Infants are fed after a few hours. And until the moment when the baby is several months old, the parents do not have any thoughts about how to wean the child from eating at night. But months pass, and restful sleep does not come, and then the problem of night feeding becomes urgent. Rebuilding your baby's diet is difficult, but possible.
Instructions
Step 1
Before stopping night feeds, remember that they are mandatory for breastfeeding. Otherwise, the hormone prolactin, thanks to which lactation is supported, simply will not be produced.
Step 2
If your baby eats every few hours, try stretching the intervals between feeds first. Thus, their number will be reduced.
Step 3
When a child eats at night, it can be assumed that he is not full during the day. In this case, increase the volume of the last evening feed or make it more dense. The latter is suitable for children already receiving complementary foods.
Step 4
Children often manage to eat without even waking up. Therefore, in order to break the cycle of night feedings, it is necessary to wake the baby up every time he asks for milk. A scandal in this case is almost inevitable and you need to be ready to cry, but the likelihood that the next time the child simply will not wake up is quite high.
Step 5
For children who have crossed the threshold of the first year of life and have not given up their habit of eating at night, you can offer a mixture not from a bottle, but from a mug. Drinking like this also requires awakening and concentration. In the case when the baby does not need food, but calmness from the sucking reflex, this method can be quite effective.
Step 6
Another option is to reduce the volume of night feedings. Gradually reduce the amount of the mixture, keeping it to a minimum, which later replace with plain water. The child gets used to the fact that there is no more tasty milk, and stops waking up.
