Nighttime Feedings
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Night Terrors or Spoiling?
Asked by S.P. from Dallas
on October 29, 2007
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Hi, Moms!
My son is about to be 17 months old. He didn’t sleep through the night once until the weekend before he turned a year old. Since then, he’s been dong pr...
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- It doesn't sound like a night terror. It sounds like sleep-walking but in his crib. He "appears" awake but isn't... which is like sleep-walking. I think you shoul...
- My son does the same thing, but rarely now. when he is experiencing this, he will be CRYING in his sleep, but not awake. I will just rub his back or tummy (whichever i...
- Don't let him have anything to drink that is 'red'. It causes night terrors in some children. Also, my pedi mentioned that about the time kids really start getting...
Weaning a Night Feed
Asked by G.M. from Boston
on June 4, 2011
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My 5 mos old gets up religiously at 11:30pm and 3:45am every night. She sleeps a 10 hr night and though I think that is a long time for a 5 mos to go with out food, I ...
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- The times she is waking sound about right. She is hungry and waking up to be fed. Breast milk should not be watered down. If you are breast feeding regular feeding i...
- i agree with most of your repsonses - she needs the breastmilk still - 5 months is too young to cut back. I also second Sara B's suggestion - add a dreamfeed (in the d...
- Don't water down breast milk! These sleep deprived times will pass. Until then, try thinking about the nighttimes as you special quiet times with just mommy and ba...
Middle of the Night engorgement....OUCH!
Asked by R.H. from Spokane
on February 15, 2007
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Just recently my son has been sleeping for longer stretches. FINALLY! He rolls onto his tummy and wakes up almost 7 hours later. It's nice to finally get a longer s...
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- I had the same problem. My son started sleeping through the night about 7 months old and I use to pump at night before I go to bed but every morning I would be full an...
- Yeah.. it will adjust. Pump for relief if you have to, but not too much/too long or it will encourage the supply to remain the same (unless you are trying to build a ...
- Your milk supply should even itself out. When my daughter started sleeping through her nighttime feeding, the same thing happened to me, but eventually my milk supply...
Sleeping Thru the Night
Asked by K.C. from Chicago
on November 6, 2010
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What method worked for you for getting your baby to sleep thru the night? My baby is a little over 4 months and getting up twice. The dr said he shoud be sleeping 10...
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- Some kids wake up to eat once or twice a night until they're 18 months or so... it's just a part of parenthood. I personally let my daughter night nurse until she was ...
- I'm sorry, but your Dr. is crazy! I have NEVER in my entire life heard of a Dr. saying a 4 month old should be sleeping 10 hours STRAIGHT!!! That is totally unrealist...
- I agree that the doctor's expectations are a bit outdated. There was a time when it was thought that babies should be sleeping thru the night at 4 mos, but it is gene...
How to Break the Nursing Habbit at Night
Asked by J.F. from Fayetteville
on September 30, 2009
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I'm weaning my toddler and the hardest time to say "no" to her is at night when she wakes up. She won't take a bottle or a sippy cup. I've had some very sleepless nigh...
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- Did you guys co-sleep? Is she waking up from another room? Did you recently cut out other feedings? I thought I would be nursing my son until he was 3 at the rate ...
- IS it a middle of the night feeding? If possible, have daddy comfort her back to sleep. When she realizes you are not coming in, she will give up quickly. It soun...
- Just let her nurse for a little shorter time each night and/or (as someone else said) keep pushing the time later and later in the a.m.), and she'll probably outgrow t...
When to Stop Nursing at Night
Asked by S.C. from Scranton
on August 17, 2009
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I have a 3 month old girl who is getting up two times a night to nurse. MY ped is saying that she should not need to nurse anymore and that she should start learning ...
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- I wouldn't stop. My daughter will be one in two weeks, and she still nurses twice at night. I breastfeed on demand, and plan to until she self-weans. With my three old...
- Hi S. - My second child was like that as well - he nursed twice a night. I did decide to let him "cry it out" for the first feeding at around 4 months. I was hoping he...
- I'm sure you've gotten a bunch of responses, but wanted to add my 2 cents. My 90% for height & weight daughter just turned 8 months yesterday and only started sleepin...
Need Help with Night Weaning
Asked by A.C. from Jackson
on August 27, 2008
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I have no idea how to night wean because he still sleeps in bed with me. It seems he doesnt know how to get himself to sleep without nursing and when he wakes up at ni...
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- He needs to be out of your bed and in his own. This is going to take patience and consistency on you and your husband's part. He definitely does not need the night ti...
- A., I accomplished this around the same age with my first child because I had to spend the night away from home. You don't have to leave the house but pick a couple of...
- I did the same thing with my youngest, except she didn't sleep with me, so it might have been easier? She also was 13 months when I stopped nursing and I had to nurse...
Sleeping Thru the Night
Asked by A.T. from Norfolk
on February 20, 2008
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Hi everyone, I have a 9 month old daughter who will only sleep thru the night maybe 2 or 3 nights of the week. I have triied things from giving her a bath to feeding ...
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- Hi A., I'm a mom of 4. My first son cried like that & I caved every time. On the second child more out of need, I became firmer with the nighttime routine & listene...
- I was right there with you. My Mom said the same thing as your doctor. I couldn't believer her, so I bought a $12 book on children's sleep problems. The book said t...
- Hi, I have to agree with the last response. I do daycare and have known moms that have let their children cry it out, and others who just couldn't. I am a mom of 3 and...
Frequent Night Nursing
Asked by A.D. from Minneapolis
on March 13, 2008
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For the first twelve months of her life I lived under the delusion that my daughter would turn 1 and would automatically wean herself from breasfeeding. It turns out t...
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- I also breast feed and had the same problem. Try feeding your baby,baby cereal with breast milk in it. It that doesn't work, you may have to just let her cry it out. T...
- I had the same problem. My 14 month old was not showing signs of weaning herself AT ALL!!! It was becoming a burden and I just didn't enjoy it anymore. We finally j...
- The problem is your child doesn't know how to soothe themselves back to sleep. She is using nursing to pacify herself back to sleep. She never learned how to self so...
Not Sleeping Through the Night Anymore...
Asked by N.T. from Sacramento
on May 23, 2008
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My twin boys are now almost 7 months old. They were sleeping 7 hours a night before wanting a bottle. I started them on cereal for one meal a day and all was well. Whe...
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- The only reason I could see solid food having anything to do with waking up in the night is indigestion and/or acid reflux. They could be going through a growth spurt...
- That is interesting.... It could just be that they are teething or might need a change of nightly routine. My son slept solid about 7 hours until he was about 6 month...
- Hi there. I am acupuncturist and herbalist specializing in the treatment of children and 1 of the 1st things I tell parents of children under 1 year of age is take the...
