One thing to be sure of is that your baby isn't falling
asleep during nursing.
If your baby falls
asleep during nursing, look for the signs that your little one is getting adequate milk.
Not exact matches
During the day he CIO for shorter times before falling
asleep, but at night no matter how long he cries he won't fall
asleep on his own at all unless I
nurse him to sleep.
Before I used to feed her a bottle of expressed milk (only for bedtime,
during the day I just
nursed her) and hope that she'll fall
asleep doing it.
During his or her first weeks your baby will probably fall
asleep at your breast every time he
nurses (or with the bottle).
Instead of always falling
asleep during feeds, Alex will now finish a feed and still be awake, This is lovely as he is always so smiley after a feed (once he has got that pesky wind up that is) and means I don't always end up trapped in the
nursing chair, too scared to put him down in case I wake him.
During the first few days, you may have to gently wake your baby to begin
nursing, and she may fall
asleep again mid-feeding.
During the night when he would wake up and not be able to fall back
asleep,
nursing was a hard habit to break.
My son is 7 mths and he was sleeping thru the night for several months and then about 2 mths ago got a yucky cold and began waking up at night and I would «
nurse» him and he would fall fast
asleep:) But now he is long over his cold, has food and milk all day long but still wakes
during the night to
nurse.
Whether it's replacing a pacifier 15 times,
nursing three times, or picking your child up five times a night, these are all sleep associations that will make it harder for your child to fall
asleep on their own
during the long run.
I'm so happy that you mentioned that when your daughter was eighteen month she still
nursed to fall
asleep and woke up
during the night to breastfeed.
During their first eight weeks, many infants fall
asleep while they are
nursing or bottle feeding.
My 2yo had fallen
asleep in my arms
nursing during the conversation.
My two month baby sleeps throughout the daytime and at night she won't sleep it has become very exhausting she wakes up
during the day cat nap I have to
nurse her
during while she sleep and she stays
asleep..
The reason I think that this will work is that some babies go through a phase when they refuse to
nurse during the day, and will only
nurse while they're drowsy or falling
asleep, and that phase can last fro a month or two, and the mother's milk production just seems to accommodate that.
Do not breastfeed
during the night substitute with a warm bottle or warm water in a sippy cup, every night make his little mattress further from your bed and each night cut his
nursing down and start laying him on his mattress awake so he can fall
asleep himself.
He was by my side, although
asleep,
during those wee in the morning
nursings.