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Anonymous User
17 days ago
14mo (still) waking nightly for milk
Our 14 month old has been waking up every night for about an hour and a half at some time between 11 PM and 2 AM. She is very hungry at that time and will drink 8+ ounces of milk. We've tried to get her to eat more during the day, but it doesn’t seem to work and she’s still hungry at night. Any advice?
Anonymous
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17 days ago
I have an almost 10m boy and he still wakes up sometimes multiple times. I only breastfeed and I always feel like I’m doing soemthing wrong. So I been keeping track of how much he eats. I notice if he eats less than 20 oz he will wake up a lot. More than then I might have a breast till 5am lol. Also i believe it’s more of babies habit at that age and her being used to it. You might have to start weaning that feeding. So giving a little less milk each night and then giving water after milk has already been weaned to the last oz.
Anonymous
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16 days ago
Mine did this until around 16 months! And she stopped!!! OMG game changer. A weird thing that may have been the contributing factor for us was eliminating the bedtime bottle. It’s counterintuitive, I know, but another mom us this worked for her kid and I tried it and it did for us too! If we think she needs some more after dinner, we’ll do the bedtime bottle about 1 hour prior to bedtime. I don’t get it either, but she’s sleeping through the full night about 70% of the time. When she does wake up at night, we give her a little water.
Anonymous
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14 days ago
This is different but I had a similar issue after coming back from a vacation in Italy and jet leg / feeding schedule shifts resulting in overnight waking and hunger. We started giving a snack after bath time but before bedtime, usually one yogurt or apple sauce, and it prevented overnight wakes
Anonymous
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13 days ago
@Lauren Rabainoif we had gone to Italy this may have been worth it 😭 But seriously, thanks for the snack tip! Baby loves pouches.
Anonymous
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4 days ago
my baby did the same, and it’s completely normal. while inconvenient for you, it’s what the baby needs. they’re just hungry. my baby is now 2.5 yrs old and woke up for milk for milk regularly until about 18m. then she started just having a snack instead. she now sleeps through the night regularly but not always. being up for an hour is a long time though. If you’re not already doing so, watch the baby on a monitor and go in to feed as soon as you can tell they’re about to wake up, instead of already crying. this helped me to shorten the process of putting her back to sleep.