Not exact matches
We went through some really awful periods with my son sleepwise, where it seemed like he was
nursing all
night long.
A good
night's sleep was a
long - distant memory, and I knew some extra
nursing would be the quickest way to get him back to bed.
I would just like to add that in addition to the fussiness during the day, my son has started
nursing all
night long.
Don't get me wrong: I'm relieved as hell to not be
nursing all
night long, or being kicked / head - butted / otherwise inconvenienced by an ever - growing child.
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.
At
night time they can do as
long a stretch as 3 to 4 hours at a time and that's often determining with
nursing, right or bottle feeding and that makes sense, right.
If I REALLY wanted to do something for myself, I'd let her
nurse all
night long in my bed so I could lay there and sleep while she nourishes herself.
It is often recommended that a new mother
nurse her baby every 2 - 3 hours during the day and go no
longer than 4 hours between
nursing at
night.
He
nursed many times a day, all day
long, and sometimes at
night.
I had
long since stopped offering the breast, and I began to limit him to morning and
night time
nursing sessions.
I have been having a similar issue myself.My son is 16 months old, and is still
nursing.Although he is only
nursing maybe 2x during the day, and when he wakes up in the
night, just
long enough to be comforted.I think that it is not anyone elses business but you and your child's.
The
night dragged on a little bit
longer than that, with a placenta that wasn't really coming out and a Mama who kept kicking her babies when they tried to
nurse.
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Nursing & Maternity Pajamas set, you will reach for them time after time to get through those
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nursing, working - from - home days, and stay - in - your - pajamas days!
These observations are consistent with current research if we assume the researchers were observing babies with a fairly typical
nursing pattern, where baby has a
longer sleep period at
night and gradually decreases the amount of time between
nursing as the day progresses.
Most
nursing moms can relate to waking up with a wet shirt (and sheets) the first
night their baby slept for a
longer stretch.
My baby is now 20 months old and can sleep for
longer stretches by herself although I still often need to settle her back to sleep mid-nap, and we continue to co-sleep and
nurse a lot at
night.
What I would do, is always have a mug filled with water on the bedside table, so while baby would
nurse (or I would pump for when she no
longer woke up at
night) I would make it my goal to drink at least half of the mug of water.
Some mornings I have actually been awake all
night long nursing and soothing our wee girl and when the clock hits 6 AM and I hear the big kids getting up, I start to feel really overwhelmed with exhaustion.
It's the perfect way to unwind from a
long day and prepare for a good
night sleep (before baby wakes up in a few hours to
nurse again!).
It was the
longest night stretch I'd had without
nursing in a while, and her rash looked so much better, and — the part that piqued my interest — she hadn't peed in her sleep, either!
So much so that he «day weaned» from
nursing around the age of two, but still
nursed at
night for months
longer.
When the first period returns depends upon several factors: how frequently the baby is
nursing, how often the baby is supplemented with bottles, whether or not the baby takes a pacifier, how
long the baby is sleeping at
night, whether or not solids have been introduced, and the mother's own individual body chemistry and the way it responds to hormonal influences associated with breastfeeding.
(Think of it this way — if she were
nursing and she went that
long at
night, you would be too!)
Like, when I went on vacation away from my still -
nursing daughter for four days (I had to pump to keep from exploding), or when she sleeps particularly
long stretches at
night.
Meanwhile, Matt and I have been
nursing the
longest cold with a lingering cough and lots of sleepless
nights.
If your baby wakes up during the
night and needs attention, it's easier for you to reach him or her for nightly
nursing and other need s if you keep him or her in the same room for a while
longer.
But it would be a
long night even if they weren't
nursing, so... You should have a tool.
My babies seemed to be at their best first thing in the morning (possibly because they had
nursed ALL
NIGHT LONG), so I'd start dinner right after breakfast.
We were at just 4
nursing sessions each day and though morning and
night went well, she wouldn't latch on
long enough for milk to let down during the day.
The
nights are
long but the days you
nurse your child are numbered.
Although each mom does things differently, I've found that when I
nurse on both sides at
night, by baby sleeps
longer and wakes up to eat again less often.
But at
night my baby won't sleep in her crib for
long, she wants to sleep with me and
nurse often.
The best advice the lactation consultant at the hospital gave me was that the second
night was going to be a rough
night for breast feeding as the baby wants to help your milk supply come in and will try to
nurse all
night long, even if you have nothing there for them to
nurse on.
My 8 month old son is getting distracted / refusing to
nurse at times... distracted my people, the dog, the phone on the
night stand, my water bottle or any noise he hears... He used to
nurse every 2 hrs for 20 — 40 min... but lately he will go
longer between
nursing sessions and only wants to
nurse for 5 min and sometimes not at all even when it has been 4 because something else catches his attention.
Of course those days are offset by the
long, terrible stretches of sleepless
nights,
nursing strikes, picking eating marathons and never - ending cries of «Mommy!!!»
But in the morning I would see that the baby had been given formula all
night long by a
nurse who either didn't have the time to help the mother latch baby on, or just didn't care.
Or are you making a judgmental leap that babies that
nurse «too
long» and are tended to at
night will grow up to be weak, nervous, and incapable of functioning independently on their own.....?
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.
He is, what I consider, a heavy wetter, but no
longer the ultra-super-soaker that he was while
night nursing.
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.
O'Connor recommends offering your baby a nice
long nursing session just before she goes down for the
night.
We woke up with wet mornings because although he no
longer nurses and sleeps right through his full 12 hours, he has his milk before bed and that's it for the
night.
None of my work trips affected my son's
nursing, but he was between 22 and 30 months when I went away, and the trips were all 2 - 3
nights long.
My 8 month old son is getting distracted / refusing to
nurse at times... distracted my people, the dog, the phone on the
night stand, my water bottle or any noise he hears... He used to
nurse every 2 hrs for 20 — 40 min... but lately he will go
longer between
nursing sessions and only wants to
nurse for 5 min and sometimes not at all even when it ha... [Read more]
All they want to do now is
nurse every hour, and maybe even all
night long.
You go back to work, and before
long you discover your milk supply is dwindling and now your baby wants to
nurse all
night long.
Dear Husband taking the child from 6 a.m to 8 everyday since I'm up
nursing him all
night long.
After I accepted that my daughter just was not a child who was going to sleep for
long stretches at
night (she will be two soon and still wakes to
nurse every two or three hours), it stopped bothering me, and now I, too, take those quiet moments to breathe in her baby hair smell and listen to her small sleepy sounds.
I would roll towels under my arms and sleep with the little one locked in my arms on my chest and I just let him
nurse all
night long on one side.
Not Breastfeeding Often or
Long Enough: A breastfed newborn should be
nursing at least 8 - 12 times each day (throughout the day and
night).