Any tips for helping 8mth old to sleep through the night?

[Dukester100]

Hi, DS is nearly 8mths and slept through from 3-6mths then started to wake once in the night at varying times but now tends to be between 4am and 6am (usually 4.30) I was b/f until recently now he takes formula. I was advised by HV not to feed him in night b/f or formula as no reason why he shouldn't sleep through. But...have tried letting him cry it out and he gets v upset and I have a 3yr old. He wolfs down 6-7oz of formula with no messing - how can he NOT be hungry?

He does go back to sleep til about 7ish but I really do not want to continue a habit of early morning feeding. I am used to a daughter who has slept solid for 12hrs since 3mths old!

He has 3meals a day inc pudding, 23oz of milk inc night feed, occasional snacks but we do struggle with the last eve feed. He goes to sleep about 8pm and self soothes.

Sorry for essay...
Thanks

So am I right in thinking he only wakes once, around 4.30, for some milk and does drink it then goes back to sleep till 7ish?
Tell you what I would PAY to have that from my nearly 9 month old..and I also have an older dc who slept 8/8 from 12 weeks old.

I am with cake - I would be unbelievably grateful if my nearly 8 month old only woke once and went back to sleep quickly.

If he wolfs down 6-7oz of formula then I'd say he's hungry!!

Well, if compared to others it's only once a night then yes I am grateful but I guess all these things are relative aren't they? I had assumed most babies at this age would be sleeping through and from my previous experience this is what I was used to. Putting it another way, my concern was that if he wants to feed when I have been advised against it was perhaps making a rod for future months. In some respects I want to give him what he wants/needs but with going back to work I'd appreciate a full night's sleep!

Still having a night feed is not at all unusual at 8 months. My DS had milk at night till 11 months.if he is hungry it is easier to feed him. I really don't understand why some health visitors seem to think something magically happens at 6 months.
One night waking is really good for a baby. I'd suggest you just roll with it for now rather than wasting time and effort on trying various things.

My Darling darling DS wakes every hour to 2 hours EVERY night since he was born! He is now 7 months! I BF and want to continue to do so until he is 1. Various people have told me the problem is BF and I don't know how much he is getting so he wakes up hungry time and time again. Don't think this is it. I have started weaning at 6 months and he still tends to prefer milk to solids and only has about 3 or 4 tsps of solids at each 'meal'. I'm with 'cake' too, in that I would pay for him to only wake once! He was in a cot by the side of our bed for 3 months until I got that exhausted that I moved him back into our bed which is where he started after he was born. He sleeps much better now that he is in with us. (we co-sleep safely of course). The women at our local breast feeding support group say that he will move out when he is ready - mmmm, that's debatable!

Ignore your hv - he sounds hungry

Ds didn't sleep through regularly til he was about 2 1/2. Lots of children don't sleep through

Could you try dream feeding

Our DS is eight months and gets a dream feed at eleven and still wakes some nights at 4am

Hv also recommended we stop the night bottle but we didn't and luckily, no 4am feed this week

I think they know what they want, let nature take its course.

Now the only other thing is, are you eatting enough bottles in during the day? I just notice when he is with cm (she doesn't give him mor than two ounces) he wakes. With us, he gets three bottles and doesn't

You were lucky with your first.
Your second baby sounds normal. Maybe the HV hadn't told baby he shouldn't be hungry. Fgs 7oz means he's hungry, isn't that obvious?
Why don't you follow your baby's cues? How could a HV possibly know what your individual little baby needs?
Look up the Isis sleep website, some proper sleep info and advice on there.

And yes my 1 yo wakes every 4 or 2 hrs still. It's awful. But no way am I letting her scream. I cuddle & feed and back to sleep we go.
You are lucky he's only waking once.

Sorry to tell you all that, but I hate to think of a baby crying for cuddles or milk, two things so easy to fix. Yes it is tiring.

Your daughter was not the norm. You where very lucky first time round.

It's say he's hungry and needs feeding. Think of it like this, his tummy it's the size of his hand. Do you really expect him to go 12 solid hours without food or drink. Do you ever go 12 hours without a drink? Most adults will answer book to this question so why do we expect small babies to.

If you want a bigger block of sleep try giving him a late night bottle around 10or11pm if he'll take it you may then get his main block of sleep to fit in with yours. Then your all be happier.

Both mine work once in the night until 2 1/2 years, lucky DS got himself in this routine nicely. DD never would take a dream feed so I just had to get up in the night.

My dd is the same. Hv told me to drop the afternoon bottle and give her an extra meal. Then bigger bottle before bed. I then feed again 10.30.
It worked for three nights but she is waking at 3 again but she is teething so more pain than hunger.

He does sound hungry to me. My DD fed in the night til over 1. Not sure if this is any use to you, but my friend put a sippy cup of milk in her sons cot (you know one of the ones that doesn't spill) he managed to drink it himself then go back to sleep - just an idea really. Didn't work for my DD as she was breastfeeding addict but may work for you.

Some good tips thx, I did think about dream feeding but personally I find it difficult to feed a baby asleep - it just doesn't feel right but it might be the way forward! Also gradually reducing the oz in the early morning feed might be an idea. I use a carton - expensive but worth it. I am lucky as mostly he does go back to sleep. I was obviously very spoilt the first time. DS does not appear to require much nap time in the day either so I think he's just more wakeful than my daughter who would sleep through armageddon!