Milk at night

it could also be pregnancy hormones.....My daughter is 2.5 and she still wakes up here and there for milk in the night. I don't deny her. 🤷‍♀️

@Charlene I don’t understand, I’m not breastfeeding, he’s giving her whole cows milk. I haven’t BF since she was 7 months old. And you’re very lucky she only wakes up here and there. This has been going on for months, every single night

sometimes kids are just hungry. My girl gets 2percent milk now we took her off whole milk. My girl eats pretty good but still loves her milk. 2.5 is still young

Maybe consider leaving since you hate your husband so much? My 2.5 year old has been waking up a lot lately as well because hes having growing pains, sometimes milk and Motrin are the answer….. but again if you hate your husband so much and you’re having another baby, maybe consider some things for your mental health…..

@aspen it definitely could just be the pregnancy hormones and if she's frustrated with things those anger emotions could be coming from that. But obviously there could be more to the story too who knows

Um yall should of gotten rid of the bottles a long time ago. You are right. An if you ask doctors there is a massive obesity problem in children right now. And milk isnt helping. A lot of children are also lactose and intolerant. What i did to get my husband on the same train take you child to her doctor or a nutritionist tell them what's going on. Ask them to put in the summary that bottles an milk needs to stop at night time. I stop all liquids after dinner. Because now my 2.5 yr old will pee in her potty an then she wakes up she'll pee again in her potty because kids sometimes don't empty their bladder.

Sometimes is emotional attachment. My daughter keeps waking up and ask for bottle, if we refuse she keeps crying and wakes herself up. Toddlers are stubborn!

I couldn’t do it , I would be so irritated and I’m not pregnant. its not so much about right or wrong, because (with obvious exceptions) there is no right and wrong way to parent , it’s your child at the end of the day so to each is own, but if it bugs you , it should matter to your partner.

We switched milk with water and decreased it with time and now I’m at 1 wake up per night but she just gets up asking to hold my hand .. I definitely understand your husband should stop or this is gonna carry for years

Bottles? Ugh. could you, at least, convince him to switch to a cup? And does he brush her teeth after the milk? That's the other really big reason to not give her milk in the middle of the night. If you can get him on board, denying her milk will only take a couple of days (hard, loud, days) to break the habit. I always take a day or two before I make a transition or change in routine to tell my son what's going to happen...to prepare him.

Eating before bed could cause a stomach ache, but also that just adds to obesity in this country.. it's just trading one wrong behavior for another. Just do your own research consult with a nutritionist, then make your own judgment call as a parent. Don't let your child run you, though.

@Alex I agree. Toddlers typically eat every 2-3 hours. We have dinner at 5:30, and bed at 7:30/8pm. My son gets a small (some crackers/cereal and dried fruit) snack before bed every night. Then we brush teeth and go to bed

Psh yall let your toddlers run you. We eat at 6 every night, bath brushed teeth bed by 8. There's no need for a snack. It's not necessary if you have a structured household.

Literally breakfast at 8am snack at 11am lunch at 1230pm, nap at 2pm snack, at 4pm dinner by 6 bed by 8pm. 3 meals with 2 snacks milk just in the morning, and water with electrolytes for the rest of the day. Bottles and milk at night should stop after 1.

@Kay Or Kayla Idc I'm happy to hear that works for your family 😊 for us, this isn't practical because we have to work with Daycare's schedule. The original poster wasn't saying her toddler ran them...it's her husband that does. If it was up to the poster, she would have stopped this middle of the night nonsense a long time ago.

I am aware it was other people chiming in saying give the child food instead. That's why the conversation went left. I get you lefties have defend one another but hey it's all good.