hi there
I have always had such amazing advice on this forum, so I am really hoping someone can help me out.
My 10 month old is still waking at night to feed. She will often wake up at 10 / 11 and then again at 2/3 and is then up for the day at 5/5:30. Sometimes she will only wake once, at 1/2 am and then she'll wake early for the day, usually around 4
We have worked very hard on independent sleep, (we were in a bad habit of feeding to sleep until about 6 weeks ago), so she falls asleep independently and will often re-settle herself during the night if she stirs. Yet when she wakes to feed, she is hungry. She will feed (we are still bf) and then go straight back to sleep. I am not sure if it is a habit or not, but she definitely seems to be hungry. She eats well during the day. I am keen to stop BF but don't want the hassle of preparing bottles during the night. At this age, I don't think that she should feed during the night? I am also really struggling with the sleep disruption
Her routine is as follows:
wakes: 5/5:30
Feed: has a small feed (because she fed during the night)
6:30 Breakfast
8 am Bottle (100ml or so)
8:15 Sleep
10 Wake
10:15: Snack
12 ish: Lunch
1 ish Sleep
2/3 Wake
3pm Snack
5pm Dinner
6pm bottle and BF
6:30 Sleep
10/11pm BF and 2/3 am BF
OR
1 am BF and 4 am BF and wake up.
Any suggestions on how we can gently stop feeding at night? Her sister is in the room right next door, so I try to be as quiet as possible as if DD1 wakes up, then no one goes back to sleep
TIA
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