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it is difficult. i was very lucky with my daughter. she is now almost 1yr old, and if i remember rightly her routine at 4 months was:

6am - wake up
7am - milk
9.30am - nap for 2 hours
11.30 or 12.00 - milk
2.30pm - nap for 2 hours
4-4.30pm - milk and solid food for tea
8pm - milk and bed (she was sleeping thru night a 6 weeks old)

is he waking for milk during the night? if he is, u should be at a stage now where he doesnt need it. is he weaning, if he is, then try slightly increasing his food during the day cos at least then u know he is filled up and he really doesnt need to be fed at night. in that case, u could offer him water over night and he may well decide it isnt worth waking up for. hope that helps a little. x

yeah hes still waking for milk during the night. sometimes he has half the bottle (90ml) other times he has all of it. have tried upping him to 210ml for each feed but he doesn't finish the 180ml ones. have started giving him baby rice at his midmorning feed but hes not really interested. dont know if i should try a different food or try the baby rice for a bit longer. spoke to my hv and she said i should try napping when he does but thats hard to do when he falls asleep in the pram whilst walking around asda!! when try upping his daytime feeds again and i'll try the water over night as well. thanks for the tips

it may be that he isnt ready for weaning, but on the other hand, it may be that he just doesnt like baby rice! my daughter hated it and i put her on pureed veg at 18 weeks (after a week failing with baby rice!). he will sleep thru night when he is ready, but sometimes if u let it go on for too long, it becomes a tough habit to break. maybe try with some food other than baby rice and see how u get on - it may do the trick!

yep - u may get funny looks if u start curling up on the floor in the frozen food aisle! x

Heya
im in the same situation with my 4 month old daughter. She will not settle for the night until 1am and then she will sleep in until 11am but obviously if im up half the night I dont get up much earlier then her! When I do I wake her up which takes a lot of work to be honest!! She hasnt been interested in her meals the last fewdays so today i gave her a little bit of wheatabix with baby milk followed by breast milk, then i tried giving her something light for lunch (yoghurt) to see if that would make her hungrier for her evening meal but she still wasnt slightly interested init. but obviously she isnt due her tea until about 7ish because she wont wake up in mornings for a feed!! I havent got a clue what how 2 get her into a routine now xx

i had this problem my daughter is now 23 weeks and has only stated going through, instead him waking up hv told to wake pheobe up 11pm for last feed of the night and to keep doing that so they ajust to the routine and then 6pm to try give 6oz for her to go bed at 7pm she now wakes between these time. my daughter baby rice eat for about 3 days then shouldnt wouldnt touch it i gave things like peachy cereal and banana cereal and fruite and yohurt cereal and she love them still now give them a try and try adjust night feedings. good luck

hi i am going throuh the same thing !! my 14 week old son never wants to go to sleep before 2am and i just dont know what to do!
he was breastfed ondemand fully for 6 weeks and is now on four hourly bottles (6oz) he often wakes at 3 or 4 am for a bottle and then goes to sleep untill about 11am!!

i am really finding it hard to vhange his routine aroud please help?

hi lisa1209, freddie was 4 months boxing day so i have started giving him baby rice as well as his milk and changed him to the hungerier baby milk. have started giving him breakfast between 7.30 and 8am with feeds close to chelle26 routine suggestion. have also been leaving him to cry/moan before seeing to him it seems to help but it does wear on your nerves. sticking to it and does seem to be working but it is hard. have also been waking him if he is asleep when he should be having a bottle. makes for a grumpy baby but he is coming round to my way of thinking!!!

thanks i think im going to try the rice as the hungry baby milk makes him constipated!!

i agree with everything chelle has said, my son got himself into a routine at 4 weeks old, he started sleeping through from 7 weeks so i guess im quite lucky!
but did you know that sure start children centres have staff who would come out and get ur child into a routine with you, they do sleep therapy aso.
it may also be worth trying to go to a baby group, i know your baby is still young but itd wear them out,watching other children and looking at all those toys.

just pop into your local sure start centre or ask your health visitor.

i hope this helps!

have just read your post. went to my local family centre play group today and once i'd managed to wrestle freddies dummy off the little boy to stole out of freddies mouth he really enjoyed himself. couldn't really play with the other kids as he can't crawl yet but he has been falling asleep all afternoon. hopefully he will sleep tonight as i have been trying to keep him awake since 5. will also have to look into the sure start option. thanks for the tip.