Baby seems to be wanting more milk not less!

[NinjaTurtle]

I have been weaning DD since about 18 weeks (advised due to reflux). She is now 28 weeks and seems to want more milk than before we started. She is ff.

Before starting on food, she was having 6x 7oz bottles per day, two of which were during the night, she would wake at around 1.30 and 4.30 for them. Anyway, her sleep is now awful. At first I thought it was the 4 month sleep regression, but it's still going on! She doesn't just wake for milk like she used to, she wakes seemingly for no reason too. She also has her first feed of the night at 10.30 now, then 2.30, and in the last few days she is wanting another one at 6! Plus 4 more during the day, so she is on 7 bottles a day now, and she is eating pretty much 3 meals a day.

She already weighs just over 9kg and I'm worried she's going to put too much weight on, I was under the impression that after weaning was becoming established, they are supposed to cut down on milk, not increase the amount.

Any ideas/advice about this, I'm extremely tired, she's never been a brilliant sleeper, but shes getting worse not better.

I'm afraid I don't have a magic answer for you but didnt want this to go unanswered. I have gone through the same when I started weaning DS2 (and am still going through it at 11 months old!). He has/had silent reflux. I keep trying to find answers. Things that seems to have helped:

• offer more water (try lots of different cups until you find one she will drink from)
• feed more protein/fat/carbs for dinner
• cranial osteopath helped my little one and he can now sleep if everything else is well (she found two compression areas in his head) (only go to one that is well recommended locally)
• our DS needs some noise to sleep so we now leave a radio on very low outside his room each night

We are currently making an extensive log of everything (what eaten, nap details, activities, health etc) to try and figure out any pattern to why he wakes.... with no luck so far! I've also been reading Gina Ford (not my style at all!) to try and get some tips as to establishing a better routine - although that still doesn't seem to make any difference.

At 11 months DS is still taking 30oz milk most days, 3 decent size meals a day plus snacks.

Good luck!

My DS who has now just turned one year old went through a phase of wanting more milk for a while when he was younger. I can't remember what age he was, but may well have been similar age to your DC.

It may be a growth spurt, or start of teething and she just wants the comfort from the milk.