To
make nighttime feedings easier, put the baby's crib in your room.
The sleeper has a huge storage compartment that it perfect for keeping all of your extra diapers, wipes, sheets or whatever else you might need to
make those nighttime feedings and diaper changes easier.
He never went through the pooping at every feeding stage which
made nighttime feedings so much easier!
It keeps the baby in arm's reach,
making those nighttime feedings a lot easier, giving them — and their babies — confidence and peace of mind, and hopefully giving them more sleep, too.
The initial allures of co-sleeping include
making nighttime feeding easier, a longer duration of sleep for parent and baby and eliminating some of the resistance associated with bedtime.
It makes nighttime feedings easier, and it's reassuring to have your new baby close at hand.
Not exact matches
They insist that it promotes breastfeeding, by giving mothers easier access to their babies for
nighttime feedings, and
making it easier for her to rest between
feedings.
You'll want to discuss the schedule you'll keep with the twins, if you'll be splitting
nighttime «shifts» with your partner or doing each
feeding together, and who will be responsible for each of the various tasks (
making bottles, changing diapers, etc.) The more you can iron out these details and
make an action plan, the smoother your nights will go.
But, despite how it feels at two a.m., it's possible to find tips to get through
nighttime feedings with your baby that will
make the process easier (though not easy.
How to solve it: Your baby's nocturnal ways will correct themselves as she adjusts to life on the outside, but there are a few things you can do to help speed along the process of helping baby to separate day and night, including limiting daytime naps and
making clear distinctions between day and night (like keeping baby's room dark when she naps and avoiding turning on the TV during
nighttime feedings).
You will want to
make sure that the diaper you use at
nighttime is absorbent enough to last 3 + hours between
feedings.
Although there may be a little more involved with
nighttime bottle
feedings than with
nighttime breastfeeding sessions, you can still
make this happen without a lot of disturbance during your co sleeping experience.
As for the cluster
feed, we did do this for awhile, but eventually it didn't seem to
make too much of a difference in her
nighttime sleep.
The occasional
nighttime feeding won't harm the baby in the long run, but
make sure it's not habitual.
bw book says that when babies drop
nighttime feeding they arent losing b / c they
make up for it during the day, etc...
But when you better understand what
makes your baby cling so much to a
nighttime bottle, you'll be one step closer to learning how to wean baby from night
feeding altogether.
Second,
make your daytime
feedings noticeably different than the
nighttime ones.
Also,
make sure you're past the point of your baby needing multiple
nighttime feedings before you sleep training, otherwise you'll just be leaving her hungry throughout the night, which actually does
make you a bad parent.
Because decisions about
feeding are often
made by grandmothers, based on their beliefs that complementary foods reduce infants» crying and promote
nighttime sleeping, the intervention was designed to include mother — grandmother negotiation strategies, communication strategies to read infants» cues, and behavioral strategies, other than
feeding, to manage crying and sleeping.