10 month old waking for 3 9oz bottles a night!

[kayleigh2304]

Hi,
My little boy has just turned 10 months old, and he still wakes up from 1am every night for 3 9oz bottles (sma red top) he goes to bed at 7 and falls straight asleep without a bottle. He eats lots through out the day, I give him a rusk and cereal for breckfast, for dinner he has a big baby jar & pudding, for tea he has the same or I make him things whatever i am having, if its healthy though! & he has snacks like goodies through out the day.
As soon as I go to bed 9 times out of 10 he will wake up, no matter if I haven't made a sound, the only way he will sleep is if he has a bottle. Then he wakes every few hours for more! :(
Hes going in his own room soon, but I would really like him to settle down before then as I dont want to be in and out all night.
My health visitor said stop giving him them and let him cry he will get used to it, but his first bottle at 1am I can tell he is hungry I can hear his belly making sounds.
He is a big baby too, I got induced and had him 15 days early he weighed 8lb 7oz, he now weighs 26lb 1oz but he isn't fat he is very tall.
Any help will be very apreciated.
Thanks in advance xxxxx

[crispyporkbelly]

He has 26 ounces a night?

My ds would have a bottle at night at that age too and he's a big boy too. I wouldn't let him cry hungry personally. He's 14 months now and doesn't wake for one anymore

[kayleigh2304]

Nothing, he has juice he won't drink milk in the day I think its a comfort thing :(

[kayleigh2304]

I dont know what to do everyone is so shocked when i tell them, I'm a zombie haha

[kayleigh2304]

He just wont drink milk in the day anymore, it is so strange it was all of a sudden

[BillyAndBamBam]

Have you tried getting milk into him during the day, using a different cup maybe if he won't take a bottle? Use formula in his cereal or porridge in the morning?

[ilovepowerhoop]

maybe he needs more substantial foods than jars during the day e.g. pasta, meats, dairy, etc. I would cut the amount of milk in the night bottles and try to get him to take milk in the day - maybe try a cup instead of a bottle

[Glitterkitten24]

Do you think he is actually hungry at night, or waking for comfort?
Could you try water in his nighttime bottle instead of milk?

[loveisagirlnameddaisy]

I think your HV has acted irresponsibly to just tell you not to offer him milk. He is clearly hungry at night because he is not getting enough calories during the day.

From the details you've given, I'd recommend that you stop giving him shop bought food (is that what you mean by 'jars'?). It's notoriously low in calories and is full of bulking agents. I'd also cut out the juice and only offer water, ideally getting him to take some milk. He needs three good home cooked meals a day, a good balance of food groups, esp protein and lots of calories! And milk, ideally most of it in the day but realistically he may still want a night feed as he's only little.

[kayleigh2304]

I just bought him loads of new types of cups today so i will try it tomorrow and see if it helps :) for his tea most nights he has things like that, I am going to try giving him a dummy tonight, he has never liked them and I haven't tried him with one since he was a few months old, if it is a comfort thing I will find out tonight then maybe he will start having milk in the day

[Glitterkitten24]

Oh sorry just saw he's not taking milk during the day, so that probably won't help.

My lo took milk from a cow cup eventually after turning up his nose at milk during day- we made a huge fuss about his fancy new big boy cup, worth a try if you haven't already?

[kayleigh2304]

Can he have cows milk now? I have been worried to try ! Can anyone recommend any good recipes for him? Didn't know that about baby food! Going to stop giving him it

[Crossemployer]

My son was just the same at 10 months. The only thing I did differently to you was wake him before I went to bed for his dream feed. He would then wake at 1ush, 4ush and then 7.

He slowly moved the 1am feed to 3ish and would then sleep til 6:30/7

He is now 14m and still has 7pm and dream feed, but then sleeps through til about 7am.

I think as they get older not only do they get more tired in the day, so need to sleep at night; but also they get used to eating good food at mealtimes.

I often give ds his evening meal with some finger food; followed by a yoghurt, followed by 'pudding'. Because there's a variety of foods for him, he eats much more which I think helps later on.

Ds likes milk in the day from a straw not a cup :)

Good luck, it does pass, though it feels like forever!

[loveisagirlnameddaisy]

He doesn't need to eat special food, just give him a portion of your food, assuming its healthy enough. I fed my DC on spag bol, jacket pots, fish pie, homemade soups, chicken and veg etc from the word go. I'd chop up small to start but at 10 months he should be ok with lumpy food. And it's so much cheaper that way than buying processed jars!