demand feeding and got 7mnth old baby to sleep through the night!

[bec293]

thanks Blackstar, I'm going to try this! I don't eat meat so I don't get much protein in my diet but I'll make an effort to now My bub has never slept through the night, so it will be very interesting to see what happens!

[buliej]

I never thought about it, but I'm demand feeding (not co-sleeping though so I don't know if that would make it harder), but DS at 6 months is now sleeping from 7pm-9am with a feed at anywhere between 9pm-11pm (well, this may not qualify as demand...I go in and feed him) and between 6:30am-7am (when he "demands") and we never did any "training"....but I do eat a decent amount of protein at each meal (but not too much as I'm doing Weight Watchers at the moment - so it's pretty healthy protein and reasonable serving sizes). I don't know if this qualifies for sleeping through, but I think it's pretty good. Oh - and this is true most nights of late...but not all...last night was not fun at 4am.

You may be on to something.

[blackstar]

I'm vegetarian too, but thought I got enough protein with eggs, dairy, soy etc. But 30g per meal is actually quite a bit to get when you don't eat meat. Actually, I don't think a lot of women who eat meat would even get that much. For me, the protein supplement from the health food shop has been a really easy thing to add to my diet. There's 29g in 2 scoops, which I just put in a smoothie. I have to admit it doesn't taste great, & it was $30ish for the jar, but it lasts a while & I don't have to worry about eating eggs for every meal!

[*TripleJ*]

i noticed bub sleeps better depending wat i eat and after chicken and eggs she sleeps more

[buliej]

hmm - i eat eggs everyday and either chicken or fresh fish for dinner every night...sometimes red meat

[Glass half full]

Wow think I'll try this too. I also dont eat meat and have never even thought about how much protein I am getting. Probably hardly any come to think of it.
Thanks for sharing

[Cassius2]

off to get me some protein lol!

[Kazzo]

I am really struggling to get 30g of protein per meal. I am not a vegetarian but I don't eat alot of meat. I am going to have to try the powder I guess. You said you have it in shakes, should be easier to do although I am limiting my dairy to help with DD2 who seems to react if I have to much. May have to use Soymilk for a little why maybe.