Not exact matches
I love all your notes and thoughts and now that I know that I don't have to get up in the
middle of the
night to
feed the sweet starter, I am all inspired to have another go.
You don't have to schedule
middle -
of - the -
night feedings, 4 - hour timetable notwithstanding.
I didn't think waking up once in the
middle of the
night affected you that much but holy moley, getting up for 30 minutes in the
middle of the
night to
feed and go back to bed, I was sleeping about 12 hours a
night but it was interrupted sleep.
A desk chair just
did not cut it in terms
of comfort during those
middle of the
night feedings.
However, if keeping up supply meant waking up and pumping in the
middle of the
night and waking to
feed at 5 am, i'd probably not
do it.
You want to be able to hear everything and to get up in the
middle of the
night and
do those late
night feedings without having to go too far.
If I didn't wake one when the other woke for a
feed, particularly in the
middle of the
night, I'd be up all
night feeding them!
I didn't want to go back to
middle of the
night feedings, so I kept the dream
feed.
We have stopped
middle of the
night feedings, but still
do them some if she wakes several times within a few hours.
2 - how
do I get him to stay asleep from his
middle of the
night feeding until our day begins?
Is she actually
doing well to have that one
feeding in the
middle of the
night and that's it?
We used to
do a 12:30 and 3:30 am
feeding but want to start working toward dropping the
middle of the
night feeding.
Now, a good scenario would be that
of your baby waking up in the
middle of the
night all dry and you have to
do is
feed them and have them back to sleep in no time.
«Physiologically, babies
do not need to
feed in the
middle of the
night from four to six months
of age; they should be able to sleep for six to eight hours if you let them... no extraordinary measures like cereal needed,» says Dr. Clemente.
Do not reward behavior you don't want to see, such as waking up for feeding in the middle of the nigh
Do not reward behavior you don't want to see, such as waking up for
feeding in the
middle of the
night.
Because you can start this method
of training when your baby is very young — in theory from birth - by the time your baby is ready to sleep through the
night, they can have already learned how to put themselves to sleep, the only remaining thing to be
done is to drop the
middle of the
night feed.
If you are worried about supply, the other thing you can
do is keep
middle of the
night feedings.
By five weeks, I was totally exhausted, those babies still didn't want to eat in the
middle of the
night, and on the understanding that the advice to
do this
feeding was out
of concern for my milk supply, I started getting up to pump instead and let the babies sleep.
Then she ran to the scale and we
did test weights overnight and the baby took in like 5 ounces to 7 ounces during a couple
of feedings in the
middle of the
night and just snack the whole rest
of the day.
From 2 weeks to 5 weeks, we
did a dreamfeed and then woke the twins up in the
middle of the
night for another
feed.
Once he's asleep after we help settle him, he doesn't wake again until his
middle of the
night feeding and there is no other time that he requires intervention to fall asleep.
My 6 month old has recently started to wake everynight around 1 -30-2.00, i try a few things to settle her before i offer a bottle, But sometimes even after a bottle she is still wide awake and will stay like this for a couple
of hours with me literally having to just sit there awake andnleave her in her cot to talk to herself play with her dummy or cry... I am at the breaking point i need sleep...
do nt get me wrong this is what being a parent is all about but its a shock to my system after her sleeping throughbfor a couplr
of.montjs rarely waking... Need opinions and advice for the in the
middle of the
night feed, because so many people have told me i shouldnt be giving a bottle and at 6 months shr shouldnt berd a bottle at that time and i should just leave her??? I
do nt know what to
do... Please help??
When she goes out, she doesn't have to pack a bunch
of feeding supplies, and she will never have to run out in the
middle of the
night because she ran out
of formula.
Jim and Farah created the self warming bottle, it
does exactly as the name suggests, this bottle heats up your babies
feed in just 60seconds — eliminating the need to stumble about with a kettle and having to wait for milk to reach the perfect temperature in the
middle of the
night while your baby screams the house down.
My 9 month old baby boy still wakes up in the
middle of the
night around 12 am and 4:30 am for
feeding how can I make him break this habit.Another thing is he will take during the day a 10 minute nap fighting it, he will
do this about 3 times a day during the day time.He goes to sleep at 8:30 pm and wakes up @ 12 am for
feeding and again at 4:30 am How to put this baby to sleep thru the whole
night?Please help a desperate mom!!!!
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
Between
middle of the
night feedings, the spit - up, and growing mountain
of diapers, you might feel as if your entire world has become your newborn, and you definitely don't feel sexy to your partner.
Also,
do not try to talk or make eye contact with your baby for
middle of the
night feedings.
Another option is to respond with a
feeding only once during the
middle of the
night, but
do it when your baby awakens on his own.
What if it is the
middle of the
night and all I want to
do is roll over, prepare his bottle and
feed him, but nope, now I have to get up, go to the bottle warmer and warm it.
I don't know why I let myself think that getting out
of bed, making a bottle, and
feeding my child in the
middle of the
night meant that I was lazy.
If it's the
middle of the
night feeding she'll usually fall asleep in my arms as soon as she's
done eating, but any other time I have to bounce her back to sleep.
MacGuyver I am not, but I
do have a whole lot
of good old fashioned ingenuity, and after nearly 6.5 years in the diapering,
feeding, sick in the
middle of the
night trenches, I have this stuff down.
I understand that different tactics work for different families, and when asked I don't really have strong convictions one way or the other about how someone should
feed their multiples, or handle
middle of the
night wake - ups, or divide up baby duties.
About once a month I think about weaning, because she mainly
feeds in the
middle of the
night, but I decide against it because I believe she needs the milk because she doesn't take to cow's milk.
We soon
did that for both
middle of the day
feedings and was down to nursing in the morning and at
night.
Essentially by dream
feeding your baby, you're pre-empting a
feed,
feeding him before he's ready so that he doesn't wake up starving hungry and screaming to tell you so in the
middle of the
night.
If your child is still a baby, you blame nursing or bottle
feeding for the (sometimes hourly but don't tell anybody)
middle of the
night wakeups.
Therefore, if you don't want to be woken up in the
middle of the
night by a hungry baby, then you need to encourage cluster
feeding.
It also means more sleep for you because you don't have to stumble out
of bed to prepare a bottle for those
middle of the
night feedings.
We
did the
middle -
of - the -
night feeding first, then the bedtime bottle.
I'm not saying you
do it every time,
of course, because sleep is a beautiful thing, but there is such a power in taking a look around in those
middle of the
night feedings, catching a glimpse
of the moonlight, and really treasuring just being there in the moment with your baby.
I don't mind waking him up for
feedings during the day to get to a routine but is it okay for me to wake him up in
middle of the
night so I can have an official schedule for him?
I
do not wake a sleeping baby to
feed unless it is in the
middle of the day and the baby is still working out the difference between day /
night.
I have been searching and searching through almost every post that has to
do with STTN and I can't find an answer to my question so here goes... My daughter will be 12 weeks on Friday and still takes her
middle of the
night feeding.
Please advise...
do I need to
do 7
feedings plus the
middle of the
night feeding totally 8?
In the
middle of the
night feeding she goes to bed awake, as with the early morning
feeding, and doesn't cry and goes right to sleep.
, every single phone call is filled with statements like «
Of course she is still eating in the middle of the night — you've conditioned her to do that because you actually give it to her», «I hear her fussing again — that's because you carry her around too much», «If you keep breast feeding, none of the rest of us will every be able to bond with her», «Her first word will definitely be Moneth, since you are working» (Moneth is our nanny's name), «She'll never crawl if you give her everything she wants all the time», «We gave you X, Y or Z and you turned out just fine», «Just let her cry — she has to learn X, Y or Z sometime», «You're spoiling her because she is your first; just wait until # 2 comes along, then you'll be a normal parent»
Of course she is still eating in the
middle of the night — you've conditioned her to do that because you actually give it to her», «I hear her fussing again — that's because you carry her around too much», «If you keep breast feeding, none of the rest of us will every be able to bond with her», «Her first word will definitely be Moneth, since you are working» (Moneth is our nanny's name), «She'll never crawl if you give her everything she wants all the time», «We gave you X, Y or Z and you turned out just fine», «Just let her cry — she has to learn X, Y or Z sometime», «You're spoiling her because she is your first; just wait until # 2 comes along, then you'll be a normal parent»
of the
night — you've conditioned her to
do that because you actually give it to her», «I hear her fussing again — that's because you carry her around too much», «If you keep breast
feeding, none
of the rest of us will every be able to bond with her», «Her first word will definitely be Moneth, since you are working» (Moneth is our nanny's name), «She'll never crawl if you give her everything she wants all the time», «We gave you X, Y or Z and you turned out just fine», «Just let her cry — she has to learn X, Y or Z sometime», «You're spoiling her because she is your first; just wait until # 2 comes along, then you'll be a normal parent»
of the rest
of us will every be able to bond with her», «Her first word will definitely be Moneth, since you are working» (Moneth is our nanny's name), «She'll never crawl if you give her everything she wants all the time», «We gave you X, Y or Z and you turned out just fine», «Just let her cry — she has to learn X, Y or Z sometime», «You're spoiling her because she is your first; just wait until # 2 comes along, then you'll be a normal parent»
of us will every be able to bond with her», «Her first word will definitely be Moneth, since you are working» (Moneth is our nanny's name), «She'll never crawl if you give her everything she wants all the time», «We gave you X, Y or Z and you turned out just fine», «Just let her cry — she has to learn X, Y or Z sometime», «You're spoiling her because she is your first; just wait until # 2 comes along, then you'll be a normal parent».
When Caitlin wakes up for a
feed in the
middle of the
night, all I need
do is put her next to me and I go back to sleep.
There are
middle of the
night feedings, cuddle time, sleepy time, and your entire day and
night may seem as though it all bleeds into one long moment
of trying to
do the things you need to
do.