However, studies actually show that
mothers get more sleep with their baby in the room.
Recent studies have demonstrated that exclusively breastfeeding
mothers get more sleep and are less likely to be depressed than their mixed - or formula - feeding counterparts.
Co-sleeping, which triples the risk of SIDS is okay because it help
mothers get more sleep and ensures that the baby feeds as needed, but bottle propping, which kills only rarely, is completely unacceptable as a method of easing a mother's exhaustion and ensuring that the baby feeds as needed?
Probably because most breastfeeding
mothers get more sleep when they bedshare.
13 Share sleep — Research shows that mothers and babies who sleep together (within reach of each other, not necessarily in the same bed) share the same sleep cycles, so
these mothers get more sleep overall.
Health organizations suggest women get enough sleep to combat heart disease; exclusively breastfeeding
mothers get more sleep than women who aren't exclusively breastfeeding.
We know many mothers bring their baby into bed with them at night.1 Bed sharing makes breastfeeding easier2 and breastfeeding
mothers get more sleep.3 It also allows mother - baby interaction to continue throughout the night and may protect the infant against the long periods of deep sleep thought to contribute to SIDS.4, 5
There are many benefits to co-sleeping: 1) babies sleep longer and in a more natural rhythm with their parents which may actually help reduce the chance of SIDS 2) breastfeeding is easier and in turn
the mother gets more sleep which may help with preventing postpartum depression
Mother gets more sleep and therefore is able to operate at a higher - functioning level the following day.
Not exact matches
Bed - sharing allows for
more frequent breastfeeding because not only is the baby already beside the
mother, but the
mother does not have to
get up to
get the baby and can
sleep while she breastfeeds.
Overall, the study showed how
mothers who saw their toddlers as having
sleep problems or issues
sleeping through the night were
more likely to co-
sleep with their toddlers in an attempt to
get their toddlers to
sleep better.
Nursing, changing diaper, changing spit - up clothes (baby's and yours), made a cup of tea, spent an hour trying to
get in 10 minutes of Tummy Time so the baby won't be a dolt, spent 40 minutes
getting the baby down for a nap which ended up lasting 20 minutes, made lunch and spilled half of it on the baby's head, clothing changes all around, nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway,
more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to
sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly
mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your friend?
The study explained that when children have
sleep problems, it's common for parents to
get insufficient
sleep and even
more common for
mothers to be the most severely affected.
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The baby will suck and
sleep and suck, without
getting large quantities at this point, but the
mother may have a letdown reflex (milk ejection reflex) from time to time and the baby will drink
more.
This is a really practical book which gives advice to a breastfeeding
mother about how to
get more sleep and doesn't make you feel guilty for using your instincts.
And, contrary to popular expectations,
mothers who routinely bring their babies to bed
get more sleep than those who try to keep their offspring one or
more rooms away.
I agree with Tamiri that
sleeping with the baby is helpful, especially in that it
gets the
mother more sleep.
Not just attachment parents... and every
mother goes through stages of utter exhaustion and confusion over what she should do to
get more sleep.
The latest study showed that
mothers with their babies
got just as much
sleep, were as alert the next day and were
more responsive to their babies.
Actually, research shows that
mothers who breastfeed at this feed
get an average of 45 minutes
more sleep overall than those who «top - up» with formula.
There is however also evidence to suggest that overall the length of wakings is less for breastfed infants which may actually lead to breastfeeding
mothers getting *
more *
sleep than their formula feeding counterparts.
We now know that many breastfeeding
mothers choose to bed - share precisely because they
get more sleep, manage their milk supply better, and attach
more intensely with their babies.
I
get more sleep than most other
mothers because we do the boob and roll.
He also mentions that breastsleeping
mothers can expect to
get about an hour
more sleep per night than their solitary
sleeping counterparts.
Skin to skin is important for bonding between
mother and child it seems
more along the lines you did what I have done with my son and that is nurse to
sleep, I caught on early enough that we are correcting my guy is almost 6 months what you need to do is make sure you wake him a little when taking the breast away and then just rock him back to
sleep so he
gets used to
sleeping without the breast in his mouth
Breastfeeding
mothers are less tired and
get more sleep than their formula or mixed - feeding counterparts and this lowers their risk of depression (Dorheim et al 2009).
Exclusively breastfeeding
mothers (and their partners)
get more sleep and spend
more time in deep
sleep than
mothers who are not breastfeeding, even though their babies tend to wake
more frequently at night (7,8).
Those
mothers who breastfeed say that sharing their bed with their newborn or older baby makes breastfeeding much easier and in turn the
get more sleep.
Almost without exception, studies on formula feeding, breastfeeding, and
sleep find that breastfed babies wake up
more often than formula fed ones at night, and breastfeeding
mothers therefore
get LESS uninterrupted nighttime
sleep.
It's calming to your baby and in many cases to the
mother as well because she
gets more sleep without having to leave the bed and climb into a chair to nurse or to the kitchen to prepare a bottle.
Maintenance of breastfeeding, as well as deep restorative
sleep stages, may be greatly compromised for new
mothers who cope with infant feedings by supplementing in an effort to
get more sleep.
Moreover, if
mothers sleep well, they are better able to cope with the demands of new motherhood, so even if they do
get depressed, they are likely to recover
more quickly.
New research shows how breastfeeding lowers
mothers» risk of depression, helps them
get more sleep, and overcome past adversity.
Our data, and data from other studies, indicate that
mothers who follow this advice will likely
get less
sleep, not
more.
Although the co-
sleeping babies spent less time in deep
sleep and aroused
more frequently (though not necessarily waking), their mothers actually got MORE sleep than the mother baby pairs sleeping in separate ro
more frequently (though not necessarily waking), their
mothers actually
got MORE sleep than the mother baby pairs sleeping in separate ro
MORE sleep than the
mother baby pairs
sleeping in separate rooms.
Dr. Sears» research shows that
mothers and babies who
sleep together tend be in the same stage of
sleep for longer periods,
getting more rest and being in sync.
It is a skill that helps
mothers to
get more sleep.
In fact,
mothers who co-slept and breastfed
got more sleep than did
mothers who bottle - fed their babies (Quillin and Glenn 2004).
Breastfeeding
mothers are less tired and
get more sleep than their formula or mixed - feeding counterparts which lowers their risk of depression: Dorheim, S., Bondevik, G. et al Sleep and depression in postpartum women: A population - based s
sleep than their formula or mixed - feeding counterparts which lowers their risk of depression: Dorheim, S., Bondevik, G. et al
Sleep and depression in postpartum women: A population - based s
Sleep and depression in postpartum women: A population - based study.
Many babies of working
mothers «reverse cycle» to
get most of their milk this way, which may involve
more night - wakings, but if you co-
sleep or room - share this will minimize disruption to your
sleep.
If the
mother is willing to have the toddler
sleep in bed with her, everyone will
get even
more rest.
Venneman and colleagues5 recently demonstrated that infants who are formula fed are twice as likely to die of SIDS than breastfed infants based on a case control study of 333 SIDS cases compared to 998 aged matched controls in Germany, from 1998 - 2001, consistent with previously published reports.35 While no studies show that co-sleeping in the form of bedsharing, specifically, is imperative for breastfeeding enhancement, many studies have shown that in order to
get more sleep and to ease caring for their infants the decision to breastfeed often leads
mothers to adopt routine bedsharing for at least part of the night36 - 40 even where they never intended to do so.41, 42 Indeed, nearly 50 % of breastfeeding
mothers in the United States and Great Britain adopt bedsharing for some part of the night,38,43 - 45 and breastfeeding women are twice as likely to
sleep with their babies in the first month relative to
mothers electing to bottle - feed.39
In fact, research has shown that breastfeeding
mothers who co-
sleep get more sleep than both bottle - feeding
mothers and
mothers who breastfeed, but do not co-
sleep [28].
«We've known for some time that
sleep deprivation is associated with weight gain and obesity in the general population, but this study shows that
getting enough
sleep — even just two hours
more — may be as important as a healthy diet and exercise for new
mothers to return to their prepregnancy weight,» says Erica Gunderson, an investigator at Kaiser Permanente Divison of Research in Oakland, Calif., and lead author of the study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
«With the results of this study, new
mothers must be wondering: «How can I
get more sleep for both me and my baby?»»