6 month baby HELP!?

Question

Ok baby is waking up all night doesnt need milk anymore has 3 meals a day 5 breastfeeds.
Is awake right now and crying, what am I supposed to do!

is 22.05 right now went to bed at 7.30 after full feed

I dont want to b/f feed him because he is waking up for milk out of habit and I want to get him sleeping trough the night!

FIngers crossed he has gone to sleep, for now anyway!

Hes is in his cot cryin i put him to bed at 7.30 every night

To Do your own thinking, what about my 2 and a half year and 4 year old neices who wake at night for breastfeeds still?
Do they really need it or are they just doing it out of habit? And is their mother doing the right thing?

Answer 1

Some babies aren't ready to sleep through the night yet at six months. If he's hungry, then you need to feed him. If he needs to eat to fall asleep then you need to break him of that habit, but the middle of the night usually isn't the best time for that battle. Get him used to falling asleep without the breast during the daytime when you can deal with it, then work on the nighttime.

Also, babies have different personalities. With my daughter, I started rocking her when she woke up at night and she would go back to sleep, but my son had to have things his way, so I breastfed him every night at three until he was ten months old. Trying to fight it just made us both miserable. Then he stopped on his own. You'll have to take your baby's personality into account when deciding how to deal with the situation.

A little rule of thumb: if you're both miserable, then you're doing something wrong and need to change. Babies can't change, so you're the one who has to try different things to see what works best.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

I had similar problems with my baby. He only started sleeping through once I stopped breastfeeding him. He now goes to bed at 7pm, has a bottle at 9.30pm and sleeps through until 7am. He has 4 bottle feeds a day and 3 meals. Most of my friend's babies were down to 3 bottles a day and sleeping 12 hours straight at night by 6 months. My baby has always been a bit too hungry for that.

If he really won't settle at night then maybe he is actually hungry. Is he having protein and carbs at teatime? And a dessert? Is he having a good breakfast when he wakes up? To get my baby out of the habit of night feeds (he was having way too much milk in the night and not eating solids as a result) I gave him water and sat up with him for one night so he was hungry for breakfast. The next night he slept through.
I have found the Gina Ford routines very helpful.

Answer 3

Try to rock him and pat his butt first if that doesn't work feed him!
Try giving him baby cereal at night to fill him up remember breast milk metabolizes quicker that formula so you could try to supplement him at night.
My son is 6 months old and still gets up once or twice a night to nurse hang in there!

Answer 4

Is your baby comfortable. My baby has reflux and is often uncomfortable and in pain and night. Try giving your baby a good wind to bring up any trapped gas, check he/she is not dirty. Maybe offer some cooled boiled water. Is he too hot or cold and check for a temperture for signs of illness. If you check all this and your baby is stll crying, if you have any calpol or other paracetamol suspension, give your baby a dose and if he/she calms after half and hour then you know that he/she is unwell and you can take him/her to docs as soon as possible. Hope this helps and good luck. I know how it feels and as much as you love the little one, it can be so stressful. Hang in there.

Answer 5

Try controlled crying - leaving the baby for say 5 minutes to cry, going in and settling her down, then leave her for a little longer, then a little longer.. gradually she'll get there.

Answer 6

i would feed him up during the day and spend time stimulating and playing with him as much as possible. only a short nap then in the evening bath time, cuddle/story and then bed. you could make this quite late on i.e 10.30 then you go to bed at the same time. try to be consistent but bear in mind that he could be teething or unwell. in which case that is different. I found that my child used the breast feeds for comfort during the night rather than food element. i know i shouldnt say it but how about a dummY?

Answer 7

only 5 feeds- my son is only 8 months and i assure you he still eats more than 5 feeds- breastmilk digests quickly. at 6 month i dont even think he should be eating 6 meals a day. he should be eating mroe breastmilk- he should be having way more breastmilk than solids- that is their main nutrition right now- they need the milk fat for good brain growth- so maybe that is why he is waking at night- hes not getting enough milk during the day- every baby has a different sleep schedule

Answer 8

Women say they breastfeed because it's easy (husband even brings baby to them in bed) cheap and there are no bottles to clean.
But you take the cake for being a lazy mother. Too lazy to feed 6 month old baby.

Answer 9

maybe it is not bedtime yet?? 7 is kinda early for some kids, alot of babies take a 30 minute nap or so before bedtime. Maybe baby is overtired?? when my daughter becomes over tired it takes a while for her to settle down and stay that way.

Answer 10

comfort him for a bit then try a feed is he wont take tell him its time to sleep lay him down say mummys stil here but its bed time walk away and let him cry it out, the first night he may cry for an hour the second it will drop etc just bare with it its hard but worth it my girl now sleeps through

dont get into rocking or walking round with him hel get to used to it and youl of dug yourself a grave there!!! imagine him at one and your stil rocking him to sleep!!! keep rocking for if hes ill/in strange place

also maybe his teeth are getting ready to cut give him some teething crystals

good luck to you