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help hes stopped sleeping through the night!!!

My son is nearly 6 months old and up until recently has been going from 9pm till 4-5am without a feed. The last week or so hes been waking at 2am and 5am for feeds!! Any tips me and bf are going crazy!! Hes on three meals a day, porridge/baby rice at 9am, main meal at 2pm and fruit puree at 5pm-6pm!! what and when should he be having his milk feeds!!?? Im so confused!!???please can anyone help xxx

 

Posted on 05/08/2008 21:48:01

hi
try giving him main meal later and has he started to teething yet because that might be why and he is taking bottle to make it feel better

Posted on 05/08/2008 22:58:20

hi ya
how about with evening meal giving a dinner and a pudding and milk feed before bed.
also could be having a growth spurt or as post above say teething.
hugs xx

Posted on 06/08/2008 03:34:42

hi hun. my son was just the same wakin for feeds. hes now 1 n half yrs old an sleepin great. but wen he used to wake in night for feeds at 6months i wud leave him. i wud let him cry for a moment to see if he wud go bk to sleep but if he didnt go bk to sleep i wud go in there hold him then put him down again i kept doin that till he wud go bk to sleep but i mean it was worth doin that as i didnt want him to get used to havin feeds in the night so after doing that it done the trick for me. he learnt he wernt goin to have food in the night an stopped waking up in the night thank god lol. i agree with dbeech also. i mean my son has his milk even now befor he goes to bed in his little cup lol. but i hope all goes well hun :) xxxxxx

Posted on 07/08/2008 21:19:42

have you tried giving him something more to 'fill him up' for hi dinner? maybe mix baby rice in with his fruit or something savoury before? he could just need a little more so see him through the night? if he is teething i swear by teething cystals (dr browns etc)you just pour them in the mouth and they dissolve and hey presto! quiet time! lol
still do a bed time bottle my lo has dinner at 5 - bath at 6 and then 15 mins with a bottle and chill out then to bed!
hope it goes ok!

Posted on 07/08/2008 22:04:31

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