I'd really like to get rid of one
of the middle of the night feedings so thought maybe cluster feeding would work, but will it with a formula if she takes so much at 7:30?
Thank you to my husband who supports me on this and takes care
of middle of night feedings when I have to feed pump.
Any advice to cut at least one
of the middle of the night feedings out would be VERY appreciated =) Thanks!
Not exact matches
I shouldn't have been so surprised to recognize God when I gloated over sleeping children or nursed through cluster
feeds or washed soiled sheets in the
middle of the
night or clapped until my fingers tingled over Christmas carols in school gyms or read aloud childish stories printed on construction paper or welcomed friends for sleepovers.
When you wake up in the
middle of the
night to
feed your crying baby, you are sacrificing your sleep out
of love.
Was there no possibilty that one
of them (if not all) had change her (adult) diapers; had woke - up in the
middle of the
night to
feed her or administer her medication?
It is as good, if not better than I hoped as I was thinking about it during
middle of the
night feedings.
I love all your notes and thoughts and now that I know that I don't have to get up in the
middle of the
night to
feed the sweet starter, I am all inspired to have another go.
You don't have to schedule
middle -
of - the -
night feedings, 4 - hour timetable notwithstanding.
Since I'm up so often
feeding Harper in the
middle of the
night, I often eat a snack around 3 AM to hold me over until breakfast.
They will make a great
middle -
of - the -
night feeding snack
He prepares his dogs for anything: He might wake them up and
feed them in the
middle of the
night to teach them that, during a race, the time to eat is whenever the food comes.
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.
But I'm ready to not
feed him in the
middle of the
night!
We added the clusterfeeding at 5 weeks
of age and normally her
middle of the
night feedings are dreamfeeds also.
A desk chair just did not cut it in terms
of comfort during those
middle of the
night feedings.
She went to bed at 8, had a dream
feed at 10, woke once between 2 - 4 for a
middle of the
night feeding, then slept till we woke up.
We let her CIO for 30 - 45 minutes in the
middle of the
night before I gave in and went in and
fed her.
I bet a dream
feed would work for you though, to at least prevent the
middle of the
night feeding.
My questions are: Should he be able to go longer between the dream
feed and the
middle of the
night feed (right now it's 4 or 5 hrs)?
he goes to bed easily for all naps, with little or no crying, and falls back asleep after our
middle of the
night feeds easily.
You could also treat the
middle of the
night feeding as I explain in this post and try the strategies here.
However, if keeping up supply meant waking up and pumping in the
middle of the
night and waking to
feed at 5 am, i'd probably not do it.
You want to be able to hear everything and to get up in the
middle of the
night and do those late
night feedings without having to go too far.
While I was laying there listening, something dawned on me... we are trying to wean this
middle of the
night feeding.
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?
I was just wondering when I could start working on dropping her
middle of the
night feeding?
This is generally the last time I
feed him before he wakes up between 2 - 3 am for his
middle of the
night feeding.
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.
My husband and I made the mistake
of DF her at 11:30 p for every DF, not even knowing that was considered a
middle of the
night feeding.
Then he'll usually sleep 6 - 7 hours, and will wake for a
middle of the
night feed around 3ish.
Will the
middle of the
night dreamfeed eventually cause her to expect this
feeding and make it hard to drop later on?
If I didn't wake one when the other woke for a
feed, particularly in the
middle of the
night, I'd be up all
night feeding them!
I didn't want to go back to
middle of the
night feedings, so I kept the dream
feed.
I figured that this meant it was time to drop the
middle of the
night feeding.
We have stopped
middle of the
night feedings, but still do them some if she wakes several times within a few hours.
The same is true for his
middle of the
night feeding (anywhere between 1 - 3 am, whenever he wakes up)- he wakes up during it, and then I have to try and get him to go back to sleep.
2 - how do I get him to stay asleep from his
middle of the
night feeding until our day begins?
Is she actually doing well to have that one
feeding in the
middle of the
night and that's it?
We used to do a 12:30 and 3:30 am
feeding but want to start working toward dropping the
middle of the
night feeding.
She dropped the
middle of the
night feeding at 3.5 weeks, and then was consistently waking at 3:00 / 3:30 in the morning for the
middle of the
night feeding.
He also only has that one
middle of the
night feeding, but has been waking up between 4:30 am - 5:30 am, and our day isn't supposed to start until 7 pm.
Anything before the wake time I treat as a
middle of the
night wake, meaning I
fed them if needed, or I replace pacifiers or use other methods to soothe them back to sleep.
Is it better for a mother to put her pump parts in the fridge between uses, or to wash her pump parts every time as described — and then give up and stop breastfeeding altogether because she can't stand over a sink and spend 15 minutes washing pump parts in the
middle of the
night when she is exhausted and has already been up for an hour pumping and
feeding the baby?
How I would be able to balance going to sleep late after work and waking up during the
middle of the
night to
feed my baby.
Now, a good scenario would be that
of your baby waking up in the
middle of the
night all dry and you have to do is
feed them and have them back to sleep in no time.
The only time this was useful was when my babes were learning to sit up on their own and it helped support them or as a head rest for myself during
middle of the
night feedings.
He started waking up in the
middle of the
night, we'd
feed him, and he'd go back to sleep.
When you
feed your baby at this
middle -
of - the -
night waking, it reinforces the habit.