Is he really hungry?

[momma.bear]

My LO is nine months, EBF and has solids three times a day. He has only STTN once, and gone without a NF only once. I typically feed him twice a night. But the past few days it's been really hot here, and he's been feeding 3-4 times at night. My DH said it's because of the heat, and the only way he'll settle is if I nurse him. I'm also wondering at this age if it's normal to still need two night feedings. He SCREAMS if he wakes up and doesn't get one. Usually the first feeding isn't until midnight, but the past week or so it's been as early as 10pm.
Anyone had any experience with formula just as a feeding before bed? My son doesn't take a bottle well, so it'd have to be in a sippy cup, but I thought I'd ask for opinions before I give it a try.

[michaeljacknnugg]

I'm pretty sure that at 9mos most babies are on just the one night feed, possibly even dropping that. But like you say, if it has been really hot then disturbance to his sleep is not surprising.

A couple of questions:
Is he getting enough fluids during the day?
Is he fed to sleep at other times?

[momma.bear]

He has four BFs during the day, mind you they are usually 5 minutes or less. Also, he isn't necessarily fed to sleep at night. Often he just drinks for 5 mins or so, then stops and I'll put him back awake. This happens especially when I feed him 2+ times a night. I'd say only 50% of the time he's fed to sleep at night. Never during the day. He also has water during the day. But I'm lucky if he drink 4 oz. in a day.

[*Ali*]

It does sound like it could just be habit. As in he wakes knows he has a feed then and goes back to sleep. What about offering just water for one of the feeds?

Does he go to sleep independently without you in the room for naps and BT?

Any chance he is UT? How much day asleep is he getting?

[momma.bear]

I've tried offering him water but he takes one sip and pushes it away. I give it to him in a sippy cup. I think it's the nursing part maybe that he's just attached to. He does go to sleep independently without me in the room for both naps and BT. He's definitely not UT. He has two naps, both no more than an hour and fifteen minutes each. Night time sleep is usually 11-11.5 hours.

[Fiver]

The heat could definitely be an issue.  Could he also be getting a bit too hot in the night, maybe?