https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:14:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306925 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:06:48 +0000 Andrea 306925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: hehe, I know. That would be a silly reason not to have another sweet little one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306874 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:57:54 +0000 Mrs. Pen 306874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: It's such a short period of time in your life - I think that it's totally worth it. I would give up sleeping to have a sweet little baby!! </p> <p>I have read/heard that 9 months is generally old enough. Play it be ear/cues/weight/etc. I know my son doesn't need night feedings any more (he toys with the idea of sleeping through the night... happens sometimes once a week) but I'm not weaning him yet. Perhaps by 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306828 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 12:01:40 +0000 cvbee 306828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The Healthy Sleep book says it is normal for BF babies to have 2 wakings to feed for up to *now I forget exactly but it's something like* 8 or 9 or 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306807 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:22:09 +0000 HabesBabe 306807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: this is exactly how it is for my LO, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306802 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:10:30 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 306802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My formula fed baby stopped needing food at night at 4 months while my BF baby needed a feed until past a year old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306801 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:10:20 +0000 Andrea 306801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@tequiero21: I know. Everyone has told me not to have anther baby because no one can get lucky twice! Oh well, we shall see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306799 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:06:46 +0000 Honeybee 306799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: gotcha. Yeah I just started offering it more often with DS. We also saw a big improvement in his sleep when we started solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306786 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:50:18 +0000 tequiero21 306786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: what!? 8 weeks? Omg I'm so jealous!</p> <p>@brownie: I can see how offering less would not work for my son. He screams until I give him more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306785 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:48:14 +0000 pastemoo 306785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: Nope. He is EBF and I haven't the slightest how much he would take from a bottle because he hasn't had one in a month or so. And he cuts himself off so how would I get him to eat more in the day? Just offer it more often?<br /> I struggle with his hunger cues and sometimes misunderstand him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306777 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:29:08 +0000 Honeybee 306777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: have you tracked his overall daily intake? If you can see how much he takes in during the day, you might be able to adjust and get him to take more during the day and less at night. My little guy is a big eater, too, lol. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306705 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:05:47 +0000 pastemoo 306705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>:( Maybe I should stop feeding my 17lb 4 month old baby in the night... He wakes up a lot. But he is always guzzling milk so I don't have the heart to try to just soothe him to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306696 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:57:05 +0000 looch 306696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it's more about weight than age specifically....I read somewhere that once a baby is 10 pounds they are metabolically able to sleep 8 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306680 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:38:21 +0000 lavender 306680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO started sleeping through the night without the night feeding at 8 weeks, so I've lucked out... fingers crossed it keeps up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306668 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:18:37 +0000 heffalump 306668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO started sleeping 12 hours at 2 1/2 months. She was born a big girl and always ate a lot during the day, so I never worried that she wasn't getting enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306650 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 05:44:26 +0000 Honeybee 306650@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD still needed night feeds until almost a year. She wasn't a big eater until she really started walking well, at around 11 months.</p> <p>DS is 6 months and he still needs a night feeding at least half the time. I know I have to get 30 Oz of formula and two solids meals a day or he'll be up at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306620 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 02:43:39 +0000 Sweet T 306620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was BF for 4 weeks and then FF ever since. He woke up for night feedings for a long time. He was still waking up once a night at 7 or 8 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306617 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 02:30:45 +0000 Ree723 306617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO has been sleeping through night feeds since about 8 weeks old. She's EBF but goes between 8 and 9 hours at night without a feed. Granted, she does wake up ravenous in the morning and usually will have two or three massive feeds in her first few hours of waking (a feed about every 90 minutes) but then she settles into slightly longer feeding intervals for the remainder of the day. I just go by the adage if they're gaining weight, it's all fine....and our LO is DEFINITELY ok in that department! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306612 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:42:09 +0000 brownie 306612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some breastfed babies need night feedings until after they are 1 year old. Mine still needs at least 1 feeding (though he gets many more). You could talk to your pediatrician/la leche league about it.</p> <p>Formula fed babies do tend to sleep through the night earlier. I have seen some philosophies where they offer less ounces each night (or a couple of nights) until they aren't offering enough to make it worthwhile to wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306595 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:08:55 +0000 Andrea 306595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD stopped waking up to eat after 8 weeks! She was 4 days overdue and has always been a good weight so our doctor said to just let her sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-is-old-enough-to-not-need-any-night-feeds#post-306589 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:58:56 +0000 Springtime 306589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 5 months, surely he is old enough, but he seems starving in the middle of the night, i guess thats habit too though! </p>