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^ That’s why I’m thinking too, if he’s still nursing every two hours all night at 9 months, it’s for comfort. He hasn’t learned to soothe himself back to sleep!
Follow all the eating/khaana tips everyone has given, and get him on a solid routine!
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My son was like that too, I was convinced that there was something wrong with him too as he cried all night, but then he was fine during the day and giving formula at night did not help as well. He kept waking up to nurse and I slowly weaned him at night (he was almost 2 by then) and he slept through the night within a week. Just offer him water when he wakes up for the first feed. It will be tough at first he may keep you up for 2 hours or so the first time, so it will be tempting to give in to him. When he wakes up next, nurse him and the rest of the night, the next time, give him water the first two times and then nurse him and then slowly wean him off. Works like a charm. My son was MA sleeping through then ight within the week and he used to wake up 15-20 times a night.
Gave him Sooji and other stuff and going to do what most of you have suggested.
Cherry he likes solids but he is more interested on me during tge night.
Eastern, did you give him water, didn’t he fuss a lot knowing that you had milk ?
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try pacifier…
Pacifier has been rejected 
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^ No please don’t try the pacifier. He’s 9 months old and babies should be weaned off the pacifier by at most a year. Automne, he is nursing only for comfort. My daughter did the same. Woke up every 2 hours to nurse…they are only nursing for comfort. Please wean him off at night.
Like Eastern said, as soon as you wean him off, it’ll do wonders and he’ll sleep through the night. He will cry and be very frustrated as to why you’re not giving him any milk but you need to stand your ground. I went to my mom’s and she kept her for three nights. It’s easier if someone else does it coz they know mommy is not there to nurse them. They are less resistant. Maybe ask your husband for help when he is off for 2-3 days? You’re drained out not only from lack of sleep but also from nursing him all night.
Cherry I will talk to hubby and see how we can take care of this
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update?
Nope not working with this kid
I’m so so drained and exhausted. He is now eating what we eat. Getting up after sleeping he HAS to play
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what is not working auto?
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exactly, what is not working?
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Have u tried giving proteins before bed? Like yakhni
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Ok so here is what our day looks like : (I got to hear from a relative he wakes up coz he is not full 
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Wake up at 8 and then change diapers, and make breakfast. Give little mister whatever we are having + egg yolk. Usually the older one either has cereal (kelloggs red berries) or whole wheat with jam (no sugar only fruit juice wala) and cream cheese. Then he plays.
Then around 11 am , he is breastfed and then once again plays or depending on how tired he is he goes down for a nap. On a good day the nap is for 1.5 hours. On a normal day it is anywhere between 45 minutes and 1 hour.
Then lunch time, if I make a green smoothie (spinach, orange, grapes) he gets it in his bottle. Or I usually have sooji bharta made (a little sooji browned in homemade ghee and softened with milk). I usually add fruits like apple, strawberry to the sooji bharta. And he usually has a tablespoon or three. I also give him whatever lunch we are having (chawal, roti)
Then snack time, any fruit or smoothie or what we are having. Plus breastfeeding.
Dinnertime : Chawal, roti, bread with whatever salan with some yoghurt mixed in or rinsed vegetables. I even sometimes add the salan to his sooji bharta.
Then again breastfeeding till he gets sleepy. Usually sleeps around 9-11 PM, I stay up an hour after he goes to bed to wrap up a few chores or whatever. But the sad part is that he keeps waking up after every hour or two hours at night. and this continues till 7-8 AM. After every feed during the night he wants to play.
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His food schedule sounds fine, but at night allow him more playtime, then food, then some activity followed by bath and then sleep. Also if he’s on your feed you can include stuff like sooji, nuts and more heavy food to your diet too to make the feed heavier and more fulfilling.
i had a super hungry kiddo who would want milk all the time, thank God he would take formula and I kept 4-5 bottles by my bedside and he would have milk all night long every few hours.
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it’s been awhile since my kids were babies (7 yrs lol), so I’ll let the new mommies who are in the throws right now give more detailed advice, but here’s my opionion on his schedule:
this needs to change! you need to establish a solid and consistant bedtime routine ie: dinner, bath, nurse, sleep. it has to be the same every single day so that he learns sleeptime means sleeptime. at nine months he should not be going to sleep that late at night and still waking up every couple of hours!
is his weight gain adequate? if so, then he is NOT nursing for hunger through out the night, he’s doing it for comfort because he cannot self soothe himself.
As far as his diet goes, I never gave my kids smoothies in bottles so I’m not sure about that…I would think you should be giving him more finger foods in a chunky/chewy texture?
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And current mommies of babies correct me if i’m wrong, but at 9 months he should be nursing about 4 times a day, right?
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i didnt nurse but i remember doc telling me no more than 24 ounces in a day.
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You need to stop nursing him all night long and if that means him crying, let it be! Just rock him or pat him and eventually he’ll get the idea that he can’t nurse all night long. He seems to be eating perfectly fine during the day for a 9 month old. He is only nursing for comfort at night. He associates nursing with going to sleep so as he goes through his sleep cycles (REM and deep sleep), he wakes up and needs you as his pacifier to go back to sleep.
Honestly don’t listen to desis about him being hungry. Us desis think babies are always hungry and must be fed 24/7. I assure you, if you let him spend three nights without nursing him, he’ll be sleeping through the night! Also , make sure he is in bed at 9 and no later than that. As Khatti has said, the importance of a schedule cannot be overemphasized. Babies thrive on schedules and bedtime should always be at a certain hour give or take a few mins.
I never gave smoothies before 1 but if you are giving smoothies make sure to give it in a sippy cup and not a bottle.
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yep bottle should be for milk only or at least thats how I kept it with my son… as much tempted as I was to give him juices/smoothies etc in bottle, I never did! even if it meant he just had a sip from sippy cup! he came around eventually!
Give him roti boti than sooji halwa.. my son started sleeping through the night only after I started giving him roti for dinner! even chawal didnt do the drink, he is such a kashmiri! 
and 9-11 is too late for a 9 month old..I alayws put mine in bed befor 8:00.. he used to wake up once until he turned 1 and then his doc pretty much scolded me and told me to feed him a good dinner and then no matter how much he cries, he isnt hungry! lets say it took me another couple of months but once I did that, it was the best thing I ever did! I also sleep trained him for putting himself to sleep at 15 months so I cant say that you should do that to your 9 month old but I wish I had done that sooner so if you are interested, I will share but I dont want to imply that if I did, you should too.. its just that I wish someone had told me that earlier!