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Is it too militant to put 18m old on a feeding schedule?

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Countingcrossroads · 05/07/2018 07:57

We're just hitting the 18m sleep regression and have decided to deal with it by having a fixed wake up. If he's not up at 7am we'll wake him. Bedtime has recently shunted from 6.30-7pm to 9pm. This morning he was up at 4.30am!

His food is now all over the place. A previously good eater. Very good, in fact. He's starting to refuse going in the highchair so I've ordered a booster seat for him in the hope it'll help. Have started sitting and eating with him for meal times now to see if that helps. His little brother often sits on our laps at dinner so I wonder if that doesn't help.

He's pretty much refused breakfast at 7 and I know he'll graze all morning and not eat lunch. I'm thinking snack at 9.30, lunch 12, snack 2.30 and dinner at 5. I hate the thought of him being hungry. He's already crabby (think he's tired) but he's also started refusing his cot and naps. He's currently laying on the floor crying and rubbing his eyes while I bf his brother

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Countingcrossroads · 05/07/2018 15:25

Thank you all for your advice. I resorted to a quick drive as ds1 just wouldn't sleep. Thankfully they're both snoozing in the car now but I'll wake them in a sec. I've never had to do this before!

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