Night feeds

How many bottles are you giving baby in the night? My little boy has been ill over the past few weeks with one thing after another. Over the past week he has lost his appetite and is only having 2/3 bottles in the day and is completely off solid foods. He is having his last bottle at around 11/12pm (not his normal routine) but then is waking at around 3pm and projectile vomiting. I went to see the doctor today and the doctor blamed me saying that he’s 9 months old now and shouldn’t be having bottles through the night. He told me that I need to get into a better routine with him as he is being sick because the milk is laying heavy on his stomach causing him to be sick. He has always had bottles through the night and has never been sick. I’m at a loss, I know my little boy isn’t himself but I don’t know what to do?!

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Ignore the doctor and ring your health visitor, they will tell you its 100% normal for a baby to still be having feeds in the night, for comfort or for hunger. You’re within your right to ask for a second opinion at the GP office to see if theres something else causing the sickness xx

My lg is the same at the moment has been ill on and off for the last 6 weeks and this week particularly bad with a bad cough and fever , she usually has milk overnight even when she is well as she doesn’t drink large amounts at each feed, but at the moment her appetite has reduced a lot due to being ill she isn’t having any solids and not much milk and had vomitted sometimes after feeds too due to the cough, I try to hold her upright and sleep on my chest after she’s had a night feed to try and minimise the risk of vomitting but sometimes that doesn’t work either and she has a coughing fit and vomits, i use saline drops and the nosefrida, vapour rub and the calpol plug, calpol and neurofen but nothing seems to really help I hope things get better but at the moment I think we just have to ride do it sending lots of love I know it’s really hard and stressful at the moment especially with the reduced appetite hope things improve soon for them both x

I went through something similar with my little but he was 7 months old. ( he’s now nearly 10 months) my little boy was throwing up every bottle. I took him to the drs twice and the Hositpal 3 times because they keep telling me I need to change something. I know my little boy better than anyone and they he was really ill and got to the bottom of it that he has gastroenteritis. I just road mine out and he was back to normal in no time.

I’d speak to health visitor too

EBF but we still feed 1-3 times a night. It’s perfectly normal to 12 months at least. GPs aren’t baby experts unfortunately but I have found my health visitor completely useless too

You feel what's best for your baby . As my girl is having only 2 bottles , one in the morning and one before bed she refuses milk during the day and she sleeps from 8 to 8 so no feeding in the night .. she has 3 full meals during day and loves her water but every baby is different .. is she would be poorly and wake up in the night I definitely would offer her milk .. silkening, low appetite and daeria is normal when teathing..

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