thread: When did you stop feeding (breast) your baby overnight?

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    BellyBelly Life Member - Love all your MCN friends
    Add Gigi on Facebook

    Jun 2004
    The Festival State
    3,008

    my dd is two

    she feeds to sleep around 8pm

    she wakes up around midnight/1am and needs a proper feed before she can go back to sleep until breakfast time.

    i really think it depends on the individual bub.

    she needed feeds every two - three hours until 18 months old. i found that exhausting. really helps if your partner is supportive. to bring baby to you in bed etc.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Oct 2007
    157

    My seven month old still feeds at least twice between 11pm and 6am, often more than that. I am not sure whether it's hunger or comfort, but when he nurses he chows down a full meal. I don't feed to sleep, I always put him down awake...

  3. #3
    BellyBelly Member
    Add Tobily on Facebook

    May 2004
    Brisbane
    1,814

    My daughter stopped overnight feeds of her own accord at 10 weeks old.

    My son only recently stopped them just after his second birthday when he finally began to sleep through all night. I didn't change anything, he just stopped waking up.

    Look out in the morning though, the second his feet hit the floor he is straight into my bed to catch up

  4. #4
    Registered User
    Add Dragonbub on Facebook

    Feb 2006
    Perth WA
    900

    DS stopped at 12 weeks when he slept through, but took them up again at 6 months through to about 12 months. But then it was only once and he went straight back to sleep again. TBH I really loved that time of the night when it was just the two of us snuggled up together.

  5. #5
    Registered User
    Add Marlene on Facebook

    Jul 2007
    Dapto, Illawarra...NSW
    2,009

    My DS is 9 months and still has one "real" feed during the night and sometimes a couple more to settle. (don't get much sleep in this house).

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Jul 2005
    Sydney
    7,896

    My DD 'stopped' bfing overnight quite young, less than 6 mths. She then started again at about 14-16 mths and didn't 'stop' for a few months. In the end, as she was doing it out of habit and hadn't done it for so long (which was playing havoc with my sleep since I had to work some days!), I introduced a cup of water instead and if that distracted her, she wouldn't have a bf. Once she was taking that the majority of the time I got a bit firmer and wouldn't let her, but she was well and truly approaching 2 by this stage.

  7. #7
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jun 2005
    Blue Mountains
    5,086

    15 months for DS, and I weaned him off the night feeds by offering water instead. I mainly did it because I was pregnant.

    DD is still feeding through the night.. full on feeds. Am thinking about offering water soon to see if I can wean her off the night feeds.