I try to limit her to one morning, one noon, and one
night nursing session with a few times in between if she is in need of some calming mommy time.
In fact, healthy babies can go from
many night nursing sessions, to none, and back to night nursing a few times during that first year.
There seems to be an inherent wisdom in this approach, because although I know of some women who have practiced intermittent fasting while breastfeeding (under the supervision of their doctor), I personally needed to eat during late
night nursing sessions in order to feel my best.
Those first middle - of - the -
night nursing sessions were ten years ago now, and my family has added three more children.
If your child is still waking for
a night nursing session after a week or two of sleep training, he may need more time before he is able to sleep through the night.
Many a new mom has fired up the DVR or Netflix during late -
night nursing sessions.
But I was in a trance, literally taking care of her in my sleep (and I use that word correctly because my eyes would sometimes very well be closed when I would have those middle of
the night nursing sessions).
Sometimes I resent the middle - of - the -
night nursing session that still happens most nights, and other times I love the peacefulness of it being just the two of us awake.
I've been binge shopping during middle of
the night nursing sessions with my 2 wk old.