Ok I have a two year old and since she was born I've never had any problems with her waking up in the night for milk or for anything. Now for the past month, she wakes up every night at least once for some milk. What can I do to get her to stop waking up. I've never had this problem. I've tried just letting her cry for a bit but it doesn't work. She'll just keep crying until I get her some milk. Also since she has been drinking alot of milk during the night she wakes up in the morning soaked with pee. I MEAN SOAKED!! I currently use Pampers Cruisers and have since birth. What other diapers are good to protect against leaks in the night?
2007-01-03 08:01:46 · 19 answers · asked by I smile because of them ♥ 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
OH and yeah I've tried changing her when she wakes up!! THanks
2007-01-03 08:05:14 · update #1
You should not give milk to a two year old before bedtime.It leads to inner ear infections or possibly gum disease.That's what they now say anyways.A two year old should be started on a drinking cup.Maybe you can get a spill less drinking cup and a couple of cookies and use the high chair before bed time.Provided you
have the time.Your two year old can engage in bedtime snacktime.You can also start early hygiene practice and also introduce the toothbrush at this age also.There may be some disruption in your childs daily life ,anyone new? New baby sitters?
People something that she is not used to.Maybe she is not getting enough in her diet.Two year olds need more then "milk"
and baby food at this age,she may not be satisfied.A two year
olds needs are different then a newborns.You should consult
your pediatrician.If your really in a ruckess.I suppose a bottle
never killed any two year old for the last 100 years before bedtime.I would try adding some oat meal or barley ect.
In the bottle to thicken it. Use warmer milk you might have to enlarge the nipple with a heated needle.Not too much it still
has to have "sucking" pull.milk should not pour out of a nipple.
It should however squeeze out abit.That can be it also that you
have been using nipples with holes to large all this time.You will find out soon enough.Be careful with children with "teeth"that young and older nipples .Nipples become sticky and weak and can break off after time.Most do.Every so often pull on the nipple
make sure it does not stretch out enough to tear .The barley or oatmeal "baby kind" it dissolves to a smooth consistancy.
If you use "regular" oatmeal it's not going to work.
2007-01-03 08:42:44 · answer #1 · answered by All Peaches an cream 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Luvs are very good for night time. Also, there are inserts you can put in them that are usually used for pocket diapers. Washing these is much better than washing the whole bed of blankets. These can be found on ebay and various cloth diaper sites online.
If you sew you can make these with two layers of flannel and 2 layers of terry cloth. I bought towels and cut them 4"x10" rectangles and sandwiched them between the flannel, then sew all the edges. You can serge them or just stitch them on the machine and leave the edges raw. They frey a bit and are very soft that way.
Keep giving her the milk. It's just a stage she is going through. She will soon grow out of it. You can also cut back every couple of days or weeks to shorten the wakeful period.
2007-01-03 16:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by K W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your daughter is waking up at night for 2 reasons. One she wants the milk it's just the same as with a paci they wake up needing it. And another sounds like she's drinking alot at night she is probably uncomfortable being in that diaper and needs to be changed. I would stop giving her milk past a certain time at night.
2007-01-03 16:08:01 · answer #3 · answered by Momof1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son uses pampers cruiser during the day but swtiches to huggies overnight diaper at night cause that seem to be the only kind that I won't have to change his clothes after a 9-10 hour sleep.
Somebody also once told me that try to put 2 diapers on your little one before bedtime. Never try it so not sure how well it works out though.
2007-01-03 17:19:13 · answer #4 · answered by emigirl77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Huggies makes a kind called "Overnites" that works really well for my son. They're sometimes hard to find, but I usually buy them at Target.
As far as her waking...to be honest, I don't know what to tell you because I haven't had to deal with that (my son is 2 1/2 but hasn't done this). Anyway, she is old enough to understand if you say, "No milk at night," and you might just have to be really strong, refuse to get her milk, and put up with the crying for as long as it takes. My guess is at that age, once she knows you're serious about no more milk, she'll stop asking for it.
2007-01-03 16:50:55 · answer #5 · answered by KL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I Don't know about the whole Diaper thing, my daughter was out of them by 1 and a half... But try when she wakes up giving her water instead of milk. She could just be thirsty and going through a growth spurt, Giving her water instead of Milk wont hurt her, it will just make her realise that she can have a drink but she is not going to get milk and she might just realise that it isn't worth waking up for, and will solve the wetting the bed issue.
Good luck. i still have one in nappies i just got lucky with the other child;)
2007-01-03 16:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by elfsbabe 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would just give her a very little to drink and it wouldn't be milk. If it is milk she wants in the middle of the night then I would give her just a sip of water. When I say sip I mean just a very little bit. That should cut down on the amount of wetting she does also. Giving her fluids in the middle of the night isn't going to make potty training any easier either. Just remember no matter how much she cries and begs you are the Mom and for her to go with out a drink of milk in the middle of the night isn't going to hurt her; and to comfort yourself a little; just remember that she won't even remember this when she is older. It is just her way of testing you and seeing what she can get away with.
2007-01-03 16:15:50 · answer #7 · answered by dee_0076 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might try limiting her to water instead of milk in the middle of the night and maybe change her diaper when you get up in the middle of the night to give her a water bottle. Maybe she won't continually wake up in the night if you start giving her water. Children need water as much as they do milk. Also, you might try starting to potty train her instead of relying on diapers. I started potty training around the age of 2 with all of my kids and had one that was completely potty trained at 17 months old.
2007-01-03 16:18:23 · answer #8 · answered by tigkitty3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 19 mth old did this when he was around 15mths. for a couple of weeks he would wake up at the same time of night wanting milk. i'd give it to him. within a couple of weeks, he didnt want it anymore. it was just a stage or growth spurt i guess. as for the diapers, i've always used luvs or white cloud. no matter what brand tho, they can only hold so much pee lol. my son used to wake up soaked too, all the way up his shirt down to his feet, whole bed/sheet soaked. but he's grown out of it now. i'd say just give it time.
2007-01-03 18:03:23 · answer #9 · answered by bluesky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have the same problem with my two year old we use huggies but we use pull ups on her we are potty training her. She drinks alot in the night and wakes up as well. I get her up and put her on the potty and change her pull up they have night time pull ups. I don't know what else to do either. Good Luck
2007-01-03 16:08:16 · answer #10 · answered by dreamer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋