My son is 3 years old, I had a practices of feeding bottle milk to my son in midnight, Is that a good habit?

Question

My son is 3 years old, his weighs is only 11kg ( 5 kg less compared to growth chart) but very active boy. What should I do to increase weight?

I had a practices of feeding bottle milk to my son in sleep ,even now I have that practice since he cries for milk in night.

Is that a good healthy practice ? can I continue that?

His Child Doctor said to stop feeding while sleeping , but my son is crying. what should I do

Answer 1

honestly i'm not sure why he's still on a bottle at all. can i suggest putting his milk in a sippy cup during the day and giving a few more snacks like yogurt or graham crackers. but if your dr is not concerned about his weight neither should you be. and the only reason he cries at night for the bottle is because he knows that you'll give it to him, let him cry and after 2 or 3 days he'll stop waking up and wanting that late night bottle.

Answer 2

Learn, from Grand-mother, preferably or her mother, only, also!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

listen to doc. and don't worry about weight

Answer 5

I took all 5 of my kids off a bottle cold turkey at 12 months.  He's not crying cause he's hungry...a 3 year old can go all night without food.  He's crying because it's a habit that he cries and gets a bottle.  The older a child is when you break them off...the harder it is to get them broken off.  You're also setting him up for bottle decay on his teeth.  He'll cry without it for a couple of nights...but after that he'll be fine.  His weight issues...it's probably not even an issue.  Some kids are just small.  I don't know what it is in kg but my 19 month old is 30lbs....her 6 year old sister is only 35lbs....they're both healthy it's just that kids come in all sizes.

Answer 6

Bad practice... does he have any teeth left?

Don't worry about his weight, he'll catch up eventually.

Answer 7

He's crying out of habit, not hunger. He's three, not three months. Let him cry, and stop giving him the bottle. Bottles are supposed to be taken away between 12 and 18 mos of age. You are setting him up for a lifetime of bad dental hygiene--I bet you don't brush his teeth immediately after feeding him, which means he probably needs to be seen by a dentist and will probably have cavities. Stop waking him and stop letting him get up. Feed him more during the day--foods high in calories that are healthy--avocados, cheeses, yogurts, things like that.

Answer 8

A friend's two-year-old just lost a tooth from going to bed with a bottle.  He should be sleeping through the night.  Start giving him water if he wakes up.  And get him on a good, regular feeding schedule during the day - NO BOTTLE!!!

His weight will catch up eventually.  If his pediatrician is not worried about his weight, you shouldn't be.

This is a HABIT, not a NEED.  Learn to distinguish between the two.  And understand that he has learned to cry to get his way.  So it will take a while to retrain him.  That is his chosen method of communicating because IT WORKS for him.  He cries, you give him what he wants.  

It is not rocket science, but it is HARD!  It is the hardest job you will ever have, but the stakes are higher than anything else you will ever do!