reducing the night-time feed by an ounce every few days until ds was down to 4 oz - he gave up his night feed by himself at 8 months.

What routine for milk/solids do you have? I always gave milk first then solids about an hour later so that ds took plenty milk but still had an appetite for solids e.g.

7am - milk
8am - breakfast
11am - milk
12pm - lunch
3pm - milk
5pm - dinner
7.15pm - milk
in the night till 8 months - milk

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armyofme · 08/01/2008 13:24

hi seona - we have a very similar routine to you, except that she has lunch at about 1pm and usualy goes to bed at about 6.30-6.45 so have to give her milk then, maybe reducing the night-time feed might help, although i'm worried that will just make her wake up again a few hours later!

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Seona1973 · 08/01/2008 14:14

could you give lunch and dinner earlier e.g. 12pm and 4.30pm - maybe that would leave more room for milk. Re: the night feed - thats why I did it 1oz at a time so ds could make up for the loss during the day without feeling too hungry. I did it over a period of a few weeks too so it wasnt all done in a short space of time - I also didnt want him waking up any more than he had to!!

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theprecious · 08/01/2008 14:57

have a look at my thread about leaving 6mth ds to cry - there are a few ideas on there.

I am going to offer water in the night instead of milk and leave the radio on a classical music channel - apparently that helps reduce crying.

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armyofme · 08/01/2008 16:55

thanks theprecious i'll have a look at that. seona - tried dinner at 4.30pm today - she refused to eat! oh well, i'l try again tomorrow...

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