Does your 9 month old still have milk at night?

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Just had 8-12 month review with health visitor who said dd shouldn't have milk at night anymore?
I just smiled & nodded because she's following percentile perfectly & I'm of the opinion that if she needs milk She needs it & even if it's just for comfort sobeit if it settles her again but I was wondering what was "normal"
If it matters, she's mix fed and has been from 3 weeks, has breastmilk at night (too lazy to make a bottle!) - usually around 4:30 but sometimes 2 ish & 5:30

My HV said the same at a year - that DS could go through the night without a feed.

She was also one of the sensible ones I saw and followed it up with 'but do whatever works for you as a family'.

I fed DS once through the night until he was about 18 months.

My one year old still feeds at night. I don't think hv can say what will work for all babies as all babies are different.

Mine fed in the night until about 18m- we went cold turkey because we didn't want to have to feed him in the night anymore and knew he didn't need it. I think he probably did need it until he was at least 1 tho.

Baffled do you know why she has 30oz as the recommended daily feed when LLL and Kelly mom (and all other reputable sources I've read) have it more like 24-28oz.
BF babies need less milk than ff.

I feed mine at night more in summer as she's prone to thirst and a cup holds no comfort.
Something which definitely links to time of year and heat.

...oh and she advocates one side feeding.

How odd she works with LLL but blogs so differently from their "party line" so to speak.

DS1 - two night feeds still at 18months, breakfast feeding still at 3 (forced to give up when my milk dried out when pregnant with DS2, took an emergency midnight snack to bed with us instead for when he woke up hungry!)

DS2 - given up night feeds before he was six months, and had no interest in breastmilk by the time he was 9 months - he's all about the real food, and packs so much in that he'll sleep through from supper to breakfast.

Depends on the kid. If they're actually hungry and eating, I'd let them - why on earth not.

The blog post linked to is 3 years old. Maybe the 'party line' has changed sine then.

I have always worked on the assumption that a fully weaned baby should have at least 1 pint of milk, which is 20oz I think.

To answer the OP my 10 month old is night weaned and has been for several months now. She doesn't even wake or stir between 7.30pm-7.30am (usually) so definitely doesn't need a feed. But if your baby does and you are happy with that it is absolutely no problem to anyone.

Ah yes, that makes more sense!

I must say with pinterest and so forth I'm wary of USA sources when not the "big 2" sites ... so much pumping schedules, huge targets and special diets!

My two year old still has the odd bottle during the night.

Mind you mine drinks gallons (figuratively) and is still a pipsqueak! Healthy but small.

I left the 10 month check fuming - felt like
the HV insinuated that we were waking our son up at night for feeds. I'd arrived feeling pretty confident that all was well with him, and left feeling stressed that he didn't seem to be doing most of the things that she assumed he should be. Soon after his night feeding cut right down, the next month he learnt to crawl, and a couple of years on he doesn't stop talking/running. So I'd be inclined to take such advice with a pinch of salt, unless your instinct and/or other people are telling you there's a problem too!

That is not to take anything away from valid concerns about developmental issues-it's just to say that there are so many opinions that it can seem totally bewildering...

The more I think about this the dumber it sounds. As an adult, I drink when I'm thirsty. I'll often have a glass of milk. Why shouldn't my DS? If I stop giving him a cup of milk before he goes to bed, when do I start again? I don't get the HV logic, its not as though it's going to put him off his breakfast. Is it?

My ds is nearly 8 months, cosleeps and ebf. He usually has a nibble during the night. The idea that in a month that might not still be the case had never even occurred to me!

I stop giving him a cup of milk before he goes to bed, when do I start again? I don't get the HV logic, its not as though it's going to put him off his breakfast. Is it?

I think the HV when the HV said "milk at night" she meant milk feeds during the night, rather than at bedtime.

There is no getting away from the fact that as a baby grows into a child and then an adult, that drinks (aside from water) at night are not recommended or terribly healthy. Not only bad for teeth, but also totally unnecessary calories for an adult or older child.

This ^ is not in relation to the OPs questions since her LO is still a baby and night feeds are fine as long as she is happy to give them to baby. However the analogy of having a glass of milk at bedtime as an adult is missing the point IMO.