Is it normal for 11 month old to still feed in night.

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My dd is still waking at 1 and 5 every night for a feed. She feeds for around 10 / 15 mins and then falls back to sleep. Wondering if I'll ever get full night sleep again. I've tried refusing her but she practically abseils down chest! Is this normal... should I still be feeding her?

DS is eleven and a half months and still feeds two or three times a night.

My DS didn't sleep through until he was 1 - until then he was feeding at least once in the night. I just went with it and he stopped when he was ready.

Yup DD2 was 16 mo/o when she spontaneously stopped waking for a feed. DD1 was 12m/o when she was nightweaned with the daddy with water method but we couldn't be bothered with DD2. DD3 is still in our room and part time co-sleeping at 12 m/o

Thank you... thought it was just me! Shall grin and bare it a while longer... this too shall pass!

normal in this household!

well, ds1 slept through from around 6 months, but think that's a bit abnormal really lol

ds2 stopped feeding in night at around 20 months, but still woke up til he was about 2.5!

ds3 is 16 months and still feeds a couple of times a night. am far too lazy to do anything about it. tho he will sometimes settle for dp so maybe i ought to do something

I think laziness could be main problem. Know there are things I could try, but if i feed her she falls asleep again within half hour. When I've tried refusing she can cry for an hour. Just don't want to still be feeding when she's coming home from clubbing at 18:o

Sort of up to you as a parent. Most babies can go 8 hours (11pm-7am) at that age esp if they are having 3 proper meals a day. Both DD and DS2 slept all night at 6 months one on solids and formula without any coaching, DS2 needs a point in the right direction (ie was only given bottles of water when he woke up in the night), and had to do some crying.

But that is assuming they wake to FEED not to NURSE. Very different things in my book (and I'm not fussed if they feed or nurse at night so long as they go to sleep after ). Comforting a baby at night is no bad thing and sleep isn't all it's cracked up to be

Are you co-sleeping? It took me 2 attempts to night wean my DD, I tried when she was about 15 mo (I think! Can't remember exactly) and she wasn't really ready. I tried again a few months later and she is now completely night weaned but has only slept through twice

I agree that it's not about food, it's about comfort but there's nothing wrong with that if you are happy with it.

DD was FF at that age, she still had a bottle in the night til 12/13 months.

DS is BF and I only stopped feeding him in the night at around 20months, because he just wouldn't go back to sleep without it.

So sounds very normal to me. DS was still waking at least 3 times each night at 12m. Still rarely sleeps through

I know...most nights i'm happy to feed and cuddle, but just sometimes i wish dh had the breasts and not me!! All I want for christmas is a full nights sleep!!!

yes, dd still waking for one feed at that age. still woke up even when i stopped feeding her, at least once a night, til she was nearly three. nightmare.

she is an only child

Yes. :)

One day you will miss it, honestly!

I'm not saying it's not normal, but neither of mine have fed in the night after 12 weeks. I never refused to feed them, just that they didn't need it and DS2 is above the 90th for weight! This doesn't mean that they don't wake in the night (partly due to having bad reflux).

They each had a dummy which went back in for a couple of minutes to resettle them and that would be that. If they'd persisted, I'd have tried a feed. I realise I'm very lucky! The only time they've ever wanted food after that in the night has been when recovering from illness and having a big appetite for a few days.

Like other posters say, I'd guess it's about whether LOs need feeding or nursing in the night, but I'm not qualified to say, toher than that's my hunch. As Mummy, you know best.

Normal for us too- DS fed about 4+ times per night at that age. I night weaned him (traumatic) at around 18m and now he has a bed time feed only and he's 23m. Still wakes once a night for up to 2 hours but that's another thread! All I want for Christmas is a night's sleep too!

If you are up for it, go for it. It's normal.

Guessing it'll be normal for me as my nearly 10 m.o. has increased his one night feed to 3 recently. And he eats loads of solids.

I find co-sleeping helps, but it does mean he gets fed more often as I'm too comatose to do anything else when he wakes.

We were lucky, and ours all slept through from 7-10 weeks, but there's no such thing as normal.

Agree with others, it is more likely to be for comfort.

Im glad to see a lot of the answers to your question, my DD is 8 months and still feeds twice a night (sometimes 3 times). When I asked HV about it she said DD was just doing it for comfort which made me feel I should stop feeding her (I didnt).
Glad to see I am not the only one!