i've been breast feeding my daughter since she was born. she still wakes up during the night for a feed. how can i wean her off night time feeds so she stays asleep all night
2007-01-06 08:28:14 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
she is on solids and enjoys her food. eats most stuff i give her
2007-01-06 08:33:42 · update #1
Has she started eating solids yet? She may not be getting enough calories throughout the day and she is waking up at night to compensate. Start her on some solids.
2007-01-06 08:31:41 · answer #1 · answered by Mom of Three 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi, im a nursery nurse and have been asked this question so unbelievably many times before! Most of my parents at the nursery have found that the best way is to give the breat milk in a bottle (via a breast pump) and to give a little less at a time, eventually over a period of 5-6 weeks, going down to nothing at all. Also try your daughter on solids, as she may wake up because she's hungry. For any concern or immeadiate answers contact your Health Visitor
Good Luck
Lisa x
2007-01-06 08:53:04 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I weaned my daughter from night feeds at 6 months. First of all you have to make sure that shes not actually hungry otherwise you will be depriving her and she would have a right to feel upset. Most children can sleep through without the need for a feed at 6 months though. Make sure she has plenty to eat before bed. Then when she wakes at night you can use the controlled crying technique, that is to go in when she cries, stroke her head, say shhhh or its time to sleep but not too many words and then go out of the room. Return in 5 minutes and do the same thing, keep doing that maybe increasing the interval to 10 minutes and she will eventually fall asleep. You will have a few days of this but after a week max her body will learn not to wake up. It worked with my daughter after 5 days the first night I had to go back in 10 times.
2007-01-06 08:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by cigaro19 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I had the same problem with my daughter and the night feed really only stopped when I weaned her off the breast totally! Even then at 6 months I had to introduce a soother anything that gets you a nights sleep!
2007-01-09 01:51:15 · answer #4 · answered by Tinax 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i breast fed my son till 6 months, and had the same problem, in the end i realised that he didnt actually want the feed, just my company. So in the end my partner went in with a bottle of water when he woke up at night. After a few nights, he stopped waking. Obviously this only works if she is not really hungry and thats for you to work out. Sorry i couldnt be more help! Good Luck!
2007-01-06 09:04:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, in fact, many old school pediatricians reccommend feeding your child breastmilk only for the entire first year! Foods in the first 12 months are just for 'practice'... Breastmilk needs to be the main source of nutrution until she is 1... so even if you were feeding her solids, it's not like you could start giving her less breastmilk... she still needs the same ammount. If you're following the BLW technique you're doing fine. Just keep offering her bites of what you're having. Eventually she will show more of an interest and want to eat the food. I agree, the jarred puree's are NASTY.
2016-05-22 23:41:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're breastfeeding then babes prob is still feeding on demand, Rich N is right when he says a more filling formula will help to get babes to sleep through as only waking through hunger.
Also on reading the others can you imagine saying to a 7 month old we'll nurse again when Mr Sun comes up!!! Nearly weed that's so funny. I am sure my babies would have really taken that on board. What's happening to parents? Are we all insane?!
2007-01-07 23:37:51 · answer #7 · answered by emmy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a while you will have to ignore the cries,
Start leaving her to cry for a few minutes at first, then increase it slightly to 5 minutes,
She maybe just crying to get a cuddle and not out of hunger,
You have to teach her that nightime means no food- just sleep.
If she associates milk with cuddles which is what breastfeeding does, then she'll always be waking,
You basically have to stop feeding her at night,
How about water in a bottle or weak juice ??
And fill her up so much at t-time
My baby is 18 months and only just sleeping in the night,
I only give milk in the morning and at bedtime.
I assume that you will be switching to baby milk as they need it until around one year.
Try Cow + gate plus- mine have all had it, it fills them up so much,
Even if colicky, she will adjust to it
Trust me it works
2007-01-06 08:39:08 · answer #8 · answered by Elle J Morgan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best way to do this is gradually put less and less in the bottle each night, so night 1 put what she is used too, night 2 an ounce less, night 3 another ounce less, and so on. believe me this is a tried and tested method, don't just stop as she will miss the food, but a little less each night and she will realise its not worth waking up for, you may find that she stops waking for a feed after a couple of nights.
good luck.
2007-01-06 08:39:42 · answer #9 · answered by janet h 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
two things we did.
One- get daddy involved. My baby sees me at night and thinks "food" even if all he wants is comfort. However, daddy can only provide comfort. Our baby knows this and content to be comforted by daddy, when that is all he wants. He then goes back to sleep without associating food with sleep. If he is hungry I can feed him.
Two- give her some solid food at bedtime. this will stay in her belly longer and improve the chances she won't wake up hungry.
Hope it helps. Don't worry it resolves.
2007-01-06 08:39:31 · answer #10 · answered by Janice M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋