This has to do with NWs but it is more of a breastfeeding issue so this is why i'm posting here.
so DD WAS sleeping great at night - basically STTN. She was sleeping from 8- 2 (or 430) most nights. It was GREAT. Last couple of weeks she is now waking twice a night.ugh. She empties my boob but we usually fall asleep before I could switch her to the other one. I don't think she would take it anyway. ( I"m feeling spoiled as my DS did not sleep this long of stretch for a really long time and did not STTN until 8 months. I am a much more pleasant mom/wife with only one NW.)
The time is pretty erratic when she awakes and first NW is anywhere from 1230-2. I tried to use a paci for both NWS and it may give me 30-60 min more minutes.
This past weekend she woke twice Friday night (traveled all day in car and had a very long nap in car > 3.5 hrs in car but didn't want to wake her bc make trip too long KWIM), then Saturday we were out all day & she had bad naps & was a bear and extremely fussy. I finally got her down at 630 for bed and she slept until 430am, Sunday she had a picture perfect 3 hr EASY and of course woke twice in the MOTN. She woke really early at 1230 and can't remember the next one.
So I don't really get it when she can sleep for long stretches but then wakes up twice to feed.
That said, I was reading in BWSAYP and Tracy discuses this situation. So it sounds like a growth spurt? Her recommendation is to increase supply during the day by pumping after nursing and then topping your baby off during the next feed. First of all, does anyone do this/have done this? Secondly, I don't think she would nurse or take the bottle. I do my best to get her to take both breast but she will get mad if I"m forcing her KWIM so she usually doesn't nurse that long on breast #2. Thirdly, I don't really have time to pump after but I could try. Occasionally, I will do a EAEASY to get her to eat more but not sure I want to do that all the time. NOt always feasible.
She has a lot going on for a baby LOL. She will roll over tummy to back occasionally and is trying to roll back to tummy. She is becoming more social (lots of smiles and starting to giggle/laugh).
So just curious if I should try to pump to top her off or just wait it out?
