https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:26:08 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1180519 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:52:45 +0000 sunshineandsushi 1180519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my boys dropped their last night feeding around 3.5 months. It happened naturally and I'm so thankful for the timing, it was right around the time I went back to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1180469 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 20:23:58 +0000 winniebee 1180469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>T would occasionally go without eating from 5 months on. But it wasn't consistent til around 8.5 months. We did some gentle sleep training (let him cry for 5-10 mins before responding) and often he would fall back asleep. He woke at different times previously and would pound a bottle if offered, but I don't necessarily think it was because he was hungry. We still fed him if he was sick and woke up until around 12 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1180396 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:51:28 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1180396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>honestly, i believe that some of it is just luck. i find that HB moms (myself included) tend to try their very best to get their babies to do this and that, and the truth is....sometimes babies do what they want to do :)</p> <p>anyway, we had to night wean at 6.5 months, because i WOH and was suffering during the day at work. i knew that she could sttn because she had done it before and she was just waking up to nurse out of habit. "tanking her up" never worked because she only ate when she was hungry. we tried dream feeds unsuccessfully. the one time she did it, she still woke up at the same time in the motn. my pediatrician told me that at 2 months, they don't need night feeds any more...but i wasn't ready then to let her cry at that point. we tried sleep training at 3 months, 4 months and it finally took at 6.5 months. but only you know your baby and whether he/she and you are both ready for sleep training/CIO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1180309 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:09:55 +0000 LemonLong 1180309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: we used the Moms on Call method. We fed every 2.5 -3 hours during the day, and I would wake her to do so if needed. We started out with bedtime between 9-10 pm, and as she got older it moved earlier and earlier. At 1, her bedtime is now 5 pm, and then she sleeps until I get her up at 5 am (She needs to be at daycare by 6). On weekends she will sleep in until 6 or 7 though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1180271 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:55:28 +0000 hilsy85 1180271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Aw :( The first rule of STTN is that you don't talk about STTN! :) I hope those teeth come through soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1180262 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:53:07 +0000 Boheme 1180262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: He gave me one blissful week. Saturday night and last night we saw every hour on the clock. He's never been fussy during the day, but now he has been a BEAST since Saturday. I think he's teething...? Or he's possessed? :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1180257 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:51:33 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1180257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is so amazing to me the dramatic difference between babies....those of you who had babies sleeping all night early on (before 4months especially) do you have a strict schedule? Late bedtime? Dream feed? Whats your secret? Or was it just luck? Ll has been "sleeping through the night" meaning a stretch of 8-9 hours, sonce about 10 weeks. But this one feeding is just hanging on, and since dream feeds dont work we seem stuck. Tell me about your success! And mommas who havent been as lucky...tell me how you cope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1180235 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 18:38:11 +0000 hilsy85 1180235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: o h no! I thought things were better? :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1179791 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:26:48 +0000 Kimberlybee 1179791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: LOL!! I think I will be the same way. Baby girl cries at 12am and 4am to feed still, she is 5.5 months. She takes the bottles so fast during these times that I would rather give in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1179769 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:17:38 +0000 Boheme 1179769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish. DS is almost 5 months and still eats 3-4 times a night, and wakes about 6-8 times a night. Yay! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding/page/2#post-1179758 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:15:08 +0000 LemonLong 1179758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between six-eight weeks. We were pretty strict about our feeding schedule though, so I knew she was getting enough during the day. She's a year old now and we haven't had any regressions. Hopefully it stays that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1179742 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:06:11 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1179742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 18-month old still gets a MOTN feeding. I'm a sucker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1179595 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:35:55 +0000 Beehive 1179595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 6-8 weeks. Very lucky that he made that decision on his own! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1179587 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:33:59 +0000 Kemma 1179587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo still has one or two night feeds at twelve months old but she's also cutting eight teeth at the moment!</p> <p>Fwiw there's a tonne of developmental stuff going on between six and twelve months (language, teeth, crawling, walking etc) so it's not abnormal that LO needs the extra calories to keep up with all the development. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1179051 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:23:35 +0000 Adira 1179051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: Well... unless you can get him to get those ounces in during the day, you might be stuck having to feed him! I think I'm out of ideas! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1179038 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:21:15 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1179038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@adria, yes to the pacifier. When he wakes between 2 and 3 i can give him the paci and he will usually go back to sleep, but then he continues waking up every 30 minutes until i feed him :( another reason i think he still needs the feeding...if i feed him right away at least i get to sleep until 6 :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178975 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:04:44 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1178975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still do a dream feed at 10ish and he's 9 1/2 months. He STTN from 7:30 to about 7:30. I think I'm waiting until he doesn't seem to want this feeding but he still takes a good 4 ounces which is a full bottle for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178959 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:00:10 +0000 Adira 1178959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: When we were weaning his MOTN wakeups, I'd actually pop a pacifier in his mouth as soon as he started to stir and he'd usually settle back to sleep.</p> <p>But to drop the 9:00 dreamfeed (which usually woke him up and wasn't a dreamfeed), I just stopped doing it! He woke up a few times, and one night I had to just hold him until he settled back down, and then last night he was able to settle himself back to sleep on his own.</p> <p>Does your LO take a pacifier? You could try giving him that instead of a bottle and if he gets used to not eating, maybe he'll just start not waking up for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178926 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:52:42 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1178926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: i will try that! Cant hurt to try :) how did you night wean? CIO or gradually decreasing or another way? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178603 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:34:19 +0000 Charm54 1178603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 6 weeks and hasn't had a MOTN feeding since 3 weeks when she started doing 7 hour stretches. She now does 9 hours, so we start her routine at 10pm, put her down for 11pm and she's up at 8am. We bottle feed though, and when we moved her to her own room is when sleep really got better for everyone ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178585 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:30:51 +0000 Candy_nee 1178585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO stopped needing a middle of the night feed at 6 weeks. Now, we just give him a bottle right before bed and he sleeps from about 7 or 8ish to about 7ish.<br /> Like @Bookish: having the routine really helped as did moving him to his own room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178582 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:30:23 +0000 Freckles 1178582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I night weaned at 9 months so she would go from 7pm-5:30am. But then at around 12 months she wouldn't go back down after the morning nursing session so it was a good struggle to extend her wake up time to 6-6:30am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178520 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:12:19 +0000 Bookish 1178520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 weeks. She started sleeping longer and longer stretches, and once we started up a bedtime routine (bath, swaddle, nurse to drowsy) she slept 9+ hours. Once we moved her into her own room it stretched out to 10-11. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178467 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:56:12 +0000 mrsjyw 1178467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 weeks, he night weaned himself, he was around 12 lbs! and he was a champ nurser taking in six oz+ during the 6 or so feedings throughout the day~ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178459 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:52:08 +0000 Alivoo01 1178459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: Interesting!!! They open their mouths and swallow while dream feeding???? I'll have to look into this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178456 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:50:40 +0000 blackbird 1178456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ali--well she's bottle fed so we just keep offering it to her. Sometimes she flat out refuses to drink more, but sometimes we can hide it for a half hour, then re-offer it, and she'll take a few sips. I figure every little bit counts. We just offer it often from 5pm-7:30pm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178449 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:48:24 +0000 immabeetoo 1178449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: Giving them a bottle or nursing when they're still asleep. So, LO would go do for bed at 7 &amp; we'd sneak in and give him a bottle around 10 so he'd sleep through until 5 or 6. It worked for a while, then it didn't and I was sick of pumping. Every baby is different, so it's worth a try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178446 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:44:13 +0000 Alivoo01 1178446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@scg00387: I always hear about dream feeding. What is that?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178417 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:34:34 +0000 immabeetoo 1178417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: FWIW my baby would never "tank up" no matter how hard I tried. He ate when he was hungry and not a minute sooner :) a dream feed worked for a little while then I got tired of pumping. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-lo-stop-needing-a-night-feeding#post-1178414 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:32:07 +0000 Adira 1178414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: How often do you offer him a bottle? Maybe you could just try offering it more often during the day and even if he doesn't drink a lot, if he drinks a little more often, maybe he'll get more in during the day? How much total do you think he's getting during the day? </p>