Novalac Sweet Dreams Formula for sleeping through???
We are having so many issues with our little almost 10 month old sleeping. As yet we have had 2 nights (out of 10 months) of full uninterrupted blissful sleep. Then the teeth started coming and that went out the window. Now i'm not even sure if it's the teeth waking him up as every time he wakes he guzzles down more milk and then goes back to sleep. Some nights I feed him about 4 times in the night, that is after having his quota of bottles in the day, plus his 3 solid meals, and then some nights I even add in a dream feed around 9.30pm hoping it will take us through, but still no luck. So last night I tried to give him a bottle of Novalac Sweet Dreams formula before bed, he would not take it, so when he woke at around 10pm I gave it to him then, and he drank most of it. But we still woke around 4 times to feed again. Has anyone used this formula and been successful in getting the little ones to sleep through???? And if so, did you use this formula exclusively. I am using Bellamys Organic formula through the day and thought I would just use this as the night time feed, but will be happy to switch if it gets us some sleep
In my humblest of opinion, the type of formula you feed you son won't be linked to how you son sleeps at night. My son was a crap sleeper. We tried everything - changing routines, formula's, food, settling techniques, you name it. Nothing really helped immediately.
In hindsight (not that he's a good sleeper now, but he is better) the only thing that helped my son's sleep at night was time and growing older. We bought a king sized bed to help us get some sleep and most nights now he's in with us following his first wake. We are just doing what we need to do to get through the day. He sleeps better with us, so we sleep better, so everyone wins.
I know it's a horrid thing to have a crappy sleeper. Lots of adults are also poor sleepers.
I hope someone else can pop in with their suggestions on formula.
We've also had him in the bed with us some nights, but DP is not a fan. So we've moved him into our room, but still in his cot hoping that would help, but he's still just as bad. The only upside of this is that I don't have far to go on these cold winter nights to settle/feed him when he wakes.
I don't have advice on the formula, but for my little one it was only time that changed her sleep habits. I still haven't had a full nights sleep, but in the past month it seems to have clicked that sleep is not the enemy.
In my opinion you either have a good sleeper or dreadful sleeper (being polite there) sorry to say all the changing of formulas is more than likely not going to help the situation and i might even upset his tummy. DS1 was my dream sleeper from very early on (2 x 2hr day time sleeps and all night as well) then DS2 is now 2.5yrs and wakes still at least once a night on a good night and if he is upset, teething or has a broken finger nail - literally LOL it could be several times a night but i have just learnt to deal with it and not stress and try and find away to stop it constantly. On a plus note because i am so used to DS2 waking i reckon i'm in a pretty good head space for when i'm up feeding a newborn
Yeh, i tend to agree that i dont think the formula would make a difference. Ill tell you what i did with all 3 of my kids who are all sleeping through and have since babies.. dont feed them when they wake. Try and resettle them for as long as you can first and make a bottle the very very last resort. Give them a dummy, pat them etc.. everything you can do without actually picking them up. If he wont stop crying or whatever, then if you need to, pick them up and rock or whatever until he settles and put them back to bed. If that fails, give them a drink of water, and again only it you need to. I would really persist with this before you give a bottle as he may only be using it as a comfort and wanting it out of habit, not because hes actually hungry.. as like yourself, once they are that age, they dont need to feed all night in order to keep asleep. It may be a few sleepless nights for you at first as its break of routine, but once he realises hes not going to get the bottle, he more than likely will just settle himself back to sleep. But stick at it hun.. as i said, it worked for all of my babies. xx
Novalac Sweet Dreams Formula for sleeping through???
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