He prepares his dogs for anything: He might wake them up and
feed them in the middle of the night to teach them that, during a race, the time to eat is whenever the food comes.
But I'm ready to not
feed him in the middle of the night!
I am a nursing mother and have pretty much stopped
feeding her in the middle of the night.
Is she actually doing well to have that one
feeding in the middle of the night and that's it?
«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 night.
The pediatrician also advises mothers to train their babies to learn how to be able to sleep by themselves without
feeding in the middle of the night.
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.
The point of this is to train your baby to associate night feeding with watered - down formula, thus making her not want to be
fed in the middle of the night.
If you have followed this, your baby should be getting her last feed of the day in the 6:30 pm range, one
feeding in the middle of the night, and her next eating in the morning — anytime after six.
If you are giving
feedings in the middle of the night try to skip the burping (especially if you are nursing.)
I've tried not
feeding him in the middle of the night, but he just wont go back to sleep even after 1.5 hrs.
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.
Most 8 - ounce bottles are long and clumsy for both baby and parent to hold, but my son, at only 4 months, could easily grasp the more boxy shape of the bottle in his hands; I felt that the weight distribution of the formula in the bottle made it easy for me to
feed him in the middle of the night without my hand cramping up.
Should I be working for a full
feed in the middle of the night?
But I'm having trouble understanding how to manage my nighttime feedings and at what age it's appropriate to only have one
feeding in the middle of the night.
She is going 5 hours at night and goes down without a fuss and
feeds in the middle of the night without a fuss / right back to sleep.
I noticed that after
you feed her in the middle of the night, she then wakes up frequently.
Your infant will probably have given up middle of the night feedings by this age (although some breastfed infants continue to have
a feeding in the middle of the night).
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.
B» H, i am the least tired i have ever been while nursing a baby as neither he nor i have to wake properly to
feed him in the middle of the night, there is no tracking down the crying, trying to resettle him in his cot or disturbing the other children.
But things got back to normal after we stopped
feeding her in the middle of the night for about 3 - 5 days.
3:30 AM - Feed (Her doctor still wants us to feed every 4 - 6 hours during the night so we have 1
feeding in the middle of the night)
Not exact matches
I shouldn't have been so surprised to recognize God when I gloated over sleeping children or nursed through cluster
feeds or washed soiled sheets
in the
middle of the
night or clapped until my fingers tingled over Christmas carols
in school gyms or read aloud childish stories printed on construction paper or welcomed friends for sleepovers.
When you wake up
in the
middle of the
night to
feed your crying baby, you are sacrificing your sleep out
of love.
Was there no possibilty that one
of them (if not all) had change her (adult) diapers; had woke - up
in the
middle of the
night to
feed her or administer her medication?
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.
Since I'm up so often
feeding Harper
in the
middle of the
night, I often eat a snack around 3 AM to hold me over until breakfast.
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.
We let her CIO for 30 - 45 minutes
in the
middle of the
night before I gave
in and went
in and
fed her.
You could also treat the
middle of the
night feeding as I explain
in this post and try the strategies here.
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!
She dropped the
middle of the
night feeding at 3.5 weeks, and then was consistently waking at 3:00 / 3:30
in the morning for the
middle of the
night feeding.
Is it better for a mother to put her pump parts
in the fridge between uses, or to wash her pump parts every time as described — and then give up and stop breastfeeding altogether because she can't stand over a sink and spend 15 minutes washing pump parts
in the
middle of the
night when she is exhausted and has already been up for an hour pumping and
feeding the baby?
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.
He started waking up
in the
middle of the
night, we'd
feed him, and he'd go back to sleep.
How very very sad to read that you trusted the information you were given and it was wrong AND BULLYING, to deny babies the opportunity to
feed on formula is an absolute disgrace, My daughter had a nightmare time with her first born, trying to breastfeed, eventually
in the
middle of the
night, when we were sure he was starving, we made a bottle up and
fed him, he was so very grateful,
It makes it much easier to get up
in the
middle of the
night for
feedings or to change your baby's diaper.
In the
middle of the
night, my husband would wake up with me to tend to the baby while I pumped, or I would pump while
feeding him.
Waking up
in the
middle of the
night to
feed my baby, burp her, put her back to sleep and stay up for an extra 20 - 30 minutes just to express breastmilk is so time - consuming!
It is much easier to roll over and
feed your baby
in the
middle of the
night, rather than get up to walk to another room.
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.
Since you will be nursing
in the
middle of the
night until your baby if three or four months old, a time when they can easily empty each
of your breasts
in five minutes, a
middle of the
night feeding is very easy.
If all the top parenting experts were your best friends and available
in that «call me anytime» way via skype, then your
middle -
of - the -
night feedings might start to look a little bit like KidsintheHouse.com.
I also pumped
in bed after
middle of the
night feedings.
It helps parents to sleep with
in the same room with your baby so you can
feed them even
in the
middle of the
night.
What about when they cluster
feed, wake up
in the
middle of the
night or snack throughout the day?