Night Waking & Crying: Myself
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Night Feeding
Asked by J.D. from Buffalo
on May 31, 2011
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My 5 1/2 month old is still waking up in the middle of the night to feed. We put him to bed by 8:30 and he always wakes up around 2:00am. He is hungry and drinks an ...
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- If he drinks the whole bottle then he is hungry and needs to eat. You may be able to work around the schedule a bit. Wake him at 11pm or last thing before you go to ...
- That sounds good to me. My son didn't start sleeping 10-12 hours straight until just after a year old. He was probably 9 months when he gave up his night time feedin...
- The first full YEAR - you should never deprive your infant of feeding when they are telling you they are hungry. This is the most growth and development they will be ...
Feeding Through the Night
Asked by C.M. from Seattle
on May 9, 2009
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Hello ladies, I need a bit of a refresher on this... My 6mo granddaughter is sleeping "through" the night, 6-7 hrs, then wants to breastfeed and will generally sleep a...
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- My son had a similar sleep pattern at the is age and I spoke with our pedi about it at his 6 mo. appointment and our pedi said some babies can go longer than 7 hours a...
- I would say that your granddaughter is sleeping EXTREMELY well for her age, better than my 2 year old! She is probably hungry after 7 hours since she then sleeps well...
- Dear C., I'm a mother of twin girls that are 10 months old and they slept about 7 hours at 6 months old. Only at this time I had stopped feeding them in the middl...
Discomfort Night Feeding
Asked by K.L. from Tampa
on June 9, 2008
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My son is three weeks old and I've been noticing for the past week that he becomes agitated after his night feeding. When I put him down to sleep afterwards he become...
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- Hi K., This is not really a solution, more of a ME TOO! With my first child she never had this but this (4 weeks old today) one seems to be extra gassy (bottom half...
- Congrats K.!! I used Mylicon after every feeding with my first daughter. I never heard of it causing constipation nor did it cause it with her. But what it sounds like...
- are you nursing or bottle feeding? if nursing, i don't think the mylicon causes too much constipation. I would try right after the feeding, try to get a birp, then g...
How Do I Wean a Night Feeding?
Asked by E.N. from San Diego
on November 4, 2008
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Hello! I have a 9 mo old baby girl. She has always been an excellent sleeper, and slept throught the night for 5-6 hours before a feeding. The past 2-3 weeks she is ...
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- she may indeed need to feed. infants go through quiet a few growth spurts. Try discussing this with your childs ped.
- Megan and Susan said everything in my heart... Just wanted to share that at 9 mos. my son did the same thing, and it only lasted for a few weeks until the growth sp...
- Megan B. is right. Ditto. Keep in mind, and this is important... that babies go through "growth spurts" AND at these periods, they need an increase in intake, they ...
Wake for Night Feeding?
Asked by C.K. from Minneapolis
on March 30, 2009
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I'm wondering whether or not I should be waking our 8 week old daughter to feed her during the night. Here's a little background....she was born at 37 weeks and weigh...
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- Let sleeping babies sleep!!! She is obviously growing so I'd not wake her anymore.
- My 2nd child was born at 33 weeks and was 5lbs 10oz, dropped to just over 5lbs before she left the NICU. For about the first month or so, I made sure to keep her on a...
- I would not wake to feed. I believe in "never wake a sleeping baby" (as much as possible.) That's from my favorite sleep book, _Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child_.
How and When to Wean Baby from Night Feeding?
Asked by S.T. from Portland
on September 22, 2010
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My son is seven and half months old and still exclusively breast fed. This is actually not by my choice. Don't get me wrong I believe in breat feeding but my son won...
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- Go with your motherly instincts here. Your son is only 7.5 months old. Not only is he going through numerous growth spurts at this stage in his life (and will be fo...
- I stopped night feeding at about 3 to 4 months. He has been sleeping through the night since he was about 3 1/2 months old. Although he only self sooths maybe a couple...
- The only time my boys did that was when they were teething, I guess nursing helped their gums feel better. With their last feeding of the night I would give them tee...
Spoon Feeding
Asked by E.F. from Austin
on June 10, 2009
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We are trying to introduce spoon feeding with ceral for my 5 month old girl. It worked well the first time and now she isnt getting the hang of spoon feeding. She acts...
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- She may be going through a growth spurt and could truley be hungry at night. I know there are several peds that oppose putting cereal in a bottle b/c it tends to make ...
- Hi E., You might check the consistancy of the cereal- make it loose at first then gradually thicken it up- start with Rice cereal as it is the easiest to digest and t...
- Regarding spoon feeding: Try putting the cereal on your fingertip and feeding her that way at first. When they first start eating solids, they don't take more than 1...
Self Feeding
Asked by A.B. from Chicago
on November 28, 2011
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Hi,
My daughter will be 10 months old in a week, since she started on solid food, we have been feeding her. She has showed interested in self feeding these days, ...
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- The food-feeding we do with our little ones prior to discontinuing breastfeeding/formula is nothing more than practice, so you do not need to worry about the amount sh...
- Our guy is 11 months and we've been doing a combination of feeding and self feeding at meals for a couple weeks now. When he self feeds it gets everywhere except his ...
- My daughter is 10 months also and has been self feeding for about two months. I cut up little carrots (cooked), bananas, pears, peas, green beans...you name it, she e...
Feeding Schedule.
Asked by I.K. from New York
on October 1, 2010
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Hi. My son is eight month. I'm not sure how to feed him. He was breastfed until now and I'm about to switch to formula. In the morning first feeding he drinks just mil...
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- Every source I've read (including the current guidelines by the American Academy of Pediatrics) says that if your child is under the age of 1, the primary source of nu...
- My daughter is 10 months old and her schedule is as follows: 8am - Bottle and then cereal and fruit mid morning nap 12pm she eats a 4oz jar of veggie and cereal a...
- you have two choices: you can clarify with your dr what he really wants you to do......OR you can wing it - which I'm totally okay with. If your son is not satisfied...
Breast Feeding
Asked by C.S. from Denver
on April 8, 2009
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I have a beautiful 10 month baby boy. I am still breast feeding and I am trying to wing off know but he doesn't want the bottle only if we are out and about he will d...
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- You are so close tot he one year mark, it would be best if you waited until then to start weaning. At one year old babies do not really need bottles anymore anyway (u...
- Well I chose to let my daughter ween herself. She breastfed for 2 years. towards the end it was only at night and for really short times. It was mostly a thing that sh...
- I loved breastfeeding and still miss it. It might be too soon for him to be weened. Some babies never have a bottle. Try a cup. Good luck!
