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11wo always hungry at night
« on: October 20, 2012, 06:20:35 am »
Hello everyone! I'm the very tired mum to a 11wo boy. He has always been hungry, in the first 40 days he ate every hours!!! Then I put him in a 3hours EASY routine and he started to sleep for 5 hours in the night!!! Unfortunatly it lasted only 10 days. Now he wakes up every 3 hours, 2 and half...
I don't think they are habitual wakings, because he doesn't wake up at the same time every night. And I don't think it's a growth spurt, because he started to wake up so often almost one month ago. I think he is just hungry.
I breastfeed but I started to give him a bottle of formula in the DF (between 10 and 11) but nothing happened... I also tryed the cluster feed...
I'm thinking about stopping breastfeeding and give him only formula milk during the day...
What do you think? Any suggestions?
Rossana, mum to
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Isacco (August 2012)

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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2012, 07:39:05 am »
Ciao mamma Italiana!! Anch'io vivo in Italia - di dove sei?
Have you totally weaned your son? Is he eating solids well during the day.
I am no expert in this but have been through it twice but hopefully a mod will be along soon to help you out but just thought I'd let you know there are people who have BTDT.
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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 08:41:52 am »
Ciao! Sono di Verona!!
He is 11 week old, so of course I haven't weaned him yet! I think that my milk supply is not enough, because he often cries when I breastfeed him..
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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 09:08:18 am »
There are lots of reasons for a baby to cry when  feeding. Does he cry when you feed him a bottle?

Do you know what your letdown is like - does the milk squirt out fast?

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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2012, 10:45:20 am »
Have you been feeding him when he wakes or trying something else to resettle?  To me, it sounds like a month ago he may have been having a bit of a growth spurt and that has just rolled into him having the 12w/3m one now.
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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2012, 13:59:28 pm »
How long do feeds last?  Does he ever take a soother/pacifier? (Sorry to add to the questions...!)
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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2012, 14:52:59 pm »
Thankyou everyone,
I feel like I haven't enough milk because I had the same problems with my eldest when he was 2mo: he cried whilst breastfed and he woke up every hour in the night. When I introduced formula milk (he was 4mo) he started to sleep all the night.
As regard of my second child: when he wakes up in the night he cries and then he eats a lot. Sometimes I have tried to settle him but he cries a lot and I have another child.... Unfortunatly it's very difficult to make him sleep, he cries a lot also for his naps. I use the sh/pat method.
Rossana, mum to
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Isacco (August 2012)

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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2012, 16:10:41 pm »
If he's waking and eating a lot, it sounds very much like he's hungry.  I'd probably be inclined to feed for a couple of days to make sure it wasn't a growth spurt and re-evaluate from there, although at that age they come and go so frequently.  Any feeding you do now is good for supply later on
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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2012, 16:44:25 pm »
Sorry I read 11mths. - see why I'm not a mod!!
God luck and glad to see you're in good hands!
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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2012, 09:37:05 am »
Hi everyone! I'm so frustrated... Things are going worst and worst. My LO is 12weeks today and he ate every TWO HOURS last night! I try to settle him without feeding him but I'm not able....
I really can't understand what to do: Tracy wrote that children on EASY usually sleep for 5-6 Hours at 7weeks...  :( My son has a very good Easy routine during the day....I don't know what to do...
Please help me or just give me a hug....
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Isacco (August 2012)

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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2012, 11:18:55 am »
There is a pretty big growth spurt at 3 months, so it could be that. Does he settle at all without feeding? Does he go to sleep independently for naps/bedtime? Just wondering if you have a prop issue...

What does your day look like?
Does he feed differently in the day vs. the night?

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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2012, 12:20:55 pm »
I'd say growth spurt too at 12w.  LO is trying to stimulate your supply and you'll probably get back to sleep faster at least for a couple of days if you just feed.

Do you have a good, solid bedtime routine in place?
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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2012, 13:23:31 pm »
Thankyou for your reply.
The daytime schedule is a bit different everyday because of his naps. He usually EATS at 6.30-7 (wake up), 9.30-10, 12.30-1, 3-3.30,6-6.30. He is breastfed. Dream feed at 10 (Bottle).
He stays awake one hour and 15-30 minutes.
I make him sleep with the sh-pat, sometimes whilst he is down in his crib, more often in my harms. He uses the dummy for falling asleep but then he can let it go.
His naps are always different: sometimes he has two long naps and two cat naps, other days he has a long + a cat nap in the morning and a long + a cat nap in the afternoon. When he wakes up after a cat nap I usually try to make him sleep again, but it in the most of the days it doesn't work. After e cat nap I usually wait 15-30 minutes before feeding him, so I can have at least 2hours and 30 between the EAT.
At bedtime: I feed him at 6 (sometimes 5.30-5.45) then a bath, a massage, a book. I usually breast feed him a little, just for calm him before the sh-pat, because he is usually OT.
I give him a bottle of formula milk at 10.
Then he usually wakes up after 3 hours, I try to settle him but in my opinion he is really hungry. He eats a lot... Then he wakes up after 2 hours, sometimes 1hours and half....

Sorry for the mistakes I'm Italian, my English is not so good
Rossana, mum to
Emanuele (December 2009)
Isacco (August 2012)

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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2012, 19:36:38 pm »
I'm not great at the routine stuff, but that doesn't look too bad to me.

As for your English, it's much better than my Italiano!
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Re: 11wo always hungry at night
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2012, 20:29:48 pm »
Looks like you and your baby are doing really well. Its tough not getting to sleep much and maybe you could try resettling if he hasn't been 3hr between feeds at night but at this age, I don't think there's much wrong with feeding and getting bub and you back to sleep as fast as possible.