6 Month Old Baby Bottle At Night

By the age of six months many babies don t need the bedtime bottle for nourishment and by the age of nine months very few need the extra calories and nutrients offered by the bedtime bottle.

6 month old baby bottle at night.

With children from six to twelve months i usually suggest a gentle and gradual elimination of nighttime feedings. Bottle fed infants typically can wean off night feeding by 6 months of age. Many babies will be able to sleep for 6 to 8 hours straight when they reach 3 months old but then hit a growth spurt at approximately 3 1 2 to 4 months of age. But once he s past the 6 month marker skip the midnight snack.

The goal is to separate eating from going to sleep so that if your toddler does wake up at night he won t need your breast or a bottle to get back to sleep. Keep cutting back every few days until she s ready to give it up. This schedule follows the easy schedule eat activity sleep you and is helpful in ensuring your baby doesn t rely on you to fall asleep by nursing to sleep. Experts agree that if your baby is younger than 6 months old you should feed him whenever he wakes at night.

10 30 am nurse bottle once up from the nap naps usually range from 30 mins to 1 hour at this age. Overnight try cutting down on nursing time.