8 Month Old Only Breastfeeding At Night

Hi Shaaista Been a parent is the worlds hardest job sometimes we get things wrong and sometimes we get things right. The third night took about 15 mins and then regular night waking stopped.

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This means that their calorie needs decrease and they begin breastfeeding closer to every 4 hours rather than every 2-3 hours.

8 month old only breastfeeding at night. Hello My 7 and a half month old has started to cut down the amount of times per day he is breastfeeding since I introduced solids at 6 months. My 8-month-old baby wont sleep through the night. By this time many breastfed babies start to sleep longer such as 6-8 hours over night.

Its up to you to decide how you want to play it. Its normal for all babies to wake during the night. The norm is whatever works for you - some 9 month olds dont have any night feeds some have one or two some have lots.

Moms should either breastfeed or give formula milk. A baby needs a certain number of calories during the day and if he gets some at night he wont eat more during the day and if he doesnt eat more during the day he needs it at night. She used to sleep through the night but now she wakes up every 3-4 hours sometimes even more often and will cry hysterically until I pick her up.

Dont forget the breast milk or formula. You are not alone I see from your post that your 8 month old wakes regularly in the night to feed. I typically recommend at least an attempt at night-weaning by 8-9 months old or sooner if you feel your baby is ready because at some point sometimes it is a chicken and egg problem.

Very rarely I get her calm by rubbing her back or belly. My advice to you is to gradually decrease your feedings throughout the night. After all they just doubled their birth weight whew and now they intend to triple their weight by 1 year in the next 8 months.

3 Really it depends on what you call sleeping through the night says Cathy. Once they are on solids they no longer biologically need night feeds. Its time for the baby to wake for the first feed of the day.

The first few nights that took about 40 mins and I was so close to screw it Ill just feed him. Here are few tips to keep in mind while feeding your 8-month-old baby. I did not understand how anybodys baby could be eating little to nothing at these ages.

Some foods make the muscles between the stomach and mouth tube esophagus relax more than. Only you are the correct judge of the amount of time is right to continue breastfeeding. Many mothers feel guilty for breastfeeding their baby for comfort or as they drift off to sleep.

Sample 8 Month Old Feeding Schedule 630-700 AM. This can happen in the wee hours of the night if your child ate something that may trigger acid reflux. For this reason a night waking breastfed infant tends to require less overall parental input at night than a child who is formula fed.

At eight months your child needs about 750 to 900 calories per day from which 400 to 500 calories should come from formula or breast milk approximately 720 ml or 24 ounces per day. I have not supplemented with any other milk cow goat etc because Griff is getting 16-20 ounces a day of breast milk which is plenty. He eats 3 solid meals each day mixture of home made finger foods and mashed foods - aprox 2-3 ice tray cubes each meal depending on his appetite and I bf him 4-5 times 5 at a push and he just wriggles and blows.

It is of course reasonable to expect your 20 lb 8 month old to make it through the night- you should absolutely expect it but his expectations are reasonable as well since youve continued to nurse him through the night. For any parent who has both bottle and breastfed the ease of being able to breastfeed instantly compared with the time taken to make up and cool a bottle of milk is obvious. Breastfeeding your child to sleep and for comfort is not a bad thing to do in fact its normal healthy and developmentally appropriate.

However they may well need or want them for lots of other reasons as pp have said above. My second and third began eating around 7 8 months using baby-led weaning and by 9 months were eating quite a lot and also nursing quite a lot. In between hes eating a good amount of food mostly fruits vegetables whole yogurt cottage cheese raw cheeses and some soaked or sprouted grains.

He is NOT hungry he is waking out of habit. The benefits of breastfeeding dont magically stop at 12 months says Ciagne. Then she will only calm down if I nurse her.

If you truly believe its time to stopno matter the agethen thats the right choice for you. When will my breastfed baby sleep through the night. Some babies will continue to space out their breastfeeding sessions as they approach this milestone birthday nursing 4-5 times during the day and once or more during the night.

As your little one begins to explore the tastes and textures of more solid foods and consume more of them at each sitting you may notice your little one begining to nurse less frequently in. The majority of one- to six-month-old babies consume a fifth of their daily milk intake at night so these feeds are important to ensure they get enough calories. Its difficult to say how much milk a breastfed baby should have because.

It may help if we try to explore some of your concerns together to see if we can give you some possible ideas to help you move forward and get some. Most babies nurse to sleep and wake 1-3 times during the night for the first year or so. If you and baby are still enjoying it keep going.

Maja00 Mon 19-Aug-13 220806. I kept feeding DD at night until 8 months and then as I was losing my sanity adn she was eating well I stopped. My disclaimer is that at this stage he was only having one night feed so might take a bit longer for you but actually one night feed is quite do-able.

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