https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:42:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482969 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:52:48 +0000 gingerbebe 2482969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS eats dinner with milk at 5pm and goes to bed by 730pm. Within an hour of dinner he usually starts motioning to the fruit bowl on the counter asking for a clementine or two. He might also have some dry cereal if he sees it out and whines. I've been giving in because he's been sick so often since starting daycare so I figure the clementines are good Vitamin C?? I usually cut him off on food by 7pm because we need to brush teeth and wind down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482847 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:57:35 +0000 MamaG 2482847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>K gets a snack in the afternoon (3'ish) and another at 5:00. We eat dinner at 6'ish and she's in bed at 7'ish. She eats a total of 6 times per day (Breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, late snack and dinner). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482818 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:42:03 +0000 Anagram 2482818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 2.5 year old DOES wake up from hunger. But she's also not a deep sleeper and never has been so I imagine she wakes out of habit and then notices she's hungry. She's also pretty skinny, so I don't deny her food (she's something like 80% for height and 12% for weight). And she doesn't drink milks at all. Just water.</p> <p>Anyway, we do dinner 6:30-7 pm and she's asleep by 8. She still wakes sometimes around 5 am asking for food and won't go back to sleep till she eats something like a pouch or banana. It depends on how big her dinner is. It may be because she doesn't get the milk so many other kiddos get. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482755 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:11:04 +0000 snowjewelz 2482755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>K eats dinner with us around 6 and we finish around 6:30. Then she gets like 8 oz of milk before bed which can be anywhere from 7-8. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482590 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:10:25 +0000 Bubbles 2482590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 2 now but ever since 1 he has had dinner at 5pm, then a cup of milk with bedtime stories at 7 / 7.30. No more food til breakfast at 7.30am.<br /> I wouldn't imagine it was hunger, sometimes my DS skips his whole dinner and I worry he'll wake up hungry but he never does! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482582 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:03:30 +0000 Mamaof2 2482582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>30 mins before bedtime she get a snack and still does at age 5 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482501 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 08:13:44 +0000 Adira 2482501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: I hear you. CIO is hard, but sometimes the better alternative to creating bad habits? &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482484 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:51:17 +0000 FaithFertility 2482484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: yeah same...I guess I am just trying to find a reason....lot<br /> I feel like CIO is only option but I can't do it :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482483 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:50:03 +0000 Adira 2482483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Logan (15m) drinks 6 oz of milk with dinner at 5:30. He goes to bed at 7:30 and doesn't get more food until the morning at 7:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482476 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:47:35 +0000 FaithFertility 2482476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: Yep trying so hard but being PG I am so flipping tired after almost 1.5 hrs of trying to go back down... when it is so bad like last night I gave up and in bed with us she went :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482469 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:42:06 +0000 SweetiePie 2482469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FaithFertility: it's probably a little developmental disruption or something. I would just continue to do things as you've always done and try not to create new habits or crutches for the wakeups. 9/10 times that my sons sleep has gotten wonky it corrects itself within a couple of weeks.<br /> Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482446 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:02:47 +0000 FaithFertility 2482446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: Same here, this is same routine since 11 months?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482445 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:02:11 +0000 FaithFertility 2482445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winniebee: Yes, I agree with no milk at bedtime, it's the same routine we have always done so I honestly doubt it is hunger.. just trying to figure it out </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482372 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 23:45:05 +0000 SweetiePie 2482372@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He eats at 5/5:30pm and goes to bed by 7pm at latest (sometimes 6:30). He has a cup of milk (5-6oz) with dinner and that's it.<br /> He's been doing this since maybe 12-13 months (when we got rid of bedtime bottle). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482262 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 21:27:06 +0000 SweetCaroline 2482262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the same problem. DD is 12.5 months and has been waking around 4 or 5. Normal wakeup is 6, and often that was us waking her up.</p> <p>we've stuffed her full of a serious protein dinner the past few nights and it has helped big time!!! She has a bottle at 7 and falls asleep shortly after. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482213 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 21:04:37 +0000 winniebee 2482213@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat dinner at 6, usually over around 6:30 and he gets as much milk with dinner as he wants....usually 3-5 oz? Bedtime is 730 - no nursing or milk at bed. We did milk at bed with DS1 and I didn't want to have to break that habit again (or brush teeth after). His sleep does't seem to correlate to how well he sleeps. But, you could always offer a snack around 7 to see how it goes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482204 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:58:44 +0000 FaithFertility 2482204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: 7:45/8 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482201 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:55:56 +0000 regberadaisy 2482201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD2 is 18m. We eat dinner at 6pm. Bedtime is 7-730pm. We still nurse at bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482198 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:53:25 +0000 Mae 2482198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What time is bedtime? </p> <p>Before my LO gave up milk around 15 mo, she would have dinner at 630 then 5oz of milk at 730 and we put her down at 8. At this point (21 mo) she has a much heavier dinner around 6 or 6:30 and is down at 8 and she seems fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482169 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:29:07 +0000 FaithFertility 2482169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmmm seems like she may be needing little more these days!<br /> Maybe give water with dinner and her milk later with a small snack at like 7?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482163 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:25:36 +0000 Foodnerd81 2482163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 2.5 she starts dinner around 6:15, lasts until 7 most nights, then she plays for a few minutes before starting to get ready- usually in bed before 8. </p> <p>At 14 months she was still nursing before bed though so I guess that's the same as an extra cup of milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482159 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:25:03 +0000 Miss Ariel 2482159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>K eats dinner around 5:40 too. But dh and I will eat closer to 7 and we normally feed her bites from our plate as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482153 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:20:58 +0000 Madison43 2482153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At that age, we did a cup of milk while we read bedtime stories. We also eat dinner closer to 6/6:30 because of our work schedules. She gets a snack around 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/space-between-last-mealmilk-and-bed#post-2482145 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:14:18 +0000 FaithFertility 2482145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 14 months and has dinner around 5:00/5:30 ending at 6 she also has 6oz of milk that she has with dinner and finishes up usually around 6:30/7</p> <p>We then do books, bath, and bed<br /> Latley she has been waking MOTN and/or super early just trying to figure out why?!<br /> Thinking she might be hungry?<br /> Tonight she insisted on getting back in highchair at 7 so I gave her some cheerios and fruit and she ate it all...lol </p>