One of the most common reasons children wake up night is to feed. However, most children do not need to feed at night after 9-12 months of age. Fortunately, reducing night time feedings is easy to do and frequently can help children sleep through the night without sleep training.
If your child is over six months of age and formula fed (or exclusively breast fed and older than 9-12 months per age), you can wean them off of their night feeds.
As always, talk to your pediatrician before implementing any of these strategies.
In this video, I'll walk you though:
Start 0:00
Why does night feeding lead to waking up? 1:38
The three questions you need to answer to know if you can stop the feeds 3:01
DON'T GO COLD TURKEY 5:14
The Canapari Equation 5:27
How to wean bottle feeding (including expressed breast milk) 5:33
WHY YOU SHOULDN'T GIVE WATER IF YOUR CHILD IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR OF AGE 8:20
How to wean breast feeding at night 8:42
Also, my dog steals the show again at 1:57
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