My 10 month old baby slept through the night from 3 months - 9 months of age (yes, I was very very lucky). But since he started teething around 8-9 months of age, he started waking up for one bottle. He got his 4 teeth all at once, and is still waking up for a feeding. I added a pablum feedng right before he goes to bed but he is still waking up for a feeding between 2 - 4 am.

While I considered myself lucky that he slept through the night, I am just wondering what is going on now. I am getting ready to go back to work and I would love it if he slept through the night again. Could it be that he is hungry (he certainly takes the bottle) and if so, when will he not need this feeding? Or is this just a bad habit that I've created by giving him the bottle when he wakes up - because he also finds it comforting and always has?

I'm not complaining but more so concerned with this wake up when for 5 months he did not need it.

Any advice, help, info would be appreciated!

ROLCAM

Make sure he is sufficiently fed proper
food during the daytime meals.
He really does not feed feeding at night time.
When he wakes up at night , take him to the toilet to relieve himself from any excess liquid.
Then put him back in his cot to continue his sleep without a big interruption.
Try and adopt the change for about a week and see how he goes.
As a matter of fact, try and do this at the same time each night, sat about 3:00 a.m.

stevetcg

Im sorry to say that its a habit you have allowed by giving him the bottle.

When he wakes up at night, go in, let him know you are still there, lay him down and let him cry. It will only last a few minutes, maybe a few nights. The Cry It Out method sometimes needs to be reintroduced after life changes... sickness, teething, etc. We've had to restart it 3 times with our 19 month old and will again soon.

redhed35

i just wondered if there was a change in his routine?

is he warm enough,is he to warm?

does he need more solids during the day?

perhaps he has gotten into the habit of waking since his teeth have started to come in...rule out everything else and i would suggest what stevetcg has said...retrain him.

mkgray55

Thank you so much for this answer - I agree - I think I have/am creating a bad habit because I don't think he needs the feeding. Retraining him makes sense. Thank you!

mkgray55

I also agree with you! I want to make sure that I have ruled out everything else, whch right now I think I have (that is, until the next teething episode!). I have switched to heartier solid meals and hopefully that helps him feel fuller as well. THank you!

ParanoidDaddy

We had the Exact same problem, our little boy slept through the night from as early as 2 or 3 months as well. At first it was him still needing his nightly feed, but they should not need that after about 6 months or so. Most of these ages given are generalisations, so if your baba is a month off in either direction don't freak out, some just advance in different stages than others.

I must agree that you have possibly formed a bad habit, and I can say this because I did the same thing. We stopped feeding our son when he woke up and instead just picked him up and put him back to bed. I believe it is a dependency thing, not wanting to be abandoned or just wanting to make sure you are still around.

However, if your little one doesn't quieten down early, then you will most likely be experiencing the wonderful joys of teething. Our son started teething around 6 months, and we had a few sleepless nights until they broke through. Then we slept again until the next round of teeth. Look for excessive drool, more bowel movements than usual, the exceptionally stinky stool, general irritability, and your baba may or may not be rubbing his gums.

And don't take advice from anyone who says you should take a 10 months old to the bathroom to relieve himself. There are lots of people with lots of different advice out there, and most of it is good advice. Different things apply to different people and babies, but that is just plain stupid.