It made those middle - of - the -
night feedings much more palatable!
Some babies give up
the night feeding much more easily than you might guess, in a night or two.
Not exact matches
Last
night at a work party this exact comment came up about how when they visited the Vatican they were disgusted by by how
much money they have and why they don't sell it and
feed the poor.
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.
Babypixie wouldn't settle, so hubby brought her into our bed, now 10 months & a giant futon bed later, we're getting as
much sleep as we can (still plenty of
night feeds) and hubby can sleep though the
night, except for the occasional kick in the face from herself (why do they always sleep sideways??)
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much - needed
night off.
Should I just decrease the time that I
feed him each
night so that he eventually gets used to not eating
much during those middle of the
night feedings?
My 2 - 3 week old is regularly waking for the middle of
night feed and then crying continuously pretty
much for a solid 2 and 1/2 hours at least.
I am a nursing mother and have pretty
much stopped
feeding her in the middle of the
night.
Similarly,
night - time
feedings were
much easier when I could just pull baby into bed.
I wish this blog post would talk about the pressure to sleep train and have a baby who sleeps through the
night as
much as they talk about the pressure to breast
feed.
Christ knows it was so
much harder for my partner when I was in hospital because every
night feed necessitated heating the bottle and sitting up and
feeding her and burping her and then in the morning washing the bottles, putting them in the steriliser.
It makes it
much easier to get up in the middle of the
night for
feedings or to change your baby's diaper.
Finally, while relatives may offer to
feed baby at
night to help out, it is important that baby is at the breast as
much as possible because that's really how your body learns how
much milk to make.
So now my husband and I have been able to give her room temperature formula and it's so
much easier on us, especially for those late
night feedings.»
But then the babies miss out on a
feed, sleep to
much and think it's
night time hence they will not sleep through the
night.
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.
After we had discussed lots of different options and tried lots of things, my husband made the suggestion that we just gradually, gently space out his
night feedings so he doesn't drink as
much at
night, and doesn't need to pee as often.
I have
fed her an hour prior to bedtime & sometimes it works for her to fall asleep on her own and other
nights... not so
much.
As attitudes change, dads are getting
much more hands on in general too, with things like nappy changing, bath time and getting up for
night feeds slowly becoming the norm.
Not having to get out of bed during the
night to
feed your baby can make sleep for both of you
much more achievable.
So, in what everyone admits is a contradiction of the advice to let preemies sleep as
much as possible, parents are on
feeding duty
night and day, with no breaks.
If he's
feeding well and filling his diaper (at least 8 per day for newborns and four for older babies who sleep through the
night), there's likely no need to worry about whether your baby is sleeping too
much.
for almost one and half month i had use the shield and only then my baby use to nurse from me and then i even pumped milk and had to give formula for a month since brest milk was not sufficient for my baby, so many times i have searched and read articles after articles to wean off the nipple shield and finally suceeded on 21 st november
night but then again day time baby used to fuss for shield, now i don't remember the date but one fine morning she nursed in the usual normal position (earlier i used the breast
feeding pillow) it was the happiest moment for me.But now the worry is her weight.She is gaining weight at very slow pace and many times i feel my breast don't have
much milk.and now she suddenly don't like to
feed from bottle.so the target is bottle
feed.
At 6 months old Alex is having 5
feeds in the day and usually 1 or 2 during the
night, he is very
much fed on demand though so if he wants more / less then I don't mind.
Because he is bigger and drinks more at his bedtime
feed he's slept for
much longer stretches
much earlier than she did — including going though the
night quite often.
The freedom to have more than 4 hours sleep a
night (because formula
fed babies will sleep for
much longer, from
much earlier), which is important if you or your partner work 2 jobs.
I feel so
much better for getting more sleep and the frequent day time
feedings don't feel so hard when I know I will at least be getting a break from it during the
night.
He also seems to like vibration like Annabelle did, but not so
much swinging in the swing.We had a couple of rough
nights that first week, with him
feeding every couple hours and / or being awake and hard to get back to sleep (so I was only getting an hour of sleep here and there) but the last several
nights, he's given me one 3 - hour stretch of sleep and gone right back to sleep after nursing.
When she saw that I was breastfeeding frequently at
night even when he was over the age of one,
feeding very frequently during the day as a toddler and bed sharing, she started to make little comments here and there...» are you sure you should breastfeed him so
much?»
Don't talk to your baby
much during
night feedings.
When he wakes at
night - time, keep lighting dim, avoid playing or talking to him too
much and put him back down as soon as he is
fed or changed.
And it made
night breast -
feeding so
much easier.»
She can also stay with you throughout the
night, and assist with newborn care and
night time
feedings so that you and your partner can get some
much needed rest.
I love it because i don't have to make a bottle in the middle of the
night and make sure it's the right temperature, i'm glad i stick it out through out all that pain, now the
feeding times are our most special bonding moments and i think i'll keep on breast
feeding until she's two or as long as I can possibly can, because i don't think she likes the formula very
much, she'd very
much prefere water sometime more than the formula, I don't make her the formula over the weekends when i'm not at work, so I think she knows that weekend are exclusively for breast
feeding, i'm loving and enjoying breast
feeding now more than the beginning
Very important medical reasons support this move — one of course being your sanity — but for a baby,
night feedings after they are nutritionally necessary become too
much work for her body.
It can be tempting, when you're exhausted from
night feedings and diaper changes, to give in to the comfort of chocolate, ice cream, or cookies, but while they may soothe you emotionally, they won't do
much for you otherwise.
Wondering how
much your baby needs to eat at
night and how changing
night feedings might effect your parent - child relationship or breastfeeding goals?
There is so
much conflicting advice about when to stop
night time breastfeeds: One book says, «when your baby weighs ten pounds he will no longer need
night feeds» (Three of my own babies wouldn't have had
night feeds from birth).
However, older babies can be hungry too — around 5 months most babies become so easily distracted from
feeds during the day when there is so
much to look at in the big exciting world around that they get into a «reverse cycling»
feeding pattern — taking short
feeds during the day and «tanking up» during the
night.
We did partially nightwean her my our choice, not hers, at about a year (I can't remember when, exactly), and that did involve some crying when my husband showed up and wouldn't
feed her (he gave her 1 bottle of expressed milk /
night - the extra pumping bought me some
much needed sleep).
For example, if a mother feels her mental health is impacted by sleep deprivation, a partner can give a
night time bottle
feed to allow mum to get some
much - needed rest.
I'm not sure if you are still looking for advice, but I have experience with it... My 8 yr old stayed in the bed with me (and hubby) since day 1, when I got pregnant with my second when he was 16 mths old, we set up his room with a toddler bed (he could get out of his playpen since 9 mths un-assisted, and never had a crib) so we made sure it was fun and playful and gave him that option, we also set up a separate cot beside out bed, so he could be with us still (I was not comfortable being pregnant with a toddler and hubby in bed then, knowing I would have a baby soon) since I was pregnant I was able to talk about it to him and explain why he was going to have to one day move to his own bed (in our room or his) by the time I had the baby he was starting the
nights in his own bed and if he woke up he would come into his cot beside our bed... I let him continue like that as long as he wanted, it took time but I did not push him at all, same with breast
feeding I let him make the choice... when I left my hubby (now ex) the boys were both big enough (2 and 4 yrs) for me to be comfortable with them both in bed with me, and I was still nursing my younger one until he was around 3.5 yrs old, so we just had a big bed with us all piled in, I miss those days so
much: (so how did I finally get them both out of my bed?
I know I shouldn't
feed her at
night, but with working full time it seems so
much easier and quicker to just get up for 5 minutes, instead of listening to hours of fussing / crying.
But ¨ variety of scientific studies indicate that rather than it being completely controlled by the environment, the baby's own maturational rate as influenced by its unique internal needs to awaken, to
feed, to find reassurance, or to oxygenate, are as
much influencing factors in
night waking and «sleeping through the
night» as is sleep location, per se.
But once baby is a few months old — after she's dropped those middle - of - the -
night feedings and has established a somewhat predictable sleep - wake cycle — sleep training her can help your whole family get some
much - needed nighttime shut - eye.
I feel worried now because my baby
feeds much more frequently than that, day and
night.
Plus, breastfeeding at
night can help keep the milk supply up, alleviate separation anxiety and make soothing a stirring baby (either by touch or by
feeding)
much easier when you're right next to her.
If not, slowly reduce how
much you are
feeding each
night and gradually stop this
feeding all together.
I found this to be
much more restful than waking up in the middle of the
night and
feeding the baby upright in another room.