Not exact matches
I
actually ran into the opposite problem early on — I was so worried about making sure my infant had
enough to eat that I was following the BW advice to treat early wakings as a hunger problem first... ended up feeding, feeding, feeding for weeks until our pediatrician finally told his it was o.k. to back off and start working on
getting him to
sleep longer:)
As surprising as this may sound,
sleeping through the night can
actually indicate that your baby is not
getting enough to eat.
Sleeping when baby
sleeps, don't be daft, still have to hook up to a pump after the rugby match that passes for nursing, and then still bottle feeding, and just hope it
actually helps your production even though you're barely
getting enough to
get the shield wet.
To make sure your child has
enough slumber time, you'll have to take notice of how much
sleep your child is
actually getting, and then adjust your child's schedule accordingly.
The parent who is
actually brave
enough to wake up a
sleeping child has to be at the end of her rope, and it doesn't
actually take long to
get there.
I have only had a handful of nights where I felt I didn't
get enough sleep because of this (right now we're
actually in the midst of the worst of them, as he figures out crawling and is having a hard time falling and staying asleep, even with nursing and co-sleeping).
Baby's, attuned to their parents feelings, might
actually be
getting less
sleep wen parents are very focused on their baby
getting enough sleep.
My husband and I keep our babies in our bedroom right next to our bed until they're a couple of months old anyway, so they're still near
enough that I can
get to them immediately, but I can also fall into a nice deep
sleep in between feedings if it's a night where the baby
actually allows that.
Some just
get so caught up in «trying» to
sleep and wanting to please, that they can't rest
enough to
actually settle into
sleep.
I
actually slept horribly the first couple nights, unable to
get comfortable or relax
enough to
get any decent rest.
«That's long
enough to
actually get some restorative
sleep (not just the light
sleep you
get from a brief nodding off) but not so long that you develop what is called
sleep inertia, leading to drowsiness and difficulty
getting back your alertness.»
While tryptophan, found in foods like turkey, is commonly cited as «
sleep - inducing,» no foods
actually contain
enough of the compound to have a real effect («but,» you say, «I thought that's why I
get so
sleep after Thanksgiving meal.»
Sadly, the researchers also found that staying up later doesn't
actually burn extra calories, suggesting that not
getting enough sleep over the long term could be a recipe for weight gain.
What we may have come to accept as «normal» are
actually signs of imbalance: digestive issues (gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea), acne, mood swings, headaches, menstrual cycle issues (heavy or scanty bleeding, painful cramping, irregular periods, pain at ovulation, or bleeding between cycles),
sleep issues (difficulty
getting to
sleep, staying asleep or not
getting enough sleep or not feeling rested upon waking) just to name a few.
Not
getting enough sleep can increase stress hormones and
actually inhibit weight loss and other important bodily functions.
Although work sometimes
got in the way of
sleeping, and laziness
got in the way of eating (my weight
actually did not change at all), I noticed a definite decline in how I was feeling when I started to skip on
sleep and not
get in
enough food (particularly protein and carbohydrate after training).
I'm
actually quite good at most of them, BUT I do not
get enough of
sleep and that seriously dampens all the other habits as insufficient amount of
sleep leads to your body revolting.
Good luck, and for me, the
sleep actually came AFTER the baby arrived, as I too could not
get enough sleep while I was pregnant!