My LO is 13 months and still wakes up for 1 feed (at about midnight) and it needs to stop! I have tried just offering water, diluting the milk but nothing works, he will NOT go back to sleep without the bottle. He drinks the whole bottle (about 200ml) and about 70% of the time will go straight back to sleep, but there is the odd occassion where he takes longer than 30mins to settle. I have tried increasing his calorie intake during the day but if he has anymore he vomits at his bedtime bottle. He usually goes to bed at around 6:30pm and will usually wake 4-5 hours after for the bottle.
He is also a constant night waker, rarely sleeping more than 4-5 hours at a time, but he is only fed the once. I am at my wits end and desperate for more than 4-5 hours sleep at a time, surely at 13 months he can go ALL night now!! What do I do??
Also, he is placed into his cot drowsy but awake and I stay with him with my hand on his back until he is pretty much asleep, sometimes the minute I lift my hand off his back he lifts his head up and I place my hand on him once again. I am considering starting wi/wo but am unsure how and when to start and whether it would work as I believe it is all due to SA.
Just to complicate things even more, he has just started to walk, and just had his 12mth vaccination. Should I expect even more night wakings due to the walking etc??
Our day goes something like this:
6:30am - wake & bottle (200ml)
8am - breakfast
9:30am - nap (usually for 1 to 1.5 hrs) - or 3 hours after waking
10:30 - 11am - wake from nap
11am - bottle (240ml)
12:30 - lunch
2:00 - 2:30pm - Nap - for 30-40 mins (or 3.5 hours after waking from nap)
3pm - snack
5pm - dinner
6pm - 6:45pm - bath, bottle (250 - 300ml) and bed!
I am hoping that you can give me some insight into how to stop the night feeds and the constant waking.
Thanks for your help