When do babies stop needing night feeds?

[ClareC]

My daughter is 6 months today. Usually sleeps well but the last few nights has been waking a couple of times per night. Originally thought she was waking due to having a dirty nappy (we have just started solids). However, the nappies tonight are clean!! Just offered her water but needless to say she is none too impressed. I know she will settle if I feed her but am I starting bad habits to still do that in the night at 6 months?

Thx

[Fuschia]

I think anything up to a year is reasonable really, after that it's probably not necessary but can be nice for comfort, esp if you're breastfeeding...

If she hasn't been having milk at night and the waking is new, it may not be hunger though but a developmnental leap/brain development making her restless. It could be a growth spurt, too.

http://moxie.blogs.com/askmoxie/2006/02/qa_what_are_sle.html

[ClareC]

Thanks Fuschia, that's an interesting article. She is 26 weeks too and had a bad sleep patch at 4 mths so all does make sense! Wonder how long it lasts.....

[Fuschia]

I used the have the wonderweeks book and it had ideas for activities you could so at each stage to help them adjust to the big leaps in brain devt..I can't recall what is going on with them at 6m but if you know that you can maybe help... library has the book.

[Fuschia]

http://life-with-lydia.blogspot.com/2009/03/wonder-weeks.html

http://cbfoley.com/2009/03/24/teething-and-wonder-week-26/

[Fuschia]

Ah, here it is:

http://www.livingcontrolsystems.com/wonder_weeks/content_ww.html#ch07