my seven month old still wants to have more than one

bottle through the middle of the night. My parents keep telling me that once children are this old they don't wake up throughout the night for food, just for comfort... but I swear, he will not put up with anything less than a six ounce bottle and recently he has been wanting that up to three times throughout the night. I don't know if I'm doing the right thing by feeding him. I thought maybe I could start putting in half juice half water but he didn't seem to like it. When did your baby start sleeping through the night? I feel like I'm growing crazy by still needing to wake up every three or four hours ... I keep waking up really frazzled and frustrated. I try not to be but after months and months of sleep deprivation its hard to not feel like smurf when I'm woken up throughout the night. I don't feel like its right to let him rage it out until he falls asleep again. He is 25 lbs and its really hard for me to carry him around anymore... I've read quite a bit online and I feel like a baby should inherently know when they are hungry and so a mom shouldn't try to curb their appetite but now I'm second guessing myself, maybe he is a comfort eater and he is overeating because of it? I am a comfort eater, lol
anyway, any ideas on what I should do?

Its probably a growth spurt, if he wants a bottle just give it to him. I often find that parents/in laws advice, while well meaning, is way outdated. My 8 month old still gets up 3 times a night for a feed, mind you shes breastfed but still, its all normal.

Your research is right. He is waking for extra bottles because he NEEDS that nutrients..even if it's 3am. You are doing the right thing! And even though being sleep deprived sucks...It won't be like this for long.  

If he's hungry feed him. All babies are different.

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Feed him if he wakes. He is still little. Christopher woke up for 2-3 bottles in the night until he was 14 months old.

thank you ladies.

my 7 month old twins still wake up 1-2 times a night to be feed.

My 10 month old nurses 2-3 times a night usually. She eats on demand. If she wants to nurse, I let her. She's still only in the 28th percentile for weight. So keep doin what you're doin. I know it's hard, I'm exhausted too. Nap time every day is our saving grace. If you have the opportunity to nap with him then go for it! That 1-2 hour power nap seriously helps keep me sane the rest of the day.

Oh, and if you do truly feel like it's a comfort thing then I would try finding him alternative things to comfort himself with. A paci, a blanket, a mobile, etc.

My baby used to sleep the whole night, then at around 5 months she started waking up around 3am... now at 7 months she wakes up every 2-3 hours at night to nurse as she would during the day, I couldn't figure out why either. But whatever, I am not going to limit what my baby needs, sometimes we can comfort her back to sleep other times you can just tell by the cry that she is hungry and upset she is not getting fed... whatever the case may be your parents can't tell you that "babies" implying that all of them are like that..Also your parents should not be comparing your child to others, or your parenting skills, I know you have no control over that but take it with a grain of salt, remember when they had babied that was at least 20 years ago... their methods are slightly outdated...and if they are hearing things rom their friends, remember that sometimes ppl just say things to please others or brag/look good in other ppls eyes... You are doing great, If they are not there at night conforting her instead of feeding her then you do what your mommy instincts tell you...You shouldn't feel bad for feeding your baby..

My son still does it and is a year old in a couple of weeks and a friend still feeds her 2-year-old at night.
A good friend of mine told me that they grow out of it when they're ready but my health visitor told me to let him cry it out (which I wasn't prepared to do) - if he is hungry then I'll feed him.

My pedi just told me at her checkup (she's 8 months old) that she is old enough to go all night without eating and she's just waking up out of habit and a good way to tell is because she was sleeping through the night before her growth spurt around 6 months. We are now in 'sleep training' where I first just listen to her and then if she gets louder go in there and give her her blankie and paci and rub her back a little but don't stay in there longer than a min. If she still won't fall back asleep ill give her a bottle but he has me slowly lowering the amount she gets. So far, for us it's going great. She's only waking up once now instead of 3 times and she's in a much better mood throughout the day and is actually taking a nap now.

Yea, I have stopped telling my parents about my routines because they think everything I'm doing is wrong. lol I know differently. I just have been a little worried because he has been in the 98% his whole life but now his weight is starting to beat that of his height.

Quoting Queen_B:" Yea, I have stopped telling my parents about my routines because they think everything I'm doing is wrong. ... [snip!] ... been a little worried because he has been in the 98% his whole life but now his weight is starting to beat that of his height. "

Is it bad when their weight beats out their height? I don't think I will ever have that problem with DD.....she's in the 3% for her weight and like 25% for her height. We have to go in all the time for weight checks with her so that's why I was wondering since I thought it was good.

DD had a bottle a night or two until well after a year.