sleeping through the night???

[rachael0000000]

Has anyone tried the Night time cow and gate milk??

My son is 6 months old and has never slept all the way through the night. We have changed his milk to the hungrier babies milk as i heard maybe he was not full enough and maybe be waking up because he is hungry. This has still not changed anything and I am now thinking about buying the cow n gate night time milk but im wondering if him being full is not the problem. please help.

6 months is a bit of a classic time for sleep to go pear-shaped, tbh, and it's still relatively early for sleeping through. How many times does he wake?

well he goes down around 8ish then wakes up at 12 untill 3 then wakes again at 5

it's probably comfort he wants, not food.

ds2 has never slept through and he's 13 months

I agree with the comfort idea It feels good to know im not the only one going through the sleepless nights. A few other mums I know there babies all sleep through the night.

Have tried the Hipp night time milk it made no difference at all

Some do, some don't I'm afraid, rachel - it's just bad luck, tbh. But he's very little, and it will more than likely just come naturally. I do remember dd's phase of being up for 3 hours straight in the middle of the night every night for WEEKS. A friend's dd was doing exactly the same - we'd meet at toddlers to compare bags under eyes.

But dd now sleeps 12 hours per night and 2-3 per afternoon - feels amazing, and those days of exhaustion do fade...

I had a feeling it wouldnt be able to perform miracles.

that amount of sleep sounds amazing, I guess its a thing ill just have to bare with instead of searching for answers.

Do the other mums babies really sleep through or do they still wake up fro just a small time ? My DTS have only just started sleeping through at 10 months. Not every night mind you, one or both of them will wake for a cry but we know we can leave them for a couple of mins as it's nomally not an 'awake' cry, just lost their dummy.
Hipp night time milk had no effect. Rice in their last bottle did nothing either.
When you read the ingredients it is not a lot different to putting babay rice in the bottle, it just thickens the milk. Save your money and try a rice first unless you have a sample sachet.

one of my friends does that (baby rice in the milk) and her little one sleeps all the way through.I guess i could try it but I was worried that it just might be too heavy on his stomache at that time in the evening.

Putting rice in a baby's bottle is a choking hazard. Please don't. It is perfectly normal for a six month old baby to wake up at night, even if he or she just wants a cuddle, rather than food.

Exactly how is baby rice in the bottle a choking hazard, nothing large enough to choke on could possibly get through the hole, its an old wives tale . All its likely to do is clog the hole and prevent baby taking a decent milk feed if not mixed properly. As other poster said its really just a thickening agent.

That aside, its very normal for babies to wake once or twice in the night at this age. Make sure they're warm - we've started putting ds2 in a fleece oversuit as he won't keep covers on and won't tolerate a grobag. Are you weaning yet? A late evening bowl of warm cereal (porridge or something) might help. I was feeding ds1 once in the night til he was about 8 months. I would try feeding at 11 or 12 and see if that helps him go through. Perhaps even a dream feed jsut before you go to bed. Whatever you try give it at least a week before you give up, bubs can be stubborn

It's a choking hazard because it's thicker. Baby is used to getting milk, gets something thicker and can't cope. That's why loads of the world's health organisations advise it not to be done. It's not an old wives' tale. Thickening feeds should only be done under the supervision of a paediatrician. FWIW my DD is 15 months and doesn't sleep through. She is on three meals a day plus snacks plus bfs. It's not just hunger that wakes them it's comfort, developmental milestones and teething, for example. OP, I would advise you to just go with the flow and I'm sure your LO will settle down soon.

Hmm, I'm not convinced nor could I find any guidelines giving that as the reason (and I just looked). Ahh well, I'm not motivated enough to argue that case, seems like utter rot to me but each to their own belief. OP hope my other suggestions are useful

should have said - giving evidence to support that recommendation

this is from Kellymom:

A little more about feeding baby cereal from a bottle...

Doctors and other experts recommend that you never give baby cereal in a bottle unless recommended by baby's doctor for a specific medical condition. Here are some of their reasons:

It is a choking* hazard.

• The cereal takes away from the amount of milk in the bottle (adds carbohydrates and dilutes the nutrient density), and baby may not get adequate milk volume for proper growth and development.

• Baby is being given a higher concentration of calories without being able to regulate her own intake. This can lead to weight problems in the future.

If baby?s doctor suggests thickened feedings for reflux, consider asking about alternatives, as many doctors question this practice and it has the potential to cause more harm than good

cereal in a bottle - this also points out that choking is a risk.

p.s. my ds didnt sleep through till he was 8 months old and was taking a decent amount of solids along with his milk feeds.

Ooops. I didn't know about the choking risk. How come they can sell the night time milk then? That has cereal that thickens the milk, just not rice. I think it is barley or maize.
In anycase, I tried both and neither worked.

I don't know. Maybe it is milled finer or something? I presume they couldn't sell it if it was a choking risk, though, so that's probably the way to go rather than cereal with normal milk if anyone wants to try it. But I do think it's perfectly normal to keep waking up at night at this sort of age, even if it is incredibly annoying for the poor tired parents!

Well let me know if it works because my ds is 2.6 and has never slept through the night yet.