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4m/o uses food to sleep
« on: November 03, 2010, 14:39:02 pm »
YES YES YES I AM AN "ACCIDENTAL PARENTER" !!!
 
DD2 has had low birth weight, jaundice and and reflux so I havent really been able to impement baby whisperer. (I was completely BW for DD1).
Now the Jaundice is all gone and reflux is starting to diminish, it is time for me to start a schedule.
I know DD2 is too small to go the four hours recommended so would like to try a 3 hour EASY.
However. For the life of me I cannot get her to eat when she wakes up and I cannot get her to go to sleep without the breast.
She is just intent upon eating to sleep and no other time.
Bless her she has even evolved a new super human skill of "sleep-eating" where she does both at the same time!!!

Your ideas needed please ladies
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Re: 4m/o uses food to sleep
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 16:56:11 pm »
How long does she take to feed? I'd start by bringing her feeds forward just a little bit so that you can wake her up after her feed before putting her down to sleep. So she has five mins awake time before you start shush-pat for her nap. Then gradually extend that time so she's gradually feeding earlier in her awake time, and having more awake time before she goes to sleep. That should help remove the feed to sleep association.
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Re: 4m/o uses food to sleep
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2010, 21:01:43 pm »
Hi Goldie! :)

Congrats on your new little girl!
Does she use a dummy at all? If so, could you try to substitute boob with dummy, and do what Anna suggested and gradually bring more and more time between feeds and naps? I got stuck with the same thing happening here with DD2 after the 4mo GS (whe she was feeding constantly and was doing the same thing as your DD, feeding and sleeping at the same time ::) LOL) Dummy and Shh/Pat sorted it for us :)
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Re: 4m/o uses food to sleep
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2010, 17:46:21 pm »
Hi there ladies,
Thanks for your replies :-)
She simply wont eat unless she is actually ready to sleep. If I try and offer her food whilst she is still very activer she is utterly unintersted and gets anry at the thoought of even eating when shes having fun LOL!!!
She isnt interested in dummies, just sort of gnaws on them, realizes theyre nothing exciting to shew and spits them both out - has no desire to suck on them (wont take a bottle yet either).
I try waking after she eats but if I actaully manage to wake her she just screams till I feed her to sleep again... grrrrrrrrr
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Re: 4m/o uses food to sleep
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2010, 18:16:48 pm »
Definitely try waking after a feed. Yes there will be screaming but the only way to break the association is to keep persevering with putting her down awake! She won't do it of her own accord!
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Re: 4m/o uses food to sleep
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2010, 09:30:45 am »
What did you decide to do?
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