1year - has always woken 1-3 times a night for milk

[Pagan]

My DS has just turned one year old. He's never been the best sleeper but we're now down to a routine where he goes to bed at 8pm. When he wakens he has a fair whack of milk and then goes back to sleep immediately but I'm a bit cheesed of with it now. I thought there would be more times when he slept right through but he'll always waken at least once and twice is generally the norm. This can be at 11pm then 5pm or perhaps 3pm then 7pm. Have tried ignoring him for about 5-10 mins but always give in coz I know after a 5 min feed he will go back to sleep immediately. Have also tried feeding him more solid nosh after his bath to try to fill him up a bit but it hasn't really made that much difference. He naps for a couple of hours during the day but on the rare occasions that he doesn't get his nap it doesn't seem to make any difference at night. Is he just a greedy wee monkey or should I be stricter?

you could try gradually watering down the milk until it is just water you give. Your lo may find it not worth waking up for water. Alternatively you could drop the amount you offer in each bottle by an ounce or two per night. Both of these would help make sure your lo made up the lost calories during the day.

Ooh yes Pagan, sorry to be hard but IMHO a 1yo doesn?t need to eat in the night.
What?s his food consumption like in the day? Sounds like he may be filling up on milk and needs to stop that. It?s a habit so it will be hard to break but you must be tough. Water down the milk or even start offering just water, and soon enough he won?t bother to wake up.

My DS is 3 (4 in May ) and has only just given up his bottle in the night. Both he and DD never had a dummy and has used this as his comfort, I always water it down and gradually he has started sleeping through and now he doesn't need it at all but like I say it has taken this long for him to give it up on his own.

So not really the best person to give advice on this.

Thanks gals - shall try the watered down version first then just water.

I did cold turkey with my ds at 11 mts. It was a habit rather than hunger. Took 2-3 nights for him to get used to it and then we were home and hosed.

hi there,we went through exactly the same problem and we found that if you give them water straight away rather than introducing it gradually and if you persist with it and don't give milk then after 2 nights they don't wake up for anything because there's nothing 2 look forward to when they do wake.good luck if you haven't already cracked it.

please help i have given by daughter water and she still wakes for that and she 13 months

How often does she wake for water BabyDL? Maybe try giving her some extra fluids throughout the evening so she's not thirsty...

she wakes 3/4 mabye more someone suggested give her nothing but will that not just wake her up she moves a lot in her sleep and went shes waking up she scraches her excma

someone suggest that i don't give her anything but as you know it to hard she starting to wake up less i think i will just be patient for now i have a midwife coming out tomorrow if you like i will let you know what she says

I think you should definitely try the watering down, hopefully your DS will start taking more milk and food during the day hence wake less at night! Good luck

anniemac my ds cry all night long the first night now the problem is she still wakes for water have to tried lukewarm water or cold my ds had lukewarm i promise it dose get better you just have to be strong i know it hard coz hear i am 13 month down the line and i am doing the same thing that people told me to do months ago