10 month old waking

[sleeeepdeprived]

Every night my 10 month old is waking up 4-5 times, he used to sleep through the night but the past couple of months has started waking constantly and it's making us all exhausted!

He is formula fed and eating 3 meals a day, but is still taking full feeds when he wakes during the night.

Any suggestions at all? He usually goes down at 6pm and wakes at 5am (I know, I know)

Does he ‘self settle’ at bedtime? What are naps like?

You need to stop the night feeds. Unless he is underweight or a very low percentile, he can definitely go 8-10hours without feeding. It’s just a habit at this age. Start by eliminating one first, either offer water but no milk or reduce the milk, or just cuddles. It’s tough but he will need to get used to eating in the day. My nephew (a very big boy) had night feeds for over two years!
I have a chunky baby boy myself (7 months) and he can go without night feeds now but eats lots during the day.

6pm also seems very early to me. Could you shift to 7pm and give him a full bottle just before?

Give him larger bottles in the day (bedtime bottle should be larger for sure). Even then, he still might wake him
But think it's a habit he isn't hungry really.

Tomorrow, feed him more and when he wakes up give him a cuddle and back to bed

Thank you all for your advice - I think it must be habit really. He doesn't self settle and feeds to sleep, could this be why he's taking more to get back to sleep?

@AdriannaP ideally I'd love to shift to 7, can I just try this outright or will that make an even worse night with being such a change?

How long are the wake periods at night? I have a similar situation especially from midnight onwards but baby falls back to sleep quite quickly once we intervene.

I think I be shifting bedtime to 730 pm to 8 pm personally. My lo still doesn't go to bed till that time and wakes between 6 to 7.

What's your whole schedule, including feeds, solids, and naps?

[quote sleeeepdeprived]@AdriannaP ideally I'd love to shift to 7, can I just try this outright or will that make an even worse night with being such a change? [/quote]
I would just try. Maybe start in increments and do half an hour later tonight. I would try first step that he settles without a feed, give water, cuddles, rock him etc. Once he learnt to settle without feeding (could take a week or more) maybe work on self settling? Don’t do too much at once and be patient with yourself and baby. Also if he gets too distressed without feeding, give him a small feed and try and give more milk during the day.

All the best

Sounds normal to me!! Maybe my kids are broken

Personally, I move everything all in one go, a couple of overtired days, then it's over and done with. Just remember that any changes you make take up to 3 weeks for effect. Usually a week with my lo.

@sleeeepdeprived

Thank you all for your advice - I think it must be habit really. He doesn't self settle and feeds to sleep, could this be why he's taking more to get back to sleep?

Yes. You have a feed to sleep problem.

Totally separate feeding and sleeping, so move bedtime feed to before bathtime for example. Find a different way to settle baby to sleep. Then night wean. I'd go it cold turkey all in one go - stop feeding to sleep at bedtime and no fluids overnight at all. Horrendous first week, but then it's done.

I'd also shift your bedtime later. But I think that's a secondary issue to feeding to sleep.