Food to keep my little one a sleep all night

[Mollydolly124]

Hello All,
My little man has just turned 1, he used to be a great sleeper but over the last few weeks he has been waking up between 2 - 4 and has been a real pain to get back to sleep!!

Normally he has a 7oz bottle at bed time around 8 - 9 and then another 7oz bottle when he wakes around 7 - 8ish the next day.

BUT I have started giving him his morning bottle between 3 - 5 - at that time in the morning I cant be bothered making a bottle so I open a carton and give him 9oz - which he drinks all up and then goes back to sleep until 8 - 9 again!!

So what I am thinking is I need to give him something really filling between 8 - 9 at night to see him through the whole night but what I dont know?? Any ideas..

Any help would be fab.

Cheers Katie. x

[Seona1973]

could you give him a snack of cereal or something before bed e.g. weetabix, porridge, etc

[BertieBotts]

Are you sure it isn't food related, but something else like teething? I wouldn't be wanting to give him something just before bed because I don't think it's good to fall asleep on a full tummy (not sure though, I haven't got anything to back that up, sorry.) and also, he ought to be able to last the night at his age.

What time does he have his tea?

[mothersmilk]

sprry to seem blunt but is it the heat? also i dont know were you so its a guess but my ds also 1 has been doing the same and thats what i put it down to

[Mollydolly124]

He has his tea between 5 & 6!!

It might be the heat but it's been every night for weeks now and it's not been that hot!!

Not teething either!!

Oh well, I ended up giving him a drink of juice this mroning and that worked and got him back to sleep after half hour.

xx

[5inthebed]

Weetabix or ready brek are a good bedtime food (if ou want to call it that)

[Supercherry]

You need slow release energy foods, things like sweet potato, banana, pasta. Maybe do a google search?

My DS had milk in the night until last week and he's 18mths though so I think it's quite common to still need milk at 1.