Hi help please!?

My son will be a year on Saturday! He still wakes up at the exact same times at night. I'm not sure if it's habitual at this point or if he really needs to eat? He's definitely slept through the night multiple times...in a row, so I know it's a possibility! 7pm asleep-10 or 11pm wake feeds formula bottle, diaper change if needed, back asleep-1am or 3am wakes eats back asleep- 6am up for the day with his naps. I'm a first-time mom, so I'm still very much still trying to figure this all out. Any advice?
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Yeah, it’s habitual! My son is the same way. We are about to try to break his night feeding so he’ll sleep through the night again lol. My friend who has multiple kids told me she had to do it with each one

My son turns a year old on Sunday and this is exactly the same sleep and feeding schedule as your son. I’m trying to break just one feeding at night but he is not having it. And he has been very clingy as well has yours?

Yes def habitual! When we broke our son of the habit we reduced the amount he’s getting for the night feedings until you can eliminate it. And also made sure we fit his full ounces in during the day (and one big bottle before bed). It takes time!

@Elena hi how did you break it? Slowly tapering off the amount of night feed?

@Angela I have tried this...but I don't I did it correctly. He needs 30 oz a day. I get him to 24 maybe because usually he doesn't finish the whole bottles. Plus solids it's been difficult. I give 6.oz every feeding..I've tried 8 oz but he won't finish it. Can you give me a guideline of what you did?

@Jennifer no I wouldn't say so. It's more like he wants to roam and play with me but I can't all the time.... So I guess? How are you tapering? How much is he getting during the day? Solids?

Hey! I haven’t successfully done it yet. My son turned 1 on the 18th, his pediatrician said not to give him more than 24 ounces of cows milk a day because babies can’t digest too much of it properly. So we give him 6-7 ounces in the morning and 7-8 before bed! He wakes up during the night 1-2 times so we have been giving him half milk and half water..but I’m going to do what my friend suggested and just offer water in a sippy cup any time he wakes up, and jus let him be fussy then try to offer it again. She said it was a rough 4ish days but her son finally dropped the habit and is sleeping through the night. We are gonna give it a try starting tonight!

I feed my son solids breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and offer a snack or two throughout the day. He’s 30 pounds so I know he’s getting enough throughout the day lol, he just loves to be soothed back to sleep which is causing me and my husband to be exhausted 🥲

@Sophie we did 8oz every feeding and offered every 3-4 hours. Offered up to 40oz a day (he eats a ton). He didn’t always eat the full bottle but averaged about 36oz a day. When he woke at night we would give him a pacifier and rock him back to sleep. We tried not to feed him at all if possible but if we did do an overnight bottle then it was a 4oz, but after a week or so we didn’t need that anymore.

Ugh I could never do this still at a year. Our son slept through the night at 2 months then the sleep regression hit at 3 months I never offered the boob at night at that point bc he could sleep through the night already. I rocked him bounced whatever else got him back to sleep. Then after that ended at 4 months old we sleep trained him. He never had another sleep regression and the only time he wakes up is if he is sick but it’s only for like 5 mins then He puts himself back to sleep. If he is sick I will rock him to sleep whatever is needed but other than that he goes in awake but ready to sleep and he goes to sleep on his own within a few minutes usually

Its definitely habitual. Ive been trying to break the habit and its harddd. Ive finally been able to cut out the 11pm feed but that 6am feed is hit or miss😭 i had to give in to a bottle of milk last night and got 30 mins of sleep last night🫠 ive been soothing him back to sleep every fuss and giving him a bottle of water when i can. Sometimes it works but it didnt work this morning and had 2 hrs of off and on of screaming and trying to give him water before giving in

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