Night feedings for 7 month old

Randy'sgirl52409

My LO is just about 7 months old. My own family doctor told me that I should not be feeding her at night anymore. I have nursed on demand since we brought LO home. We sleep trained at 6 months and LO is now STTN but I still nurse once a night most nights of the week. It doens't bother me at all since nursing her quickly once after she sleeps for about 7 hours beats waking with her hourly which is what we were having to do up until 6 months old.

Who else is still nursing at night? I didn't feel that I was doing anything "wrong" but my doctor seems to think I am setting her and myself up for failure.

rosiemomma

I still nurse my daughter 2-3 sometimes more times a night and she is 17months!

mrs.mastro

I was nursing 2-3 times per night at 7-months.  Right around 8.5 months DS had a big turning point and went down to pretty much 1 night feeding and sometimes STTN (11-12 hours).  I wouldn't worry about 1 night feeding at all.  7 hours is a long time to go without eating.

WinesNotWhines

I think 7 hours is a good long stretch and nothing to worry about. It's not like she's waking up to eat every 2 hours.

Dochas

I still nurse Daniel once during the night at 3 or 4 am.  I've even gotten him if he doesn't wake up first.  My doctor just said he should be able to make it through the night but I'm honestly not ready to try it.  I also think he would wake up even earlier in the am and I would rather get up for half an hour at 4 than start the day even earlier!

My doctor did not imply that we were doomed for failure and I don't see why we would be.  I feel like since he eats a lot at that time, he needs it.  When he was getting up 2x he was just snacking so I knew it was time to drop one of them.  He was also really tired all day.  I think I'll know when it's time for this one too.  

jf198400

My DD is 6 months old and has been STTN 8hrs for the past few weeks.  All of a sudden the past 2 nights she has been waking up again after about 5hrs.  I think it may be a growth spurt.  I would consider 7hrs to be good, don't worry about it.

JKB1986

DS is 11 months and still wakes up 2-3 times a night!  I'm about done with that though so I'm trying to figure out the best way to get him down to just one night feeding.  Any ideas other than cry it out and I'm all ears!