What age did bubs stop night feeds? (comfort) [Archive] - Bub Hub Pregnancy & Parenting Forum

Milliner

08-10-2006, 11:05

At what age did your bub stop night BF's??? Even if it was a comfort feed to get them back to sleep.

DS is nearly 9 months and will still wake at night and the only way I can get him to calm down and go back to sleep is to pop him on the boob.

So what age did you stop this????

lukaelmo

08-10-2006, 11:13

I stopped at 12 months. And I say I, because the dude would have kept going 'till he was 18 lol. He started to self wean during the day, so I thought okay, you don't need it at night then. Saying that now I feel bad, but I was (am) pregnant with number 2, and the constant night wakings were getting too much. So I said no more, and send DP in to comfort him at night. After two nights he started sleeping through.

jess_live_die

08-10-2006, 11:13

my 1st daughter stopped her night feeds at 8 weeks old wen she started sleeping through the night and my 2nd daughter at 3 days old stopped night feeds wen she started sleeping through the night.:yelclap:

mumofcaleb

08-10-2006, 11:25

Our little man sometimes still wakes for a night feed and other nights he sleeps through. He's 11 months and I think I'll stop the night feeds altogether when he turns 1.

meme

08-10-2006, 11:53

my bub still feed 1,2 or 3 times a night at 15mths. she still seems to need to i think. i don't care if it's for comfort or nutrition as i think it's both important.
i will lbe hopoing she is ready to wean soon though and as she gets more verbal i will soon be encouraging her that the *buta's* are tired and need to sleep at night...:laughing:
can't wait:smiliedance:

my 1st bub i was ready at 9mths and weaned her from nights, my second somewhere around 13/14/15mths i think. they are all so different.
good luck.

Bearskin

08-10-2006, 12:15

DD is 11 months tomorrow and the last 2 nights she has slept through, which is new and I don't expect it to last. Once she starts teething again she will probably wake during the night.

To be honest, it doesn't bother me to feed during the night, even for comfort. If DD wakes and needs a feed back to sleep its a lot quicker than trying to soothe and rock her or shush/pat her back to sleep.

Its always been my opinion that if DD has woken during the night, she needs something. Might be hunger, might have sore gums/tummy or might have had a nightmare and needs some reassurance. Breastfeeding is the easiest way to comfort and reassure her.

Milliner

08-10-2006, 12:30

It's not that I have a problem with BF back to sleep for comfort it's just that you have people telling you "oh no he shouldn't be doing this at his age" It is just so much easier for everyone if I just BF when he wakes.

Bearskin

08-10-2006, 16:37

I know what you mean, mum2bailey. Family are always saying comments like, "Does she really need to feed at night?" but for me, it is just so much quicker and easier to get up, half asleep, feed DD on couch and straight back to bed.

I only worry about it when mum is minding DD for me; I worry if she wakes up and I am not there that mum might have a hard time settling her again but last time mum had DD at night, she woke twice and mum just cuddled her back to sleep.

Areca

08-10-2006, 16:58

I'm planning on stopping next weekend...providing her weight gain is good when we get checked on Wednesday (we've had issues). If it's a struggle I'll keep feeding but it only took one night of not offering the breast for her second feed and then she slept straight through that one. She's doing the same thing with her middle of the night feed as she was with the second feed....very quick feed, hardly sucking at all.
DD is 10 months. I think all babies are different so you have to read your own baby.

Issey

08-10-2006, 17:17

I stopped night feeds with DS at 9 months as I believe it was a sleep association problem, couldn't go back to sleep without the boob! :banghead: I had enough of getting up 3 times a night when I am working part-time so I saw a paediatritian and decided to do control crying, on the third night DS was sleeping from 7.30pm - 5.30am. He still wakes during the night on occassions but can get himself back to sleep within 5 minutes.

I take him into bed with me at 5.30 and b/f him and he has a feed before going to bed too but have stopped the other feeds which are supplimented now with formula during the day.

On saying that if getting up once a night isn't bothering you I wouldn't worry too much. But I need my sleep :sleeping: :sleeping:

cheezelkat

08-10-2006, 17:22

Hi Mel,

I'm still feeding DS through the night - it's the only way to get him to sleep. I find it easier to lie to others and tell them he's sleeping through :)

NZMama

09-10-2006, 12:11

Baby stopped asking for night feeds at 5 1/2 months old which I have to admit I was relieved about. I need my sleep. Shes been sleeping through ever since

S.e.m

11-10-2006, 16:10

MY DD is 15months and is still feeding at night sometimes 2, 3 or 4 times a night.. Everyone else thinks that this is a problem and she shouldn't be doing this but i say it not a problem for me... So what you should ask yourself is, is feeding her a problem for you or the people around you?
I also find if she eat really well during the day she will not wake up as much at night..

lovingmotheract

14-01-2007, 21:01

i stoped at 5months as she was having food in the day time so stoped giving her a feed at night.

the_queen

14-01-2007, 21:42

Mine is 8 months, I give him a dreamfeed when I go to bed at around 11pm, and he doesn't wake after that. It is a gentle way of me being in control of the situation :laughing: It works better for me than being woken up. If I didn't do this feed, he'd wake at around midnight-1am anyway (there've been a couple nights lately where I've still been awake at this time, and he has woken), so I am just pre-empting it. And I get 6+ hours sleep in a row.

I agree with the others who have said just lie to other people about it :D Really, whose business is it?? My (ex) husband is 32 and he doesn't sleep through the night yet :laughing: He's up in the middle of the night every night for a drink.

Do you co-sleep at all? I find it makes things so much easier. He has woken at around 2 or 3 ish, a few nights (teething, or when it's very hot) and he scootches himself over to me, I lift my tshirt, and he attaches himself while I go back to sleep :D

~PurplePaganPrincess~

14-01-2007, 21:49

21 months and still lovin his comfort feeds :)

One day I'll get to have a snuggle with hubby again... one day!

Fitmumma

14-01-2007, 21:56

Do you co-sleep at all? I find it makes things so much easier. He has woken at around 2 or 3 ish, a few nights (teething, or when it's very hot) and he scootches himself over to me, I lift my tshirt, and he attaches himself while I go back to sleep :D

I find this works well for me too, My DD wakes 2-3 times a night & I do the same thing, although I dont know if I am sleeping properly while she is feeding as I am always sooo tired:D

the_queen

14-01-2007, 21:56

I think it's kinda curious - Snuggling with our little bubba's for 2 years is considered "odd" or whatever, like it's "too long" but when a marriage lasts for only 2 years it's considered very very short. :detective:

Bubby's are little for such a short time, I plan on soaking up every possible minute of baby-goodness!! (Mine is asleep on my lap right now! Every breath I take is Curtis-scented :yes: )

Funkychicken

14-01-2007, 22:44

Milliner

14-01-2007, 22:54

Well Update Bailey has just turned 1 and we are still having night feeds it's normally at about 3am once he gets up then I just leave him with us lucky we have a king size bed.

We just tell everyone now that he sleeps all night bla bla bla.

And to the queen what a beautiful post. :hugs:

stilldreaming

14-01-2007, 23:19

dd is 8 months and still feeds 1-2 times a night. It doesn't bother me as ds was the same....mind you he stopped himself just after 8 months. I can't see this happening for dd....she loves boob.:D

SilverStarfish

14-01-2007, 23:25

Sarah wakes once between 11pm and 6am, and I did have myself in a bit of a panic over it for a while - and it was probably mostly because "everyone" said she should be sleeping through by now.

Then I read Pinky McKay's book, and I realised that it's no big deal. Once a night I can handle, and its usually a quick feed then she's snoozing again.

Yeay boobies :smiliedance:

camcat

14-01-2007, 23:36

I cut out DS night feed @ 6 mths or so. I checked with the child health nurse and she said by then they don't need night feeds so is up to parents whether to do them or not. Doing sleep feeds earlier in evening b4 I went to bed didn't work (he'd wake up) and I was struggling as I never seem to fall asleep before 12 or 1 am and so was extra tired from getting woken up within couple of hours. The first night I decided to see how hw went I went in and put his dummy in when he woke and he went straight back to sleep. The next night (and every night since) he's slept straight through from 7 pm till 6.30-7.30 am, and I'm thankful to be getting some sleep.

If I wouldn't have been so tired I prob would have kept doing till he chose to stop, but it hasn't seemed to bother him. Do whatever is right for you and your little guy and you can't go wrong :)