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

[Jac]

When did your baby stop overnight feeds - ie. no feed between 10/11pm-6am and did they do it on their own or did you encourage them to stop? Does anyone know what is considered average?

My DS stopped at around 9 weeks however my almost 5 mth old DD is still waking to be fed at least once more during the night. Is that usual for her age? I am not talking about "feeding to sleep" as a settling method, which can occur for many months I'm sure, but actually being hungry and unable to go back to sleep unless fed IYKWIM.

TIA!

[Sammiejane]

Hi Jac,

MJ stopped around 9 weeks and was sleeping approx 10-12hrs a night...
However around 7months she must have gone through a growth spurt and started to need it again, sometimes 2 feeds overnight.
At 10 months i stopped offering unless she was very upset or seemed hungry, i.e. i would try resettling first instead of just getting her up and giving her a feed... in the first week i think that she would have a feed every second night, the following week she had one feed and now she doesnt have any feeds (though she still wakes twice at night - but settles back to sleep within 5 mins with minimal fuss)

I think when she started she NEEDED the feeds, but it became a habit and she ended up using it tp go off to sleep, but also in this time we had a bout of Gastro and she again needed the feeds overnight and then we were away camping where it was so cold at night she again NEEDED the feeds as she was probably using so much energy keeping warm.

HTH

[feeb]

my 7 month old still feeds most nights overnight at least once sometimes 2.

He wont settle any other way. Feeds to sleep

[onthefly]

My DS still does. Sometimes it's just to settle, but he does generally have at least one 'real' feed each night.
I think it's still pretty common at 5 months. They're all different so you just have to use your judgement for your baby as to when they need it or don't.

[little_Miss_Chez]

my dd still wakes every hour on the hr and shes 13 months and ive tried everything

[jackrose]

I stopped offering feeds overnight at 10 months as DD was waking every half hour for feeds (actually feeding to resettle more than needing a feed) on the advice of a nurse. After a night or two of issues, DD was fine and slept much better. If I was to do it all again with her, I would have started to drop night feeds at about 8 months.

[indie24]

My DD stopped feeding over night at 3 months and for the last 2 weeks has picked up a night feed again. Not sure how long it will last. HTH.

[rufalina]

My DS dropped the 3am feed at about 5.5 - 6 months. So was going from 11pm to 8am by 6 months. And he self weaned that one... He just stopped waking up in the night for it. He tried to reinstate it about two weeks after he dropped it, but I was able to resettle without the boob, and we have not looked back.

But.... after he dropped the 3am feed, I weaned him to a bottle (ff) gradually over the next month...