The ped said that I need to start weaning Brody off of his middle of the night feeding.. She said once he gets teeth, it's really not good for them to sit with BM on them in the middle of the night...
I have tried the last two nights to not feed him when he wakes up at 3:30-4... Let me just say... ! Mommy just wants to ! And the ONLY thing that will get him to go back to sleep is feeding him..
What do I do? What did you guys do? Help, before I turn into a zombie...
I guess I'm no help, because I just nursed when needed whether it was the middle of the night or not. I didn't worry about BM on the teeth.
That's what I want to do and what DH thinks I should do.. But I think he says that because he wants to go back to sleep too
How old were they when they stopped waking in the middle of the night to eat?
It all depends. If you ask Koloe she'll tell you that she still wakes to eat in the middle of the night. Lauryn was close to 9 months old.
Yep! Mine still wakes up for middle of the night snacks. Some times I cut her off, because it's annoying me, but I really didn't start doing that till she was 2.
Personally I would just ignore the doctor. Besides being way to young to night wean, breast milk actually has properties that inhibit cavities. (Or so I read not to long ago) Just try to get his teeth brushed a couple times a day if possible. So far Liriel doesn't look like she has any cavities - though I haven't brought her to a dentist yet. But my nephew got a bunch quite young. I think part of it is genetic. And my sister filters all her drinking water, so that probably removed the fluoride from the water. But she had been brushing his teeth - or should I say letting him suck on his brush and occasionally brushing them herself. Now she brushes his teeth with his help before bed every night.
What's really problematic is when parents leave bottles/sippy cups of formula, cows milk, and juice in the crib. They don't have the anti cavity properties in them and are prone to increasing cavities.
As he gets older and needs a drink at night - I would limit it to BM or water.
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Yep! Mine still wakes up for middle of the night snacks. Some times I cut her off, because it's annoying me, but I really didn't start doing that till she was 2.
Personally I would just ignore the doctor. Besides being way to young to night wean, breast milk actually has properties that inhibit cavities. (Or so I read not to long ago) Just try to get his teeth brushed a couple times a day if possible. So far Liriel doesn't look like she has any cavities - though I haven't brought her to a dentist yet. But my nephew got a bunch quite young. I think part of it is genetic. And my sister filters all her drinking water, so that probably removed the fluoride from the water. But she had been brushing his teeth - or should I say letting him suck on his brush and occasionally brushing them herself. Now she brushes his teeth with his help before bed every night.
What's really problematic is when parents leave bottles/sippy cups of formula, cows milk, and juice in the crib. They don't have the anti cavity properties in them and are prone to increasing cavities.
As he gets older and needs a drink at night - I would limit it to BM or water.
Thanks The ped called him waking in the middle of the night a "habit" but I think he wouldn't wake up unless he really wanted it
Thanks The ped called him waking in the middle of the night a "habit" but I think he wouldn't wake up unless he really wanted it
The vast majority of children under 1 wake up at LEAST once during the night and it has nothing to do with BF. People with infants that sleep through the night are the minority, not the norm.
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04-29-2008, 10:56 AM
Sleeping through the night
The ped said that I need to start weaning Brody off of his middle of the night feeding.. She said once he gets teeth, it's really not good for them to sit with BM on them in the middle of the night...
! Mommy just wants to 
! And the ONLY thing that will get him to go back to sleep is feeding him.. 
a zombie...
The ped called him waking in the middle of the night a "habit" but I think he wouldn't wake up unless he really wanted it
