My husband is firmly trying the «no mom's
breast at night time».
Not exact matches
I made this the first
night Jesse was in China because I didn't have any meat except some frozen chicken
breast and I was a little chickened out
at the
time.
If your baby is not feeding
at the
breast, pump every 2 -3 hours during the day and
at least once
at night (a minimum of 8 — 12
times in 24 hours).
AS mentioned previously a bit of a «witching hour»... or hours can be completely normal, however a baby who is on and off the
breast MOST of the
time day and
night is not normal and a good indicator that something is going on related to their breastmilk intake (remember look
at the whole picture!)
The fact is, my child screams for 30 minutes before bed if I hold her and rock her to sleep (ending in tears for both of us after three false starts, 1 hour of
night time sleep, and me going to bed
at 8 pm for the 2nd MONTH in a row) or if she's SAFE, WARM, HAPPY, WELL FED (from the
breast, I might add) and surrounded by the company of her favorite little animals in her crib.
• The number of
times in 24 hours mom empties her
breasts during the first months when baby is gaining weight well and mom's production is adequate is the same number of feedings / pumpings that are required when mom returns to work and / or when baby begins to sleep longer
at night.
I can get about 1 — 1.5 oz from right
breast and 2 - 3 oz from the left, averaging about 3oz total each
time (I pump 4x
at night, and let baby latch during day).
Any
time the stimulation to the
breast is decreased, especially
at night, menstruation is likely to return soon after.
Essentially, it comes down to this... the more
time your baby is
at breast, both during the day and during the
night, the longer your period might be delayed.
Although
at this age they still need their
night feedings, you do not need to offer a bottle or your
breast every
time she wakes up.
I breastfeed and bottle feed but
at night before her bedtime i give her a bottle with a little cereal mixed in but she still wants me to breastfeed her to sleep no matter what and will continue to wake a few
times at night wanting my
breast she is already five months old, it has gotten to a point where she relies only on my
breast to sleep all the
time.
for almost one and half month i had use the shield and only then my baby use to nurse from me and then i even pumped milk and had to give formula for a month since brest milk was not sufficient for my baby, so many
times i have searched and read articles after articles to wean off the nipple shield and finally suceeded on 21 st november
night but then again day
time baby used to fuss for shield, now i don't remember the date but one fine morning she nursed in the usual normal position (earlier i used the
breast feeding pillow) it was the happiest moment for me.But now the worry is her weight.She is gaining weight
at very slow pace and many
times i feel my
breast don't have much milk.and now she suddenly don't like to feed from bottle.so the target is bottle feed.
The researchers discovered that infants who routinely sleep with their mothers
breast - feed twice as often and for three
times longer than babies left in a separate room
at night.
I pump four to five
times a day and feed my 3 month old from the
breast at night.
I love it because i don't have to make a bottle in the middle of the
night and make sure it's the right temperature, i'm glad i stick it out through out all that pain, now the feeding
times are our most special bonding moments and i think i'll keep on
breast feeding until she's two or as long as I can possibly can, because i don't think she likes the formula very much, she'd very much prefere water sometime more than the formula, I don't make her the formula over the weekends when i'm not
at work, so I think she knows that weekend are exclusively for
breast feeding, i'm loving and enjoying
breast feeding now more than the beginning
I'm also
breast feeding my 7month3wks old but exclusively.I feel good but
at the same
time its challenging especially
at night when he wants it after short intervals.My baby is very healthy.My concern is since he never accepted bottle how will I wean him to milk once he turns one year.
At night time too, prolactin, the hormone that facilitates
breast milk production as well as bonding and attachment reaches the highest levels during
night time breastfeeds.
I'm not sure if you are still looking for advice, but I have experience with it... My 8 yr old stayed in the bed with me (and hubby) since day 1, when I got pregnant with my second when he was 16 mths old, we set up his room with a toddler bed (he could get out of his playpen since 9 mths un-assisted, and never had a crib) so we made sure it was fun and playful and gave him that option, we also set up a separate cot beside out bed, so he could be with us still (I was not comfortable being pregnant with a toddler and hubby in bed then, knowing I would have a baby soon) since I was pregnant I was able to talk about it to him and explain why he was going to have to one day move to his own bed (in our room or his) by the
time I had the baby he was starting the
nights in his own bed and if he woke up he would come into his cot beside our bed... I let him continue like that as long as he wanted, it took
time but I did not push him
at all, same with
breast feeding I let him make the choice... when I left my hubby (now ex) the boys were both big enough (2 and 4 yrs) for me to be comfortable with them both in bed with me, and I was still nursing my younger one until he was around 3.5 yrs old, so we just had a big bed with us all piled in, I miss those days so much: (so how did I finally get them both out of my bed?
If you pump
breast milk and feed your baby a bottle
at night, you can not only cut down on nursing
time (and maybe get back to sleep) but you can also get your baby used to taking a bottle.
Although I agree that an infant can become dependent on the
breast to fall asleep and yes, once I gently weaned my daughter from
night time feeds
at around 10 months she did sleep for longer stretches but it by no means solved all our sleep «issues» — To say that all healthy infants should be able to STTN
at 6 months, is an incredibly discouraging thing to say to moms who then start thinking there is something wrong with their child and in the end let them cry it out because they read articles like this where it worked for one person.
There is NO research to support the claim that babies and toddlers who fall asleep
at the
breast and breastfeed throughout the
night are more likely to be overweight, have trouble in school and have a harder
time learning.
Because you produce larger amounts of
breast milk
at a
time, you are able to skip middle of the
night feedings!
Most moms will wear a nursing bra
at night for several months while their baby has
night time feedings and their
breasts continue to fill up.
As an extension of setting up your
breast pump ahead of
time, you should also have your
breast pump station set up and ready to go for pumping
at night.
So you can start trying to offer him other soothing techniques besides the
breast every
time he wakes up
at the
night.
At about the time she weaned from the breast to the bottle, I started giving her water in a bottle at nigh
At about the
time she weaned from the
breast to the bottle, I started giving her water in a bottle
at nigh
at night.
He drinks for quite some
time on each
breast for up to 3 hours
at night, just in last two
nights, and it's made me unsure as to which
breast to start him off on again.