1 year old sleeping/eating like 1 month old

[delilah89]

Hi
My 1 year old DD is breastfed and is currently having more milk than ever, at increasingly close intervals and through the night. She has really cut down what solids she eats to a few bites a day (if we're lucky) and has no appetite for it, simply wanting more breast milk.
I'm not sure what to do. She's happy and healthy as long as I give her the milk... but surely she should be moving away it to solids now and sleeping longer? She wakes often and is really hungry for milk every three hours or so.
Has anyone else had this? I had imagined she'd move to cow's milk at 1 but can't see how we'd do this now.
She does drink water out of a cup.

Sounds exhausting... I have also bf DC1 for a long time. For me the feeding and sleeping situation improved when I stopped the night feeds (and stopped bf)... It sounds like you need to break the cycle of too much milk.

Is she teething at all, or having a growth or development spurt? Is she starting to walk maybe?

Dd used to do this every time she had a major development or growth spurt. I always know when she is going to suddenly do something new as she will suddenly start feeding like mad.

It is exhausting but will pass.

I don't think she's teething but she could be. Thank you both so much for your sympathy and experience. She is starting to walk but seems quite jolly about it. The thing I am worried about really is refusal of food - she sort of bats it away and becomes annoyed at mealtimes.

I suppose I wanted to know if this is normal, and bf babies just so prefer milk that they do shun food, or whether she's got into an unhealthy routine. If this is good for her still I feel more sanguine about it.

Is this a recent thing? I ask because my DD is also in newborn part 2 stage at the mo. She just turned 1 a couple of weeks ago so I'm out of practice in constant bfing and multiple night wakings. She's very clingy and quick to cry aswell as not that interested in food. Cries when she's sat in the highchair actually.

Im sure in DDs case and hopefully yours its temporary and normal service will soon -please, soon- resume.

That sounds exactly the same!! It is recent, yes.

I think it's Wonder Week related. If you havent heard of it google wonder week 55 for a spot on description of the little darlings.

Hmm my ds is 14 months and I could have written your post. He started properly walking, unaided, a couple of weeks ago and has had a bad cold that has dragged on. He is still eating solids but seems less interested and his sleep has gone haywire and he just wants to bf all the time.

How do you begin to stop bf when they are so attached to it? How do you comfort them when that's what they have been used to? Finding the prospect of stopping bf both appealing and intimidating!

Dear Skyler, agree, and want some tips too!

Yup this latest episode has put me off bfing entirely. DD hadn't been too bothered about bfing for a long time now - just before sleeps but never asking for it in between times.

Literally overnight she turned into the boob monster asking for it all day and screaming for it all night. Its 'just' for comfort which almost makes it worse -how can I take away the thing which comforts her?!

Im dreading tonight and the every 90 minute scream through the baby monitor.

I dont have any tips but can offer hope that it wont last long (I think).

No let up at our house yet - considering weaning! - how about you?

Just posted a thread in Feeding about breastfeeding aversion (mine not DDs unfortunately!) so things arent going too well! Considering weaning too but no idea how Id go about it. Kicking myself for not doing it a month ago when she showed little interest in feeding.

Overtiredness definitely increases DDs night wakings and volume of screaming so working on early bedtimes and naps. Feeling better now I have a Plan.

Also trying to ensure she falls asleep in the cot and not when feeding but this only works if shes not too tired otherwise she screams.

Im thinking this all might be made worse by DD cutting down to one nap most days. Maybe shes really bloody tired and its messing everything up?!?! Clutching at straws desperately but does this ring any bells?

My dd2, who will be 1yo on thursday, is formula fed so not the same scenario of wanting bf all the time, but has also been sleeping badly at night, and more grumpy and upset at mealtimes than she was previously. She is also very clingy, and a little jealous when ds1 climbs oonto my lap for a cuddle.

I googled 'wonder weeks' mentioned above by misselphaba and found this for week 55 or thereabouts, and it could refer exactly to my baby. It mentions bf babies wanting to bf more, to be close to Mummy. Have a read, it might help!