Community› The Bump Message Boards› Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Babies: 9 - 12 Months
New Discussion

Ferber/Night feedings

kds24kds24
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Just curious, for those of you that did Ferber or something similar, did you cut out night feedings first or do it all at once?  How many times was your LO getting up and being fed?
Report Reply to Post

Re: Ferber/Night feedings

  • LittleMamaBLittleMamaB
    Both of my boys had already dropped their night feedings by the time we started Ferber. They were waking 3-5 times a night, but not eating...just restless.
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • lizzyjean24lizzyjean24
    ugh, I did ferber...worked for us...but cant get rid of the night feedings....sometimes he'll get up at 2 and 4, but usually he'll get up at 4.....I just gave up on stopping....too tired to listen to him cry and cry, since he was actually drinking the entire bottle. :( Good luck though...
    Report Reply
  • SarahMay77SarahMay77

    DD had dropped all but one night feeding by the time we did sleep training.  She continued to wake once to nurse for a few weeks and then started sleeping 11 or 12 hours at night w/o a feeding.  Have you read Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child? 

    Report Reply
  • kds24kds24

    I did read that book, but I might pick it up again since I feel like DS is at a good stage to implement it. 

    Lizzy-I'm confused about how Ferber worked, but LO still gets up to eat?  My DS goes down just fine, but he wakes 2-3 times to eat over the course of 12 hours.

    Report Reply
  • janinekrausejaninekrause member
    have you tried cutting down on feedings? reduce ounces or amt of time BF little by little if u can. when they are down to only a little, you know waking for comfort vs. hunger.
    Report Reply
  • kds24kds24
    That's what is so hard, even during the day he only nurses for 3-5 min. so at night it's pretty close to that and then I feel like I'd have to time 90 seconds or something, how the heck do I do that?  I totally agree that he doesn't necessarily need the night feedings, but he's just shifted his food intake to include nighttime as well.  Tomorrow night my mom is watching him overnight for the first time, so it might be the perfect starting point.  Although then we're going to NYC on Thursday, so he may not sleep as well once we're out there and that's when more night feedings seem to happen and I can't just let him cry in a 1 bedroom apartment w. other people.  I almost think this would be easier if he was taking bottles, so I may do that now that I finally have a good freezer stash.
    Report Reply
  • aorgadaorgad
    I say try to eliminate night feedings first, and then get him sleeping solidly!
    Report Reply
  • erbearerbear member
    I think my daughter still needs the night feedings. She wakes up between 4 and 6 and I feed her. If she wakes up other times, I use Ferber. I'm going to ask my pedi in a few weeks, but I'm not going to wean her from the night until I think she doesn't need the feeding or it becomes too much of a play time (right now, she eats and goes right back to sleep, knock on wood!)
    "Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies. God damn it, you've got to be kind." - Kurt Vonnegut
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"