nite wakings even now
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carang
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my son is almost 2. he used to wake up for milk... however, we have stopped offering it and usually he can get back to sleep without it. (he eats dinner between 5-6pm and goes to bed by 8pm.)
there are occassionaly evenings where he cries and cries for milk, so now we give him less and less. eventually, we'll just offer him water.
good luck
there are occassionaly evenings where he cries and cries for milk, so now we give him less and less. eventually, we'll just offer him water.
good luck
my daughter is the same age as carang's son. will be 2 in 2 wks. she STILL wakes up for milk once or twice. I'm fine with her drinking it once at around midnight, cos she only drinks milk at bedtime, but tried to give water the 2nd time (usually at 3am). i also tried carang's method of not giving her & let her cry (a little) when the crying escalates, we give it to her (we don't want her to wake up too much cos then it'll take 1-2 hrs to put her back to sleep, no one wants to do that in the middle fo the night!). sometimes, we just go "sh... sleep" & she falls back to sleep. sometimes she'd wake up every 5 mins, crying for milk, then we give it to her. it depends on how well she eats during the day. if she eats well, just take milk once at around midnight. if she didn't eat well then again at around 3am.
(she eats dinner between 6-7pm, and sleeps at 8, bedtime milk - 8oz. we used to let her eat between 5-6pm, & sleeps at 7.30, but she'd wake up 3 times for milk, so we moved dinner time 1 hr late & seem to be better, we also offer snacks/fruits between 7-8, so hopefully she gets pretty full)
it'll be neat to know besides our 3 kids who else's 2 yr old still wake up for milk at night.......
(she eats dinner between 6-7pm, and sleeps at 8, bedtime milk - 8oz. we used to let her eat between 5-6pm, & sleeps at 7.30, but she'd wake up 3 times for milk, so we moved dinner time 1 hr late & seem to be better, we also offer snacks/fruits between 7-8, so hopefully she gets pretty full)
it'll be neat to know besides our 3 kids who else's 2 yr old still wake up for milk at night.......
Is she still sleeping during the day? If so, try to make any changes on the day sleep first before trying the night. Give her milk from a cup/bottle BEFORE she gets into bed for her sleep. Don't let her fall asleep drinking milk, leave a bottle with a couple of ounces of water in her bed and show her where it is and explain that if she wants she can help herself if she is thirsty. I did this for a couple of days with my 2nd child (was 2 at the time) and then tried it out a night with leaving a full bottle of water in the bed for them to dirnk during the night if they were thirsty (without waking us up).
Unfortunately, you do sometimes have to be up during the night to sort things out like this. The more times you give in to her demands for milk the longer you will be awake. Be supportive but firm and tell her no milk and show her where her water bottle is (don't you give it to her let her get it). I had to to this for a couple of nights but I think because I had a initiated the water bottle during the day sleep it wasn't too bad. It will probably only take three nights to change it with the first night being the worst but DON'T give in to her milk demands. My child then stopped waking us up at night and would just help themselves to the water. We decreased the amount of water over a period of time.
Offer more milk after dinner and then again before she sleeps. If you really think it is hunger related then make sure her dinner includes a low GI food so that it will take longer to digest during the night and hence it will make her feel full for longer eg, swap her rice to Basmati rice, don't give her white bread give her wholemeal, new potatoes (small) rather than the large ones, try not to mash anything rather dice it. Good luck!
Unfortunately, you do sometimes have to be up during the night to sort things out like this. The more times you give in to her demands for milk the longer you will be awake. Be supportive but firm and tell her no milk and show her where her water bottle is (don't you give it to her let her get it). I had to to this for a couple of nights but I think because I had a initiated the water bottle during the day sleep it wasn't too bad. It will probably only take three nights to change it with the first night being the worst but DON'T give in to her milk demands. My child then stopped waking us up at night and would just help themselves to the water. We decreased the amount of water over a period of time.
Offer more milk after dinner and then again before she sleeps. If you really think it is hunger related then make sure her dinner includes a low GI food so that it will take longer to digest during the night and hence it will make her feel full for longer eg, swap her rice to Basmati rice, don't give her white bread give her wholemeal, new potatoes (small) rather than the large ones, try not to mash anything rather dice it. Good luck!