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10mo suddenly waking hungry

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Mappy · 10/12/2005 21:11

Help! My DS (101/2mo) has suddenly started waking up through the night screaming as though he's never been fed! He eats a HUGE amount of food during the day and has 9oz bottles at night and in morning. Health visitor says feed him more but I cant force him too eat more! She aslo suggested adding something to his milk at night which I have tried (baby rice) but this only has limited success e.g. tonight he had bottle with rice in at 6.45pm and was awake again at 8pm for more. He's always been very hungry but hasn't had night bottles for months. Please dont tell me its a growth spurt as he's been doing it for about 4 weeks now - surely thats not a spurt! Any suggestions for filling him up, brands of milk which are good?

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followthestarlover · 10/12/2005 21:13

what time does he have his dinner in the evenings?
it might be worth giving him something to fill him up before bed as well as his milk...

are you sure it's hunger? my ds would happily take a bottle of milk in the night if i let him (not that he wakes that often) but i do try and get him back to sleep without it.
if it's been going on for 4 weeks it may just have become habit now

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Mappy · 10/12/2005 21:24

Definately think its hunger as went back to 'dream' feeding at around 10pm and he sleeps through fine cos I thought he'd got into habit too. Soon as stopped dream feed went back to waking at 3am or other ridiculous times. Tried leaving him, rocking him, water, staying with him etc but nothing seems to work so after about 45 mins I give in and give him a bottle. He has tea between 4-5pm.

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Orinoco · 10/12/2005 22:08

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NannyL · 10/12/2005 22:29

Yes, weetabix ready brek is fine and a good idea!

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Mappy · 12/12/2005 21:45

Ok - tried porridge and he lasted to 2.30am . Im so tired that Im going back to dream feeding tonight to give me some catch up time then i'll start again with supper to see if that works. Thanks for advice - i'll let you know how it goes [smaile]

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We3kingsofOrinocoare · 12/12/2005 22:31

How much porrige did you give him? My two would eat an adult portion!! (BTW, they're both now delicate little girls, not porkers, although you wouldn't have thought they'd end up like that!)

thecattleareALOHing · 12/12/2005 22:33

My 10 month old is still awake! Hideous!

PotPourri · 12/12/2005 22:36

Similar happened with our DD about the same age and so I started giving her a rice cake as part of the bedtime routine. That worked. Sometimes she eats half (big square ricecakes), other times she scoffs the lot so I give her another half. And an 8oz bottle is the very last step in the routine. That seems to work well and is still working for us, she's nearly 1 (this Friday!).

thecattleareALOHing · 12/12/2005 22:37

We just gave dd and banana...and I see dh is now downstairs. Will go and confer.

leogaela · 15/12/2005 11:42

Mappy, how is it going? I have nearly 10 month old who also wakes hungry around 3am every morning. I was wondering if you have found the magic answer yet!

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