He eats plenty of food during the day and brings a bottle before he goes to sleep. But he still wakes up like 2-3 times and wants his bottle. Some time i give him a bottle of water but he doesn't want it he wants his milk and he drinks it all. What can I do to make him stop waking up at night. Pls give me some advise.
Good question. My 2 year old does the same thing. The difference is that she would rather drink than eat. I have given her something small to eat just before bed to help. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.
Angela,
My 9 month old gets a jar of food with a little rice cereal and a bottle at bedtime and sleeps through the night. Try a little food and a bottle before bed. A little more food won't hurt, especially if he is hungry!
I had this problem with my son when he was one. My doctor gave me some great advice that worked. He said to start watering down his bottle. Start off with 3/4 milk and 1/4 water for a week. Then 1/2 and 1/2 the next, and so on and so on. Then he will be down to just water. After a week of the water my son gave up. And slept through the night. My doctor said that he wasn't really hungary, just wnated the comfort of it. Try this and see if it helps. And DON'T give in if he wont drink the water.
My daughter just recently turned one and has been doing the same thing. I dont have any advice, because I have no idea what to do either. I wanted to let you know your not the only one. Im interested in seeing what advice others have.
Oh by the way I (well with my husbands help) have gotten rid of her bottles. But, in the night I use the nubby sippy cup ~Almost the same thing.
I used to have the same problem with my daughter and the doctor told me to just stop giving her a bottle. I did stop giving her a bottle in the middle of the night, but I also increased the amount I would give her right before bed. It will be rough going until he gets used to the idea of no bottle in the middle of the night, but trust me he is not starving. I think it took about 2 weeks for my daughter to get the idea and we have no problems since.
My daughter is 13 months and we just went through that awful battle. It wasn't that she really WANTED the bottle, but she was USED to waking up and having the bottle. I started by taking the bottle away from her during the day and from her naps. Then I just took it totally away from her in the night...we had a few rough nights, but eventually she got used to the no bottle nights and is now sleeping completely through the night (except for nights when she's teething and she gets up for oragel!!). I'll be praying for you and good luck with it!! If you need any more help my email is ____@____.com.
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We went through the same thing! After waking up in the middle of the night due to ear infections we would get him back to sleep with milk. He became used to it and expected it even after he wasn't sick. We offered him water, and rocked him. He through fits, but we did not give in. At this point our lives were becoming unmanageable due to the lack of sleep in our house and we were desperate. We would put him back in bed and let him scream it out sometimes going back in 15 min. later if he was still screaming to offer water and rock him again. After a couple nights, he stopped waking up expecting milk. We also would put some rice cereal in his bottle before bed if he hadn't eaten much that evening to fill him up and add some extra nutrition.
Put two tablespoons of baby ceral in his bottle with the milk and it will fill him up more.
With Isabella who will be 2 in Jan. I didn't take her off the bottle til about 18 months. The dr told me to take it away and not to ever give them back. So, I took all the bottles and put them out of her sight. They're in the cabinet and I took like 2 and showed her I was throwing them away and told her she's a big girl now. We had a problem with her sleeping through the night but the dr said that if she wakes up just let her cry. It will train her to know that its night time and time to sleep. So we did it took a couple of days of hubby saying "leave her alone she's got to learn" and now she does pretty good through the night. Now if I can just get her to sleep in lol.
My son was ADDICTED to his bottle... I knew that I was going to have a hard time weaning him b/c he would get a bottle right before bed and when he woke up we used it to get him back to sleep...to get him off the bottle we started giving him a cup during the day and he only got a bottle at night...we then moved to all cup and we also increased the his food intake to prevent him from wanting a bottle if he woke up..when he did he just cried it out..it was SOOOO hard but now he sleeps through the night and does not ask for his bottle..it's been almost 7 months
I've posted this reply a dozen times. Buy and read "No Cry Sleep Solution" it addresses this issue w/ babies and toddlers. Worked for us, our 8 month old has slept 11 hours w/o a bottle since 6 months old... the only time he has woke for a bottle in the last 2 months was when he had a terrible cold and hadn't ate well during the day. Outside of those 2 nights... nothing :) not a peep... all without having him 'cry it out'.
Good luck!
Maybe you could try giving him a snack right before he goes to bed. Something that counts as a protein. It will take longer for that to digest so if it's that he is hungry he won't be as hungry during the night. Besides, having that bottle in the night isn't good for his teeth. You may also try just getting rid of the bottle all together. If he isn't hungry and is just used to having it it couldn't hurt. Have a little celebration and let him be a big boy and throw it away. Good Luck..
What ever you do, do NOT NOT NOT put cereal in the bottle!!!! No Pediatrician would EVER recomend that. Not only is it gross, but it is not healthy. PLEASE do not do that!!
Also, do you put him in the crib with a bottle? That's not good for his teeth. Also, once you warm up the bottle (in hot water, NEVER the microwave) it is only good for two hours, once he drinks from the bottle it is only good for one hour. Babies should ALWAYS be held while drinking a bottle. It is meant to be a time of bonding. My first child was bottle fed, and I didnt have to wean her- she got to the point where she didn't think it was worth sitting in my lap for! She preferred the cup because she was aloud to walk around with it! My now 9 month old is nursed, so obviously she doesnt walk around with it! LOL!
Anyhow- I would not just stop giving it to him. I know some Dr.'s say that. I think I would just look at it as one more chance to cuddle. I know it sucks, but he may still need that. I am assuming at a year old he is eating regular food? Make sure he has a nice, healthy dinner, high in protien, and then a healthy snack. Maybe even give him a CUP of milk right before bed... and before teeth brushing. This might help.
Good luck!
My son was the same way and the pediatrican said that with his last bottle try some yogurt instead. It's more filling if he is still on formula then maybe some baby yogurt. It really helped my son. He still woke up but we just didn't give him that bottle. At the age of one we were told that they do not need that bottle. I don't know when you are planning on switching to soilds or if you have but those always help hold them longer. I hope this helps a little
My pediatrician wanted my son off milk at during the night at 8 months so I did the watering down gradually and that worked and at the same time I switched him over to the nuby sippy cups. I'm now switching him over to regular sippy cups because he's learned to chew the nipples off the nubys. Good Luck!
try mixing a little baby food and cereal together and give it to him with his last bottle thats how i got my to sleep all night.
