Do this even if you don't want to or can hand over
the first nighttime feeding to dad.
I swap in with my partner at
the first nighttime feed.
Not exact matches
# 6 — Throw your
nighttime feeding schedule out the window: By the
first time we went camping with our son, he was happily sleeping through the night at home.
You should always offer the
first nighttime bottle after your baby has been
fed normally for the day.
Being a new mom with my
first child I was (I think now) almost obsessed with checking how many hours it was between the
nighttime feedings and how long they took.
So, once I started following the plan in March, I knew roughly how many days to spend on each step of the process as well as what to focus on
first (namely schedule changes, sleep associations and bedtime) and last (think extending the
nighttime feeding gaps).
Many moms are tempted to drop the
nighttime feedings first, but according to Mamapedia, night is when your prolactin (the breast milk producing hormone) levels are highest.
But thanks to
nighttime feedings the boys spent the
first year of their life sleeping in bassinets in my room and the only time I used the nursery was to show it off to visitors.
During those
first couple of weeks, when milk is coming in and
nighttime feeds are frequent, we have a system.
For the
first three months, parents can expect to attend to their baby for
nighttime feedings regardless if they breastfeed or formula
feed.
LLL does not agree that
nighttime feedings should end by the middle of the
first year or that spanking is an effective discipline tool.
Most babies struggle with giving up the
nighttime feeding, so work on the daytime
feedings first.
Many families do not adhere to recommendations advanced by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the World Health Organization (WHO) that infants be
fed only breast milk or formula for the
first 4 to 6 months of life.1 — 4 Although the health consequences associated with the early introduction of complementary foods are controversial, 5 — 8 there is evidence that early introduction of solid foods may increase infants» risk of enteric infections, allergic reactions, obesity, choking, and food aversion.9 — 13 Complementary foods are often high in protein, raising questions about the consequences of high protein intakes on growth and obesity.14 In addition, early complementary
feeding does not increase the likelihood of
nighttime sleeping15 and may increase the likelihood of
feeding disorders, especially if parents introduce developmentally inappropriate food or
feeding techniques before children have acquired the necessary neuromuscular skills.16, 17