HiPP Organic Good night milk

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My DS will be 6 months old on Thurs. Has been breastfed since birth but recently I have started giving him one bottle of Hipp formula a day (at bedtime). Mainly to try and fill him up a bit because he was waking up every hour or so for a feed so assumed my milk supply was low towards end of the day, and also recently he hasnt been gaining weight as steadily as before, he's seemed a bit 'off' his milk and dropped a centile. Since introducing a formula feed he still wakes 3-4 times a night but I'm not majorly unhappy about this as i know a lot of babies dont sleep through, so I just bf him back to sleep. I am happy bf, just dont want him to be a hungry boy.
Anyway, someone recommended this bedtime milk and said i should give it a go. I was just wondering if anyone had tried it?

Its from 6 months. But Ive heard that some follow on milks can leave some babies a bit uncomfortable and constipated because of the amount of iron in them? And since he's mainly only had breastmilk up until now do you think it might upset his little tummy? Would obv like him to sleep a bit better - but not if it will be no good for him.

Has anyone had any experiences with it?

You don't say if your dc is being weaned yet. If he isn't maybe this constant waking and being hungry is a sign he needs a bit more than milk. If he is then if your concerned he isn't getting enough but are a bit wary of the follow on milks then might be worth reading up to find out ways of perhaps boosting your milk quality/ supply. Formula doesn't improve sleep despite what is commonly believed. Is ge possibly teething or having a growth spurt? :)

Google 'sacn goodnight milk' for an expert, considered view on this.

There are no benefits whatsoever to this product. Any claims made for it are unevidenced. Your baby's night time behaviour is normal and not a sign he needs anything other than breastmilk at night :)

My 6mo ds is bf and well weaned onto three meals a day, but was still waking up more than6 or 7 times a night for a bf. Started giving him a bottle of formula before bed at 3 months which helped him go longer, but hes started waking up alot again.

we decided to try this and it did work, but onky for a few days. The concept is that its formula bulked up with cereal, which takes longer to digest and therefore baby stays fuller for longer. Once Ds was used to that big feed, it stretched his stomach, he got used to it and now he wakes up again! Its pretty much the same thing as giving a banana or a rusk before bed!

They bulk formula up with cereal now? Thought it was dangerous to put anything but milk in a bottle? :) I would add op that obviously it's completely your choice and there's nothing wrong with either decision you must do what is right for you and your dc but it could be this constant feeding that helps increase your supply and your body will taylor the milk to the stage ur dc is at. If he is eating and drinking and bf well in the day then he might just be going thru a growth spurt and it will settle down. Sleep often becomes disturbed when babies reach the next developmental stage ie crawling/ walking etc. Is it possible he is just using you fir comfort rather than needing the milk ( obviously if he is hungry just feed him and go with it) :)

Wheresmycaffeinedrip - I have just started weaning him, just small amounts so far though as thought it was best to do it gradually...small amounts of baby rice, sweet potato, pear puree etc.

I dont think he is having a growth spurt although I know there can be one around this time. And in actual fact we moved him into his own room from our bed a couple of weeks ago and is sleeping better in there than he was with us.

I think you might be right that he is perhaps using me for comfort. I think my problem is that I struggle to get him to feed very much at all during the day and seems to stay on the breast for only a couple of mins at a time, if that...keep offering him bf but he isnt interested. So I think maybe I've managed to get us into a bit of a vicious circle where i feed him so much at night that he's not really interested in feeding during the day, and saves himself for night time feeds where he has me all to himself and its nice and quiet with not much going on!

Perhaps it will be easier to feed him less at night once he is properly on solids? at the moment every time he wakes I offer him a bf because he feeds so little in the day that i cant be sure he isnt hungry! but it seems I may have accidentally given him the impression that night time is for feeding :(

That sounds like a good idea! He's still very little to be going without alot of milk and until he is set on meals and you can include dairy during the day it's probably not the right thing to with hold the milk at night. he might also be a little unsettled from changing rooms so maybe he just needs to get used to it. Is there any way his dad can try settling at night so maybe if he's not hungry then he won't just smell the milk and go straight in for a feed? I would personally keep doing what your doing til he's set more on solids and you can include plenty of dairy in the day time so you can rule out hunger a bit more at night ;)

If you think he likes the quiet maybe it's worth designating a quiet room away from the tv and other distractions and try to feed him in there . Maybe a quiet calm not to bright designated feeding spot could help get him bf a bit more in the day time. You sound like you are doing a great job and it is hard to know what to do for the best but it does all usually work out in the end things will settle down :)

Some really good advice above. Just wanted to add that my DD is now 7.5 months and we had a month of rubbish night-time sleeping from about 6 months. She went from feeding once/twice in the night to feeding four or five times [haggard emoticon] . In the last fortnight she's hugely improved and is back to one night feed