16.5 mo feeding almost constantly through night.....HELP

[mamaLou13]

My 16.5 mo dd goes to nursery through the day 3 days per week and is totally fine without milk (she most certainly does not need it! I doubt it is for hunger either) she has a feed as soon as she comes home from nursery which is great as my breasts are about to explode anyway. She still sleeps in with us but she seems to want milk so often that i feel im awake most of the night and i have tried several times to just stroke/ sooth her to sleep using other reassuring methods but she screams and screams and (sometimes) goes back to sleep. The problem is i hate making her so distraught she just wants her milkies to comfort her back to sleep. I have an early start every day and don't think i can function being sleep deprived any more. Ay help will be thankfully recieved.

That sounds knackering :( Is she going through a developmental spurt? Cutting molars? Coming down with something maybe? What do you think may be causing it? Hopefully this is just a phase, how long has it been going on?

Hey there!

Exactly the same thing here. My DS (16m) has suddenly developed a voracious appetite and is also up for big chunks of the night breast feeding... He's teething quite badly but not convinced that's the root cause...

No advice to offer (sorry!!) but wanted to say "you are not alone!". Hope someone out there can reassure us both that it's another of those passing phases!

Good luck!

Hello, hello. Not much advice but I did just want to say I think that there might be a(nother) growth spurt at the 16-18 month mark. I remember hitting a low point with DC1 at around this age. It slowly slowly got better and at 2 was sleeping through like textbook child.

So no real quick fix advice from me (although am bumping in the hope that someone else can oblige) but if you ride it out, as you have all the other growth spurts until now (and assuming they are not coming down with anything / teething etc) it will hopefully get better soon(ish).

My only suggestion would be to stop co-sleeping as being close to you might be prompting her to wake for milk. Otherwise I'd say you're going to have to ride it out. Is she able to help herself or do you have to help her latch on every time?

She is most certainly able to help herself! that is a technique she mastered pretty early on! Thanks for the advice ladies, glad to know im not alone! (o:

One of mine did this reallty badly at the same age. Then a few weeks later she stopped feeding at night completely. It was totally unexpected, but very welcome .

Just wanted to give you hope that it may change when you least expect it.