I have an over 2 year old who still wakes overnight for feeds....
I do honestly believe he is thirsty cause when I tried to cuddle settle him at 10.15pm tonight (lastnight now ) I could hear him licking his lips - you know like you do when you are thirsty. Yes I have tried water which worked for awhile and yes i could try and be persistent and do it again but who can blame the kid - what would you prefer cold water or warm sweet BM? lol
well yes this is the ramblings of a crazed overtired women and I am sure I am not the only one still night feeding (or at least feeding an older bub over night )
I know it is not the same, but I have a 4.5yo who wakes to tell me she loves me ....I take her back to her bed, and
she says "Mummy, but it is important, I love you"
Drowsy me says, "Yes, yes I know go to sleep now, we will talk in the morning"
She just says, "as long as you know"
I do try to enjoy the night wakings, I DO!!!
I hope you lil man settles! He just loves his mummy!
xoxo
I had a 2yo who woke for night feeds! He woke for night feeds until I asked him to wait till morning earlier last year (I was pg and just wanted to rest through the night), cos he was coming in from his room for snuggles and babu. He's nearly 4 now and waits till morning I really didn't mind until I fell pregnant, he gives me the best snuggles!
at your ticker pic! DS sometimes has 'wonky socks' - mum, pull them up!
Err, anyway. I night weaned at 14mo to try and get cycles back and if it werent' for that I would have kept going. It's a lot easier breastfeeding than getting up and giving him bananas and water And he still needs a midnight snack sometimes, so if we hadn't weaned we'd still be going too (well, that sounds like an obvious statement really, doesn't it?)
Are you happy doing it? I mean aside from being very tired obviously? That's really all that matters (because he's obviously happy doing it).
I think it's great that you are sharing this so that others who are doing the same thing can feel safe to come out of the closet. Research done a few years ago suggests that 1 in 3 babies are still waking in the night at age 2, but so few people talk about it that mums all feel alone. Thank you for starting this thread
FWIW, I have found that children wake for a variety of reasons at all ages. My 5yo has been waking fairly often in the night since starting school this year, so I think night waking is something that parents deal with for a very long time.
I do the milk run every night DS and DD both need a milk drink from a sippy cup over night and usually a refill. DD though is also still BF and it depends on the night as to which one she prefers. She threw the cup at me last night in frustration and said "boo" so I guess she lets me know which option she is after
I see nightwaking as part of little people. I wake through the night and used to roll over to snuggle next to DH. Why shouldn't they!! Sleep is over-rated anyway And considering DD is not looking like weaning any time soon, it looks like soon there will be two waking overnight for feed
You aren't alone although my DD is younger than your DS (15 mo) I can still see her waking for feeds at 2yrs of age (not sure if i should laugh or cry when i think about that!!!! lol)... its' very tiring but also nice at the same time.
We have tried night weaning on and off... it's hard!! You are doing a wonderful thing for your DS.
MR - thanks for that post, that makes us Mum's feel so much better knowing others are still waking frequently also! and I've often wondered how many toddlers still wake in the night (and kids) because lots of Mum's don't seem to reveal much do they? But I guess if everyone exposed the truth in mothers groups etc, we would know alot more about what was 'really' going on in their houses!!!!
thankgod I am not the only one, Fia is 2 and a half and still wakes overnight for a top up, occasionally self settles but rarely, the only difference now is she can tell me when i am empty.
DS fed over night almost every night til I weaned him. Even now when in his bed he wakes most nights, but in our bed he sleeps through. I wouldn't worry too much
My little girl still wakes up to feed overnight. I'm too embarrassed to say how often! But with her it's mainly a comfort thing. Have made a few efforts to night-wean... no success so far...
I am so glad I am not the only one still feeding overnight as there is soo much pressure to night wean. I am lucky to be in a position where co-sleeping works for us and I am a SAHM so I don't need to be 'alert' for work but tbh I think it would still be easier to feed overnight then try and night wean I think he is just that kind of baby that is thirsty
I also wrote that as DS had woken twice by midnight that night which means that we were in for a few feeds. He has been sick on and off for the past few weeks so the night feeding has increased from just once or twice to many more times then that.
I can't see it ending anytime soon either so next time I am feeding overnight I will think of all of you lovely ladies
Both of my kiddies still wake overnight. DD wakes up and wonders down to our bed and hops in for and tells me "I need a cuggle mummy & daddy) and who can argue with that gorgeous logic so she snuggles in for the rest of the night and DS is still waking for feeds overnight and can't really see that ending anytime soon - he is such a booby boy. Gee our bed gets a bit crowded some, well since we are being so honest, most nights, LOL!!!
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I have a confession
) I could hear him licking his lips - you know like you do when you are thirsty. Yes I have tried water which worked for awhile and yes i could try and be persistent and do it again but who can blame the kid - what would you prefer cold water or warm sweet BM? lol
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....I take her back to her bed, and
I really didn't mind until I fell pregnant, he gives me the best snuggles!
And he still needs a midnight snack sometimes, so if we hadn't weaned we'd still be going too (well, that sounds like an obvious statement really, doesn't it?)
DS and DD both need a milk drink from a sippy cup over night and usually a refill. DD though is also still BF and it depends on the night as to which one she prefers. She threw the cup at me last night in frustration and said "boo" so I guess she lets me know which option she is after
(not sure if i should laugh or cry when i think about that!!!! lol)... its' very tiring but also nice at the same time.
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