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13 months old still has 2x 6oz in the night

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Firstimemam · 25/02/2020 07:36

A bit of back story.... I exclusively breastfed my baby for the first 6 months, we did shared mat/pat leave - I pumped at work, then fed him in the morning, night and evening.

His weaning process was quite good, we did baby led weaning and he was quite a good eater .... his eating is now terrible and has been for about 2 months and I cook and cook and cook. He loves fruit and all sweet things eg yoghurt, blueberry pancakes (although alpro with minimal sugar), he's usually sugar free though. This may be due to him having milk but there is days where he eats well (doesn't mean he doesn't wake at night though).

I don't think my boobs ever had that much milk as he drinks now, it's become a habit and I have no clue how to break it, he now drinks 8oz before bed, 4h later he has another 6 & 4h later he has another 6. I know it's not ideal, shit really, and I know he shouldn't be having it but he is screaming for it until that bottle is in his mouth & im tired, I work 50h weeks & have a 40 minute commute to work each day, so I end up shouting at DH to get a bottle.

I'm tired and exhausted, so please don't judge. I've come to this place for advice, not judgement. Most parents know that we all had this picture in our head how things wou ld be but often, that's not how it works. I wish it was - he'd definitely be sleeping through the night. P.s. I am not one to do cry it out, I simply just can't - it physically hurts in my heart to hear him cry so hysterically.

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HotDogGuy · 25/02/2020 07:55

We had a similar thing. Ours used to sleep through the night and then started to wake up so got a bottle, then he started to wake up twice and so go two bottles. We realised he would associate waking up with getting a bottle and wanted it to settle himself back down. I ended up so exhausted that we just decided to stop the bottles overnight and give him water in a beaker instead. The first night there was so crying but the second night he slept through. Most nights he’s slept through - he was 14 months when we started this and is 16 months now.
When he does wake he generally moans a couple of times and then goes back to sleep. If he doesn’t it can take me a while to settle him but he is teething as well.
He eats loads more breakfast now (more than me) but seems happy. He does wake up an hour or so earlier but for us it’s 6am so not too bad.

HotDogGuy · 25/02/2020 07:56

Btw we didn’t let him cry it out he cried whilst I cuddled him when we gave him water. It was hard that first night but my sanity was worth it!

Namelessinseattle · 25/02/2020 08:09

It's a cycle that you can't break when you're tired. As pp said he's expecting it now when he wakes. I'd say he's not hungry in the day from all he's getting at night and then getting hungry again at night.

I think you'll have to pick a weekend you've nothing on and do it together. We night weaned and the first night he screamed for I'd say 2 hours before he slept and we just took turns holding him. The second time he woke wasn't as bad and the next night wasn't as bad.

Eeeeek2 · 25/02/2020 08:16

Both of mine I had to night wean at the same age. Just picked a week and went for it. Hard week but then it was sorted.

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