Dear all,

my baby is now 8 months old. and weighs 7.25kgs.i have been feeding her since the begining. i started with her solids alonmg with my milk from 5 months onwards. her last solid feed she takes at about 8 p.m. before that we massge her and give her a bath too. but then after solid she takes my feed before she goes off to sleep. but she sleeeps max for 2 hours, gets up in sleep i give her feed and then she sleep again for 2 hours. everyone says i should stop my night feed and that she is healthy and she should sleep for min of 5 hours together. but my baby doesnt do that. in thye morning also max she sleeps for 2 hours in different intervals. and she plays a lot. she is active thorough out. but then also when it comes to sleep at bnight she doesnt sleep for more than 2 hours. there are times she gets up after an hour also. please advice me. i am really troubled. Nivedita replied. hi, all of you.... I read this message which actually tells the story of my daughter.
She is 8 months and gets up every two hours at night. She has her formula or some time BM and then goes back to sleep. Ped recommended me to give her water, but she refused to take water and did cry for almost one hour daily(for a week, i tried it out). I do not know what to do....... I just hope this is a passing phase..... Ruchi replied. hi ritika, u would be happy to know that u r not the only one facing this, even my son seems to be the same and is very very active,and is healthy in every ways. i chkd here and his ped says its pretty normal, and he will learn in sometime, probably we got to be patient, and also she mentioned that we should be happy that we have curious babies who want to learn more and more by being awake (since they feel that more they sleep more there time will get wasted) rather than sleeping, i guess they should turn out to be smart kids in future. mom replied. Hi Ritika - Your daughter is very much like mine was. Till the time I was bfeeding her, she continued to wake up every 2hrs. At 14months, when I stopped feeding her, thats when she actually started sleeping through the night. Per the peds here, they told me that the baby looks more for comfort than for the feed. And in my case it was just so true!

I would highly recommend breastfeeding the child until she turns 1year of age or winter goes by. Breastmilk goes a long way.. you are shielding your baby from the colds and the infections!

So, it totally depends on you on what you want to do. Sooner or later, your child will begin to sleep through the night. This stage will not last forever. So please do not worry much. Hang in there.

Lots of love and hugs to you.