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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 8:43 pm
I nursed for 6 months and now Im giving formula. My baby is used to waking up at night to eat so even now that I'm giving her formula she still wakes up a few times. How do I train her to sleep through the night and how do I know if shes really not hungry?
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amother
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 8:45 pm
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abaker
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 8:50 pm
Not water for a 6 month old. The baby is probably still hungry at night. Water is fine with solids but not in place of a bottle of formula or breast milk.
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amother
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 8:58 pm
I thought Im allowed to give water from 6 months
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amother
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 9:32 pm
I offer a full feeding 2 hours before bedtime and then another full feeding at bedtime to totally fill her tummy.
In the middle of the night she gets a pacifier if she wakes up. If that's not enough, it's a small bottle- not a full feeding.
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trixx
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 9:42 pm
Give a pacifier and if he keeps waking then he's hungry. Give a small amount and then pacifier again. Repeat.
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amother
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 10:15 pm
abaker wrote: | Not water for a 6 month old. The baby is probably still hungry at night. Water is fine with solids but not in place of a bottle of formula or breast milk. |
A 6 month old baby shouldn’t need to feed in middle of the night and is likey waking out of habit.
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amother
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 10:24 pm
amother [ Aubergine ] wrote: | A 6 month old baby shouldn’t need to feed in middle of the night and is likey waking out of habit. |
As I posted on another thread, I don't like "should" rules for babies.
Some of my babies managed an 8-10 hour stretch at this age, some only 6 hours before needing to eat again.
Look at the baby, not the clock or the book. If baby is hungry, feed the baby.
(If it is really a habit, here is a way that might work to stop it: Sit near the room, doing a quiet activity that you can interrupt at a moment's notice. As soon as you hear baby starting to wake up, IMMEDIATELY go and do whatever you usually do to get baby to go to sleep - shushing, rocking, patting, etc. This should keep them from waking up entirely. After a few days, they should stop waking up habitually.)
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amother
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 10:26 pm
amother [ Amethyst ] wrote: |
(If it is really a habit, here is a way that might work to stop it: Sit near the room, doing a quiet activity that you can interrupt at a moment's notice. As soon as you hear baby starting to wake up, IMMEDIATELY go and do whatever you usually do to get baby to go to sleep - shushing, rocking, patting, etc. This should keep them from waking up entirely. After a few days, they should stop waking up habitually.) |
Sit near the room all night??
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amother
Amethyst
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 10:28 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote: | Sit near the room all night?? |
If baby usually wakes up at 10:00, starting from 9:45, sit near the room.
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amother
Oak
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 10:43 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote: | I nursed for 6 months and now Im giving formula. My baby is used to waking up at night to eat so even now that I'm giving her formula she still wakes up a few times. How do I train her to sleep through the night and how do I know if shes really not hungry? |
Not sure why you think the switch to formula will make a difference - except that there is an unlimited supply available. Can you encourage her to drink more before bedtime?
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amother
Orchid
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 10:45 pm
All my babies still woke at 6 months for feedings. I think most babies don't sleep through the night at that age. If baby is not hungry, baby won't eat.
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tichellady
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 11:00 pm
There are lots of different opinions on this from you must feed baby to you must not feed baby. I would start by talking to the pediatrician and seeing what he/she thinks based on baby’s development and weight. If you want to keep night feeding, that’s fine and normal. If you don’t and the doctor is ok with it- you should do sleeptraining with nightweaning. You can get a book on it- I like “ the happy sleeper”, choose a method and stick to it. It will probably take a few nights to two weeks and then should work.
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amother
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Thu, Sep 26 2019, 11:27 pm
amother [ Oak ] wrote: | Not sure why you think the switch to formula will make a difference - except that there is an unlimited supply available. Can you encourage her to drink more before bedtime? |
Formula is thicker and more filling. Therefore they dont need to drink as often.
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FranticFrummie
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Fri, Sep 27 2019, 4:52 am
6 months is old enough to put some instant rice cereal in a bottle before bedtime. It's just filling enough to keep the baby's tummy full until morning. DD didn't sleep through until we started this, and it was like a switch was flipped!
Your baby may be going through a growth spurt, and a little extra fortified baby cereal might be exactly what's needed right now. DD's growth spurt was so drastic that she jumped from a size 6 month to 12 months clothes, completely skipping the 9 month clothes. A friend of mine with a 9 month old was delighted to get all the brand new clothes that still had the tags on.
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banana123
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Thu, Oct 03 2019, 1:35 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote: | I thought Im allowed to give water from 6 months |
Not in those quantities. In small quantities together with solids, yes. A small quantity after a nursing session has filled baby's tummy, yes. A bottle of water to sate thirst, no.
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banana123
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Thu, Oct 03 2019, 1:36 pm
amother [ OP ] wrote: | Formula is thicker and more filling. Therefore they dont need to drink as often. |
That's true but it is completely normal for babies to need night feedings even at one year. Offering formula is not usually a solution for eliminating night feedings. Your baby may simply not be ready to give them up. It is tough (believe me....I know....) but it is normal. This, too, shall pass.
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abaker
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Thu, Oct 03 2019, 8:35 pm
Forget the "should" rules for sure. My babies have eaten during the night until approx 18 months old. Always breastfeed which I know digests quicker, but it's very possible a 6 month old actually is hungry in the middle of the night, even on formula.
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amother
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Thu, Oct 03 2019, 8:45 pm
This was 25 yrs ago. LOL
But I use to feed the last bottle at 11:30/12
This way I got at least 5-6 hrs sleep
Also, I’m not sure how pediatricians feel about this today, so, please ask before doing this
PLEASE ASK BEFORE DOING THIS!!!
I was told to put a scoop full of cereal into the bottle to keep the baby full longer.
PLEASE ASK YOUR PEDIATRICIAN BEFORE DOING THIS!!!
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