Will my baby ever learn to sleep through if i keep breastfeeding him when he wakes during the night?

You have to learn how to distinguish the "I'm hungry," cry from the "I want attention," cry.

I had to tackle my wife and hold her down to get her to stop from responding like a mindless zombie to our first born's crying. Finally got her to understand that the crying had no urgency to it........

10 minutes later the child was asleep again.

If your baby was older and on formula I think she would sleep longer but since your breastfeeding babies need to be fed more often. Im breastfeeding my 9 month old daughter as well and she wakes up about 3 every night to be fed. If a pacifier or rocking doesnt cut it then chances are she really is just hungry. Try just feeding her on one side to get her used to not eating so much at night..Im trying the same approach. I formula fed my 1st daughter and she started sleeping through the night at about 6 months, but now that Im breastfeeding its a different story. So, good luck to the both of us! lol

I am actually having the same problem with my 13 mo boy. I don't mind one feed a night but he refuses solid food during the day and then wants to eat all night! I just ordered two books on line about an hour ago!! I got "goodnight, sleep tight" and another one on co-sleeping that includes a section on night weaning by jay gordon and another author....I will star this and when I read them I will let you know what I find out or you can buy them yourself!!

i'm attentive to that form of video & desire I had seen it with my 1st in the past I had him. He replace right into a toddler that would nurse for 5 minutes, sleep for 10, nurse for 5, sleep for 10 & i replace into exhausted. they often tell mothers to strip them down so as that they are not too heat & to tickle their ft, etc. It did him no good in any respect. He outgrew the habit thankfully - yet in those first few weeks it replace into hard. over the years his feeds lengthened & he replace into much less drowsy & it wasn't as undesirable. just to make sparkling nonetheless from yet another positioned up - breastfed infants DO oftentimes consume each and every 2 hrs no count if or not they are dozy or alert (there are exceptions of course like in all issues, even with the shown fact that it is the main consumer-friendly trend of feeding for many infants). Breastmilk digests in 2 hrs, so that's a common trend of starvation to be hungry whilst the tummy empties. preserving a toddler conscious won't wrestle how at as quickly as they digest foodstuff, so if a toddler has taken an entire feed, attempting ot get them to consume extra wont' cause them to go longer between feeds. it rather isn't approximately wanting 2 hrs between feeds, 20 minutes between feeds could be a blessing once you have a drowsy toddler. LOL

I have had three children and have fed each of them until they were more than two, my first started sleeping through the night at about 6 mths and started on solids about the same time. My second stated solids about 7mths but started sleeping through the night at around 5 mths. My last little one was still waking at 18 mths. As you can see all bubs are different and that is why our bodies have a supply on demand mechanism, this helps us to have a content child. Let your little one make his own routine and enjoy the time you have sitting in the peace and quiet cradling him in your arms, it does not last long enough.

Is he eating any solids yet? If not, you may want to introduce a little cereal at bedtime to help keep him satisfied, but if not, keep nursing him during the night. Breast milk digests quickly and he my be growing fast enough that he needs nourishment during the night. Talk to your baby's doctor about this.

i would personally stop breastfeeding at night so that he learns that he has to sleep at night! my daughter started sleeping through night at 4 weeks but she was bottle feed ( sob did not want to bottle feed) and my friend son was still waking at 8 months so she stopped breastfeeding him gradually and after about a month he started to sleep through!

but at the end of the day you no your child better than anyone, so you do what you think is best for him and you! i hope that helps! x

try and not feed him through the night and either give him the dummy or try and put him back to sleep urself. He will eventually learn to sleep through the night, u just gotta keep at it. goodluck.

By the sounds of it this is just his "security" item. Some babies prefer their blanky or binky, he has taken his to be your breast. Eventually he will grow away from it. Keep on breastfeeding my daughter had stomach problems and didn't get to breast feed to verry long.

Hope it helps!