We don't normally. When she weaned, we didn't replace me with anything. The other night she only drank a few sips of milk at dinner so I brought her cup up and gave it to her at book reading time. She drank the entire thing! I'm curious if others offer drinks at bedtime or if you do only in situations like that, when they haven't drank much that evening?
Thoughts?
Also, surprisingly she didn't leak through her diaper that night, but she came close!
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
We don't usually. Sometimes if we have a long quiet time before or after bath time, I'll give him some water or leftover milk from the day. He's usually not a huge nighttime wetter in general so it hasn't been an issue for us.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
Nope, we usually don't drinks at bedtime (haven't since we cut out the nursing-to-sleep at 16 months) unless she's thirsty and asks for something (rarely). I feel better that way b/c she's brushed her teeth already.
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
We leave a cup of water on her bedside table to drink if she gets thirsty at night.
honeydew / 7444 posts
I give her a smoothie (it's just milk with 1/4 banana) before/after bathtime, and we usually bring water upstairs for her. Some days her diaper is full, other days it's pretty dry.
pear / 1723 posts
They get water at bedtime, and get pretty much as much as they want. We just give them heavy duty overnight diapers. Their last milk is after dinner an hour or two before bed.
persimmon / 1147 posts
Norah has a sippy of water in her crib at night. Sometimes she hugs it and other times she takes a few sips to self sooth herself back to sleep. It works for us right now but will have to figure things out when we potty train!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
if she asks for water or something to drink, i'll give it to her.
it usually means she'll get up in the middle of the night to pee, but sometimes she doesn't!
grapefruit / 4923 posts
LO is 13.5 months and we recently weaned. after bath i offer him a straw cup of milk to see if he wants any. after that we brush his teeth and i haven't been giving him anything after the teeth brushing (i did for a few weeks but changed the routine and he seems to be fine).
pear / 1699 posts
He's had a sippy (now a leak proof straw cup) of water in his crib since we weaned the night time feed at 14 months. Sometimes he drinks a little, sometimes a lot.
GOLD / papaya / 10166 posts
Yes, she always has to have a cup of water with her (after we weaned). I'm worried about how to break that habit when we start potty training.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
She has milk before bedtime and then we brush teeth and head to bed. I've been giving her 1/2 full cup of water lately since she has a cough, but normally she doesn't go to bed with anything to drink.
pomegranate / 3272 posts
I can usually get him to drink more milk before bed than I can during the rest of the day combined so I take advantage of it. For now. I hate that it's right before bed so we don't get to brush his teeth again but we're still working on the teeth brushing too.
He's 15 mo.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
I always offer her water right before putting her in her crib, sometimes she takes a sip sometimes she drinks a ton...I just want to make sure she isn't thirsty throughout the night.
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