Weaning 7 month old of night feeding - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

Arls1 · 04-26-2007, 06:25 PM

Hi,

I am just wondering when you start weaning your baby off the night feeding, I am feeding him every 4 hrs in the day and he is taking solids 3 times a day and I am not sure if I should be weaning him of the bottle at night.

Thanks

Tinkerbelle1 · 04-27-2007, 06:35 AM

At my son's 4 month appointment the doctor told us it was fine for him to sleep through the night without eating. As of his 6 month appointment he was still waking up on his own to eat. The doc told us that he doesn't need to eat in the middle of the night and had us stop that feeding. If he wakes up we now quickly comfort him back to sleep. The doc also said that at this age we should never wake him up to eat at night because he will begin to develop a habit and wake automatically every night. Hope that helps a little.

neshee · 04-27-2007, 08:36 AM

I always gave DD a bottle (or nursed) right before bedtime. Then, she had a tummy full before bed, which helped her sleep longer. At about 4 month, when I introduced her to cereal, I added some to her formula at night too. Enough to make it thicker, but not impossible to suck through the nipple. I just bought fast flow nipples so that it was easier for her to get. She loved this, and it really helped wean her off from middle of the night feedings. This happened quickly and soon after she was sleeping 6-8 hours straight with out a feeding. Good luck. This is difficult ( and most peds don't recommend the cereal thing, but it really worked and I will do it again with this one coming too!).

Sometimes mother's intuition has to override what the docs say.