Hipp Goodnight milk - thoughts?

delain

XxStephxX wrote: »

When my son was younger we used to crush up a rusk and put it in his night time bottle when he never settled, it worked a treat!

I dare you to post that on netmums, the thread will turn nasty and be 100 pages long :rotfl:

pigpen

He may just be thirsty and need some water or juice, or cold as he kicks off the covers. Mine wakes occasionally and only wants a drink and goes straight back to sleep it is very warm at night and she dribbles loads.

Is he still in your room? In which case you coud be disturbing his sleep with snoring or moving about or just being there.

I really think a these gimmicky milks are just that.. an excuse to charge twice the price for no extra benefit at all.

I used to put rusk or baby rice in DS1s bottle as well but it is not advised to do so now as it is a choking hazard supposedly.

pukkamum

Have you tried a dream feed?
Our lo was a terrible sleeper and i tried the goodnight milk but as it has creeals in it to 'bloat' the stomach to give a full feeling it gave her terrible stomach ache.
I had always poo pooed the idea of a dream feed but tried it in desperation, basically going in at ten/half ten, keeping the lights off and feeding her, then putting her staright back down, you will probably find baby doesn't even wake fully so no burping or nappy changing!!!!!

The first time i did it she slept til 7 without waking and now sleeps from 7-7 without it xxxxx

herman2811

ajaney wrote: »

I struggled to get my little one to sleep above 3 or 4 hours at night so you have my sympathies. He is now 13 1/2 months & sleeps 7pm to 6:30am most nights & has done the majority of the time for the last few months.

Have you started solids yet?

My friend used the goodnight drink with her little boy & it helped him sleep better. I would say give it a try, nothing to lose.

Yep, started weaning, but hasn't made any difference. Also on formula full-time now after being breast fed.

herman2811

pigpen wrote: »

He may just be thirsty and need some water or juice, or cold as he kicks off the covers. Mine wakes occasionally and only wants a drink and goes straight back to sleep it is very warm at night and she dribbles loads.

Is he still in your room? In which case you coud be disturbing his sleep with snoring or moving about or just being there.

I really think a these gimmicky milks are just that.. an excuse to charge twice the price for no extra benefit at all.

I used to put rusk or baby rice in DS1s bottle as well but it is not advised to do so now as it is a choking hazard supposedly.

We've thought about all variables, so hopefully he's not too hot or too cold. Yeah I suppose he could be thirsty.
No not in our room.

herman2811

pukkamum wrote: »

Have you tried a dream feed?
Our lo was a terrible sleeper and i tried the goodnight milk but as it has creeals in it to 'bloat' the stomach to give a full feeling it gave her terrible stomach ache.
I had always poo pooed the idea of a dream feed but tried it in desperation, basically going in at ten/half ten, keeping the lights off and feeding her, then putting her staright back down, you will probably find baby doesn't even wake fully so no burping or nappy changing!!!!!

The first time i did it she slept til 7 without waking and now sleeps from 7-7 without it xxxxx

Dream feed - yes and no! Basically when he wakes, he cries but his eyes are still closed, so we give him a feed and he goes back to sleep. Then an hour or 2 later, the process is repeated! Have done a pre-cry dream feed in the past, but it hasn't made him sleep any longer.

polejunkie

I have some but got the same effect as i did from adding a rusk to the milk.

I actually used rusk around 4 months when my baby had a mega growth spurt for 3 nights and woke every 3 hours for more milk then used the milk every now and then from around 5.5 months, i know it says 6 months but im not one of those stepfordnetmums.

loopy-loo73

we used it for our dd2 it was fantastic
settled her really well & meant i was only up once during the night not 3-4 times
thoroughly recommend!!
lou x

pukkamum

herman2811 wrote: »

Dream feed - yes and no! Basically when he wakes, he cries but his eyes are still closed, so we give him a feed and he goes back to sleep. Then an hour or 2 later, the process is repeated! Have done a pre-cry dream feed in the past, but it hasn't made him sleep any longer.

It can take a while to have effect, but perhaps you need to look at how he self settles, does he go to sleep awake in his cot?
How do you deal with crying when in his cot, are you just assuming he is hungry and feeding him when what he really needs is to self settle rather than relying on a bottle.

XxStephxX

delain wrote: »

I dare you to post that on netmums, the thread will turn nasty and be 100 pages long :rotfl:

Lol i would never post on net mums they are trying too hard to be 'perfect mums' on there! If you do something thats not by NHS guidelines they pounce on you like a piece of meat!