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Re: How we stopped the night feeds with a 9 month old
« on: April 17, 2006, 16:47:49 pm »
Hi!  Reading your post gives me hope.  My little guy is 7 months old, and wakes 3-6 times a night.  He has always been this way, and I have always nursed him back to sleep.....now I see, bad idea!  The past 2 weeks, I have weened him to formula during the day, and nurse him for a dream feed and then in the middle of the night when he wakes.  Can I eliminate the night feedings yet?  How?  Should i stricktly go to formula?  (It is my intention, as I am going on my honeymoon and my parents are looking after him for about a week.)  I have also read about subing sugar water for night feedings, any thoughts?  Please please help, I am so tired! :o

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Re: Re: How we stopped the night feeds with a 9 month old
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2006, 03:55:00 am »
you could do it either way with formula or with bm. with formula add water, with bm reduce minutes! i wouldn't suggest sugar water though as it will not be good for lo's teeth or gums kwim?  you could do plain water also, but without lo gradually being weaned then i think that could probably lead to more wakings as water itself is digested quicker than formula and lo won't have a chance to get in more day calories to make up for the lost ones at night.
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Re: How we stopped the night feeds with a 9 month old
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2006, 03:02:20 am »
Thank You!  I will start tonight! :)

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Re: Re: How we stopped the night feeds with a 9 month old
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2006, 04:24:36 am »
good luck and let me know how things are going!
Tawnya
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