7 mnths old waiking up for nights feed

[monikaa]

I really don't know how to stop it. It's normal for 7 mnts old get up every 2-3 hours for night feed (2.5oz). I will give her dinner aroun 6pm, milk 4 oz at 7.30 and from this time is our "milky" 2-3 hours rutine.
My first daughter slept all night through from 6 months, but my sendone is totally different!

helps please.

Will she take more at each feed in the day? 4oz doesn't sound like much for a 7 month old. My dd was taking about 7oz 5 times a day at that age. Maybe she's not getting enough milk and solids too in the day. I don't think it's normal to need such frequent small feeds in the night for a 7 month old.

doesn't sound like my ds BUT he was/ is a big hungry boy!

have you tried giving more milk at bed and night time to see if he'll last longer between feeds?

at that age i think ds was 3 hourly during the day but only one night feed. he'd drink 6oz easily.

however lots of the babies from antenatal were 'pickers' and never drank more than 3oz in a sitting.

i'd try bigger bottles. good luck!

she doesnt take more feed then 4oz during day time.(max 5oz but thats not often).
She got small breakfast porridge at 7.30am, around 10am 3-4oz milk, around 1pm lunch, 3.30-4pm milk 3-4oz, 6pm dinner..etc
Maybe i should stop giving her milk in between meals so she gets me hungry???
Might go to see HV for advise (confused)

I don't think I would reduce daytime milk feeds - that might make her even hungrier at night. They need to fill up in the day so that they can get through the night with no/few feeds. HV migt have some ideas.

But surely reducing day time milk feeds might mean she has more solids instead? I think that solids at 7 months are what you should be looking to increase.

7oz 5 times a day is surely a lot of milk at 7 months - shouldn't they be down to 4 (getting towards 3) milk feeds by then? They only 'need' 500ml a day don't they once they are being weaned?

OP I think talking to ur HV would be a good idea.

Thanks all for advise.
I booked to c HV on thur, hopefully she will help.

Hi Monikaa,

My fourth child is 7mo and on three meals a day with milk in between, probably little bits like your DD, but I'm still bf so hard to tell. Your HV will probably say what I'm about to: don't decrease the milk during the day cos it's still really important for her.

My DD2 woke for feeds every hour during the night till she was 9mo. I think she just liked it and it helped her go back to sleep. It was a bit of a killer for me! I did controlled crying and we had three nightmare nights and then it was all fine: she slept.

Have you tried giving her water at night? Then she can drink if she really is thirsty, but it could help break the milk habit. She won't like it at first, most likely. You're right, though, at this stage with what you're giving her, she can't be hungry.

lostinafrica: I tried water, but she refuse it and screams and cry till I give her milk. I think she likes her milk and it helps her to fall a sleep.
I might be selfish, as am tired from all day at work. I better give her milk, then listen to her scream :(. I have to try over the weekend control her cry...and will c

She could be genuinely hungry. I think it's a myth that all babies don't need night feeds from 6 months as I've never read any evidence for this. Perhaps try and reduce the feeds by an ounce every other night - if shes crying for milk I think she's hungry (as the water isn't settling her) so you need to get her out of feeling hungry at night. I'd still give a feed around 10pm to see her through once you've dropped the others.

You have to be sure you're giving a balanced diet of solids before dropping feeds. It took my DS until he was 9 months before he was on three proper meals a day. Then he dropped his night feeds dramatically down to one.