10 Mo Old Still Waking Twice a Night for Bottle and Takes About 6 Bottles Daily

You need ot increase the quantity of his bottles and food so it is more less often. My 8 month old has 4-5 7oz bottles and 1 jar of stage 2 baby food mixed with rice cereal 3x a day. A 10 month old can definitely take more food than 4-6 oz in one feeding. if you increase the amount he should need it less often and not at night. feed him close to bedtime so his tummy is full and if he does wake up DO NOT FEED HIM. No baby his age NEEDS to eat at night and it has more become habit for him.

My guess is he is waking out of habit, not because he is hungry! It's a hard habit to break (I recommend looking in to the "Ferber" method - worked for us). Also, both of my kids had moved beyond the jar foods at 10 months. Maybe try feeding him some regular food - just cut up real small? Not sure if that would make a difference or not. Good luck :)

Have you considered the idea that he is waking up out of habit and not hunger? Unless there is some type of medical issue, there is no reason why a healthy 10 month old needs to eat twice during the night. When my oldest son was about 8 months old, he too, was waking up at night to eat and I couldn't figure out why because he ate plenty during the day. Our pediatrician at the time suggested that he was doing it out of habit and told me to stop feeding him in the middle of the night. He said to just go in to check on him if he's crying and comfort him through my voice and my touch instead of a bottle. He was right and it worked. Maybe you could give this a try. Good luck!

I nurse mine and I'm right ther with you.

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I agree with others, there is no NEED for bottles. Just don't give him a bottle. Soothe him back to sleep in other ways, he will eventually stop wanting a bottle. He can eat more table foods at this age. He can start eating meats and proteins and lots of fruits and veggies. Baby food is watered down and cooked in such a way, that it looses it's heartiness and nutrition. (I'm not insulting you for using baby food, but saying it probably isn't filling enough for him!) You'd be better off, giving him small pieces of what your eating. He can eat finger foods now. Cut up green beans, carrots, egg yolks, chicken...whatever you can think of. Just avoid high allergen foods.

I'm not sure that he's getting enough food. My 5 month old grandson eats more than that. He takes an 8oz. bottle with cereal and food and another 3-4 ozs. to top it off. If your baby isn't getting enough per feeding, he's going to be hungry more often. Not to mention, they require more at times because they go through growth spurts. You will see that in sleeping habits as well through out his life. When my children were "growing", they required more sleep and more food. Also, he is 10 months old which could mean that he needs more food because he is more active. Crawling...trying to walk.

I am wondering how big your little guy is. He may or may not be able eat more or to drink more than 6oz of a bottle at a time. My children were smaller and couldn't take large amounts, especially at the age of 10 months. Only the youngest of my 6 slept through the night completely by 10 months, but he was the largest of all, being nearly 9lbs when he was born. I'm sure you'll take everything into consideration and make the best decision for your child.

I have a 16 month old and he still occasionally tries to get up in the night for milk! At 10 months I was in your EXACT same place. They are waking out of habit more than out of real necessity at that age.

I would second what the other moms said. Try to introduce heartier foods during the day (they can handle a lot of finger foods by 10 months), more frequent bottles if necessary, and try to get him to cut out at least one of those nightly feedings. I used a cry it out method, and while it's heartbreaking, it does work very quickly. It's better for them to get uninterrupted sleep, so think of it as doing him a favor :)

Good luck!

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My youngest woke for 1 bottle a night until he was completely off formula and on milk. He was never a big eater and I do think he was hungry at night. My doctor told me he shouldn't NEED a bottle at night but he would cry and not go back to sleep for ever. One night my husband made a smal bottle and bam down it went and back to sleep the baby went. Every child is different. Maybe try more real food during the day to see if that fills him up more.

http://www.babycenter.com/0_age-by-age-guide-to-feeding-y...

You can advance him to heartier foods and finger foods, that can help with his appetite. This is a good guide on what all he can eat.

Also what the mom below me said. Increase his food intake and don't feed him that many times a night. he will get used to it.

At 10 months there is no need for your baby to eat in the middle of the night. We just went through breaking our 8-month-old of waking twice in the night. Neither my husband nor I subscribe to the "cry-it-out" method so we used Ferber, which encourages you to go in and sooth your baby, but is a progressive waiting method so you gradually increase the amount of time you wait before you go in to rub your babies tummy and tell them that you are there, but it is time to sleep. We started it last Friday night and my husband only had to go in twice. (It's best to send in your husband for the first few nights because Mommy means food.) Anyway, Saturday and Sunday he didn't have to go in at all because she didn't really cry those nights. She complained a little and then ended up going back to sleep. She gave us another go on Monday night just to see if we would be consistent, but he only had to go in once. Look up Ferber and see if it is for you. I promise you that the longer you wait to break the habit the harder it will be. Our daughter now goes to bed at 7 p.m. (sometimes 6:30) and sleeps until anywhere from 6 to 7 a.m.

Here's what my husband and I did with our son, who was about 5 1/2 months at the time. When we did this he was waking two to three times per night to nurse. I started reducing the amount of time he nursed every night ( you could do every other night if you would prefer, it will just take a bit longer) So if you have been nursing for 6 minutes, only offer 5 1/2 minutes of nursing tonight. When there are multiple feedings per night, you also increase by 15 minutes per night, the amount of time between feedings. So you would do 5 minutes of nursing every 4.25 hours tomorrow, 4 1/2 minutes every 4 1/2 hours the next night, and so on. We found this method in Dr. Richard Ferber's book (which made a lot of sense to me, you may want to try reading it to see what you think), and it worked really well for us. Since you are bottle feeding, you just gradually reduce the amount in the bottle, 6 oz. tonight, 5 or 5 1/2 oz tomorrow etc. According to the book, most kids stop waking to eat before you can reduce them down to nothing, my son stopped waking to feed after 4 or 5 nights. I thought a gradual approach was better than just trying to quit cold turkey, which seemed pretty awful to me.
Also, make sure when you go in to feed him, you keep it as utilitarian as possible, no lights, no conversation, just nurse and back to bed. You want to show him that nighttime is for sleeping.
Best of luck!

Start watering down his bottles - he will probably lose interest or, at the very least, eat more food during the day which he needs.