Breastfeeders, when did your DC drop their nightfeeds?

[ChasedByBees]

DD is 9mo, goes to bed at 7pm and still wakes at 11pm and 3am for feeds. I then wake her at 6.30 so I can feed her before I go to work. The HV said she should be able to go through the night now and I should stop night feeds and offer water or just try and resettle her but I do feel she still needs the food. I might be wrong though.

She wakes in between these times and we can restyle her with a pat, but not at 11pm and 3am. She will barely drink water (which is another problem with her being a bottle refuser and me going to work :( ) so we've not tried that. It would end up with her being drenched so I'm a bit reluctant.

When did your babies stop their night feeds?

That's very interesting emsyj. It's true that now our bedtime feed is very quick (

Baaart - in glad to hear your DS doesn't drink that much in one go, that's a major battle DH is having at the moment.

So a friend who is having the same issue (finding it hard to get DC Interested in a full meal of solids, feeding twice during the night) went to the HV. Her baby's weight gain has slowed and she was told it was her fault for night feeding. Don't think I'll be going to get DD weighed anytime soon.

DD hasn't been interested in solids in the last few days and is inconsolable around 2pm. DH thought it was him but he was the same with me at the weekend. The downside of this is she's feeding every two hours through the night for an hour at a time. I can usually go back to sleep thank goodness. At one point DH wanted to return her to her cot but she was still firmly latched and irremovable. Wah I'm tired. Do babies stop eating or have more milk feeds when teething?

Emsyj - I was wondering if my supply has gone awry already and that's why she's taking so long. :(