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18m.o not sleeping through, back on night feeds, fussy eater

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nonsense0name · 29/10/2013 17:26

DD had never been a great sleeper but we had got to 8 hours a night. Now we are lucky with 6 and then a big bottle of milk and another couple of hours.
I know she is waking bacause she is hungry but she is not a big eater and so filling her up before bed with "proper" food isn't working.

Does anyone have any suggestions for pre-sleep foods that might see her through the night? or any other suggestions?

She doesn't sleep much in the day and is otherwise happy. I'm tired but not overly worried as I am sure things will settle down eventually but my others are so good at sleeping 7-7 and this is a bit of a shock.

Thanks

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Jaffakake · 29/10/2013 17:48

Things like sweet potato pack a punch in calories for their relative volume. Eggs are good protein and therefore i think they're good for an evening meal. My son's a great fan of rice pudding which I think extra fills him up after he's eaten some savoury food. To up his milk intake we're resorting to nesquik, not much but enough he thinks its chocolate!

Failing that, don't be noble & feed him whatever he'll eat lots of! For a while ds would only eat beans, egg, toast, rice pudding & yoghurt. Cos I wanted good sleep, that's what he got & I left the rest for lunchtimes at the weekend!

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