how can i……

my 13 month old still gets up to have a bottle at night. its not abnormal. i know its tiring, but you really cant force sleeping through the night.

monty123 wrote:

There are lots of things you can try, but consistancy will be the key…

1. you could try thinning out the bottle, (more water less formula) until you are all water, and then he may just give it up.

2. As long as weight is not an issue and he doesn’t need that feeding to keep his weight up, you could do some of the pick up-put down methods (help me out, moms!) some of the moms here have done and had success with.

3. We did CIO when we knew reflux was under control and that feeding wasn’t needed, and within three nights, both boys had given it up and we all slept through the night…

Some babies do take longer than others to sleep through, but you can definitely try some things to see if it is behavioral/habitual, or needed.

I’m sure other moms will chime in!

Ann Marie

wow that sounds really cruel

on the left hand column, click on sleep problems, too.

“Use discernment about advice that promises a sleep-through-the-night more convenient baby, as these programs involve the risk of creating a distance between you and your baby and undermining the mutual trust between parent and child. On the surface, baby training sounds so liberating, but it’s a short-term gain for a long-term loss. You lose the opportunity to know and become an expert in your baby. Baby loses the opportunity to build trust in his caregiving environment. You cease to value your own biological cues and judgment and follow the advice of someone who has no biological attachment, nor investment, in your infant.

Clicking into the cry-it-out method also keeps you from continuing to search for medical or physical causes of nightwaking, such as GER and food allergies. Nightfeedings is normal; frequent nightwaking is not. “

I like the idea of thinning out the bottle with water. If it switches to all water and he wakes up screaming in an hour or two, then you know that he still needs his night time feeding. If he drinks the water then sleeps through the rest of the night he doesn’t need the feeding. If he doesn’t drop it himself, then you can look at the pick up/put down methods or try CIO.