My first daughter slept through the night at 3 mos old but now I am struggling with my 15 month old. She wakes up anywhere from 1 to 4 times a night and most of the time wants to eat a whole bottle. I know, I have created a habit but how do I now correct this? I need sleep!!! Greatly appreciate the advice.
1. feed her more in the daytime 2. Tell her what your expectations are. Really. 3. Drop one nightime visit at a time (using modified CIO), until she sleeps for longer and longer periods. 4. If you must go in, have your husband do it and don't feed her, just cuddle and settle her.
We went from my 10 month old waking every 1-3 hours to feed to my now. 1 year old sleeping through the night in about 6 weeks using the above tactics. Good luck!
You simply stop, bottles at 15 months especially in bed is not good, very bad for the teeth. Break the habit, no more bottles, put a sippy cup with water in it and place it in the corner of her crib, when she wakes up she will see her cup, this is a great idea until you start potty training. J.
Can you settle her without feeding her or do you always give the bottle? If you can/do settle her sometimes without the bottle, I would be tempted to go "cold turkey" and not give her the bottle. Just settle her and tell her bottles are for daytime. My guess is that the first night will be rough but then she will understand that there is no more bottles at night. But if you always give a bottle at some point, I would work on stretching her though the night (in case she truly is hungry or in case you are worried she is hungry). So if she normally wakes after 4 hours, stretch her until 4 1/2 hours and then give the bottle. Then the next night, don't feed her until she sleeps for 5 hours, etc. And make the feeds smaller and smaller. After a few nights, she will eat more during the day and you can just stop the feeds. Hopefully. : ) Good luck.
