Stopping night feeds for 6 month old

[chocohead]

I know he is still little but i really feel like i need to stop the night feeds or even just 1 feed.
I put him down at 1930, he then wakes 2230, 1.30ish and 3.30ish and sometimes an extra 1 at 5.30, But then after all that feeding at night i struggle to get him to feed properly in the morning.

Any success stories and ideas the best way to go about it.

Thanks

I just stopped with my little DS (now 7.5mth) Would rock, shhhh, pat to get him back as he still woke up (not habit just never settled well), it never took long with him but then odd time i did spend an hour settlin him (he was trying to break me!!!)
My rule is i don't feed before half5, ive kinda stuck to this and not once fed before 5am.
My DS was def not hungry so i felt confident in not giving in and sticking to it.
I have a couple of threads on here about DS not sleeping but last night put him on tummy and he did the longest he's ever done (im not suggesting you do this!) 10.5hrs feed and then another hr and he was a terrible sleeper.
Good luck, if dont wanna cut all out at once maybe aim to feed no more then once/twice which eva suits you.

i would try to cut down then cut out the 1.30 and 5.30 feeds, so you're left with 22.30 and 3.30 -- at least that's an improvement?

(that's what i do at the moment and we're trying to cut out the 3.30 feed very gradually as he is definitely just comfort feeding! got it down to 5 or 10 mins + lots of rocking and shushing afterward)

Just try and cut out one of the feeds for now - maybe target the 1:30am one, and get rid of that first. Once that one's gone the others will probably shift about a bit, then tackle another one (22:30?)? Just reduce the amount of milk you offer at night, and she'll stop bothering to wake (in theory!)

It'll take a little while, make sure you add the dropped night feeds to her day feeds so she's not losing out on any milk.

Are you weaning your DS? I found a mashed banana before she went to bed helped my DD sleep through.

ah yes, avocado has the same effect as banana too

Hi,

Thanks for all the replies, the last 2 nights have not been to bad bit more crying than if i just fed but has suprised me a few times and settled himself

I have started weaning but he is not taking to it that well yet.

I just dream of say 5 hours sleep in one stretch, i would feel like a different person !

My baby is nearly 8 months, just recently (about three weeks ago) I have discovered that if he has 3 bottles and 3 solid meals a day he doesn't need feed (however he is still suffering from trapped wind which wakes us up).

My advice is to wait and watch before you go to feed. On the morning I realised he didn't need night feeds I was on my way into the kitchen with him over my shoulder, getting ready to make his feed and to my suprise heard snoring.

I would plan to cut out the night feeds one by one over a couple of weeks. Start with the 1.30 feed, shush and cuddle and rock him until you get him back to sleep - this may take some time and a fair bit of crying, but after 3 or 4 nights you will probably find it gets easier and easier to resettle him without feeding until that night wake drops out altogether. After a week or so then stop the next feed as well in the same way. As you cut down the night feeds it tends to have a big knock on effect on how much they take during the day (so be prepared to offer longer or even extra feeds during the day so that overall he is taking the same amount over a 24 hour period).

I agree with Nelly, cut out feeds one by one. We didn't go to ds immediately when we heard him wake up; sometimes he gurgled and played and then went back to sleep after 20 mins other times he got whingey so we went and settled him. We also found giving a larger than average bedtime feed helped him sleep longer.

hth