https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 02:32:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133897 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:19:10 +0000 Pirouette 2133897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is under 10th %ile, always has been, and she is 15 months and still usually eats once a night. we've gone through periods where it has been worse, like when she's teething or sick and can't eat as much, or better, when she's doing great with solids, but usually it's once per night. she's clearly old enough to STTN (people don't hesitate to tell me that!) but we've had a hard time getting her to shift her eating so she's not hungry at night - it obviously will involve starving her a bit to reset her clock and we've had a hard time doing it so far. it's hard when they are so teeny! but like yours, she's 100% healthy, just small. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133742 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 09:07:55 +0000 Sunshine710 2133742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All very helpful thank you!!! I'm hoping by 1 year we can be at 1 feeding over night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133673 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 08:22:48 +0000 Alivoo01 2133673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was born tiny (quit growing at 32 week in utero, but delivered him at 37 via induction), and has continued to be so. We're proudly rounding up the less than 5 percentile in height and barely 1% in weight. However, like your little one, DS is growing perfectly fine on his own growth curve. The pedi said he just started lower on the launching pad and isn't concerned.</p> <p>Okay, semantics aside, I continued to nurse DS overnight until he almost turned one. It was more out of habit/comfort for him I think then actually necessary. When I weaned him, he slept better, but he picked up a MOTN feeding a few months later. It was weird. He has since dropped it. He's currently 20 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133612 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 06:54:06 +0000 hilsy85 2133612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was in the 15-20th percentile from 5 months up and he had at least one night nursing session until 13.5 months, when he started STTN on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133611 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 06:51:07 +0000 Rocker2014 2133611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is currently 12lbs at 6 mos and she still wakes to feed at least once per night, often twice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133569 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 23:44:11 +0000 sarac 2133569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was the same, and she was nursing once or twice overnight at that point. I night weaned at 13 months, and she was fine. She's still small, but growing just fine on her curve. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133551 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 22:55:57 +0000 Rockies11 2133551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't remember my LO's weight at that age, but she has always been under the 10th percentile, and fed at least 2-3 feeds a night until 13 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133542 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 22:34:41 +0000 birdofafeather 2133542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my daughter wasn't tiny, but still BF overnight at least once (sometimes twice) until after 12 months. she dropped to that one feed early, and i thought she'd naturally drop it, but she kept it up fairly consistently. once she turned 1 and started waking up multiple times (teeth, sickness, etc) i had to put my foot down and night wean because i knew she could do without it.</p> <p>i never tried this, but have you tried to drop a feed if she's waking up at the same time every night? my daughter was sporadic until a year so i figured she woke when she was hungry, but i've had friends that had habitual wakers, so they went in, soothed, but didn't nurse and baby eventually dropped that feed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tiny-older-bf-babies-and-sleep#post-2133536 Sun, 05 Apr 2015 22:04:58 +0000 Sunshine710 2133536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 10 months old and 12 and a half pounds (we're little people). She breastfeeds 2-3 times overnight on average. How old was your little BF baby when you got him/her down to 1 feed or less? </p> <p>Note - DD's growth is not currently a concern as she is trending on her own curve just fine.</p> <p>Thanks! </p>