Help

short

Hi, my 21 month old wakes at about 4 every nite and wont go back to sleep until she gets a bottle of milk. She was sick in Dec and Jan and wasnt eating so she used to wake at night hungry and this habit has kept up.

I have tries giving her water instead but she refuses it and cries until she gets milk. Any tips on how to get her back to sleeping through which she mormally did before the sickness?

Thanks

sari

Reduce the amount of milk give it in a beaker rather than a bottle and then just give her time to settle and I'm sure she'll give it up. Don't try to rush an be hard to get over things like that after illness

monflat

short wrote: »

Hi, my 21 month old wakes at about 4 every nite and wont go back to sleep until she gets a bottle of milk. She was sick in Dec and Jan and wasnt eating so she used to wake at night hungry and this habit has kept up.

I have tries giving her water instead but she refuses it and cries until she gets milk. Any tips on how to get her back to sleeping through which she mormally did before the sickness?

Thanks

How long has she being doin this? My two went through the same.
The odd night my 18 month will still wake and i give her her bottle. And she will settle.
They all are different.
But if it works il go with it nothin as difficult as broken sleep tiredness and if you have to work too.

Id do whatever works for me.

Marchbride

Could u put a bigger hole in teeth on bottle and she'll be turned off the soothing sucking sensation which may be what she's looking for from the bottle?

short

Hi thanks for all the replies this has been goin on since Christmas roughly, we have tried watering down her milk, just giving her water and sitting with her to settle her. These have kind of worked she now can go through 4 out of 5 nites without milk so hopefully if we keep persisting she will eventully give up on the milk. It is taking a lot of time and patience like most things with toddlers !!!