should baby still be feeding in night at 7 months?

[chaya5738]

Hi everyone

I just met with my HV after a long absence and she said that my 7 month old baby should now be able to go from 7pm til 7am without a feed. Is this right? It would be great to know what is reasonable to expect of her but I don't want to starve her. I am exclusively breastfeeding and she is feeding probably twice a night still. I was going to replace her 11pm feeding with formula to give me a break but the HV said that she should be weaning off night feeds so this would just add a whole new problem.

We are doing baby-led weaning so I have no idea how much solid food is actually getting through (although some by the look of her nappies!) so not sure if that makes a difference.

What say you all?

Thanks!

some can,, some can't
if yours could she would
no need to wean off night feeds at all, as long as you can cope

DS is 10.5 months and still has night feeds. He didnt take that well to solids but is having three square meals a day, a snack and a bedtime feed. He then feeds through the night too...

My second son wasn't. He just turned a year and its only in the last few weeks that he is sleeping 7pm til 6am. Before that he would want a feed at 4am ish. I'm sure at 7 months my DS was still waking 2 x a night.
We did BLW and his BF just started to reduce both day and night slowly as his solids increased.
He now mainly has am and before bed, sometimes more if ill.

Not sure if adding formula at 11pm will make a difference as they often wake not just for food but also for comfort when breastfeeding

Thanks everyone. To be honest, I am pretty sick of feeding in the night and it is making me question breastfeeding all together, which is annoying because I actually like it and would prefer to continue. I am just so exhausted though! Think I will try to cut it down to just one feed at 11pm and then try to cut that out later.

DS1 was still having feeds at 11pm, 3am and 7am at 7 months.

DS2 was eating a full and varied diet by 7 months so I weaned him off his milk at night at about 7 months.

They're all different.

Thanks mum2JRC - we crossed posted

Ignore the HV she is talking rubbish! Some babies sleep through much earlier than others.

DS is still BF in the night at 14 months. As I'm back at work part-time now, I really value BFing as it feels like good way for us to reconnect after I've been away IYKWIM.

All my 3 still fed at night at 7 months. If you can feed lying down it can be less disruptive of your sleep. Also, how is the teething situation? Baby may be in pain and wanting comfort rather than nourishment.

My DS did at that age. He would have one at about 10.30 and one at about 4am. And he was fully bottle fed at that age too, so formula not liekly to make a difference

He got a bit worse at about 8mths when he started to take a lot more solids, then dropped the 10.30 feed at about 9mths. Dropped the 4am one at about 13mths. Now, at 2, he often wakes up at 4am each night for a quick drink of water.

I agree with pps - depends on the baby.

My 20mth old DD is still feeding at least once a night (often more) although I am aware that this is probably a bit extreme. DS was sleeping through the night by 18mths.

I would try to discourage the night feed by only giving the breast if he/she actualy wakes up fully to demand it, if theyre just routing in their sleep try not to give it.
I had to stop DS night feeding at aged 2 as it was driving me mad, put on a very tight top if youre co sleeping.
My boy usually gave up after a little fussing and fell back to sleep, or even let them cry a few mins and hopefully theyll just fall back to sleep without it! and then get used to it and don't bother trying and it feels great :-)