Why does dd feed all the time and wake frequently all night?

[Cupcakemummy85]

My dd2 is 5 & 1/2 months and I started weaning her 4 weeks ago.the paed and hv said if I weaned her that it might give me a bit if a break and help her sleep. Well, that's not the case at all!! She wakes up so much at night I'm breastfeeding her for an hour and a half before she goes to sleep and feeding her almost all day. She has two meals a day. She doesn't like bottles, if she did she would b on them by now definitely. I'm exhausted. She sucking the life out of me :(. Am I doing something wrong?

How well is she taking her food?

What are you feeding her?

Do you think she might be feeding for comfort? (my first did, although I didn't realise at the time)

I think she does feed a lot for comfort. She won't take a dummy either which makes me think perhaps it is comfort. She on fruit and vegetable purees at the moment but wondering if I could just go to the next stage already as she will b 6 months on the 14th of August, or maybe too young still? I wondered if formula would help her a bit more but she doesn't like bottles. I feel like the feeding is constant and she would only sleep from 10-12pm and then in bed with me on/off feeding until 9am. That doesn't sound right does it?! Lol

That's pretty much what my DD would do. It is soul destroyer for sure.

I would say first of all step up then weaning. If he's enjoying the purees and digesting them well move her on to 3 meals and more complex food. I started my two with porridge and mashed banana. If she's ok with that then next week introduce some cheesy jacket potato (no skins, obviously!) followed by a purée pudding. Then the following week move her on to meat. Spag Bol, cottage pie, or a bean casserole. As long as she's taking it well and it's c

That's pretty much what my DD would do. It is soul destroying for sure.

I would say first of all step up the weaning. If she's enjoying the purees and digesting them well move her on to 3 meals and more complex food. I started my two with porridge and mashed banana. If she's ok with that then next week introduce some cheesy jacket potato (no skins, obviously!) followed by a purée pudding. Then the following week move her on to meat. Spag Bol, cottage pie, or a bean casserole. As long as she's taking it well and it's coming out the other end then I'd say move on to the next thing.

When you've got weaning sorted you can be confident that she's not hungry in the night and start getting tough. There are no easy solutions here. I'd suggest just trying to stretch her out for as long as possible in the night to try and get her used to not feeding. Do anything you can think of to comfort her apart from feeding. Hopefully after a few nights she'll be taking in more during the day and perhaps just having one feed at your bed time, or early hours.

Have you got a DP/DH? I used to move in to the spare room for the weekends. When I wasn't there DD would fuss but not as much. DH would wake me when he thought she really did need feeding but she was much better behaved with him.

It is tough, I know. Try to trust your instincts.