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tips for getting decent night feeds
« on: November 09, 2013, 08:38:50 am »
DD has a habit of snacking during the night ::)
sometimes we get 90mins between,sometimes3-4hrs.
any tips on how to make the feeds less snacky?!
im waking to feed during the day,every 3hrs&she feeds
well then.
i've tried stripping,nappy,stroking but she wont suck for
more than a few mins,only to wake again an hr later to
do it all again ::)
do i just suck it up&be glad it's not half-hourly?!
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2013, 09:10:48 am »
Have you tried just resettling her without feeding if she wakes an hour later? Does she take a dummy?

I used to feed then when he was dropping off I would burp and change the nappy and then put back on the same breast.

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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2013, 10:39:10 am »
yeah,i tried the dummy last night,no joy!
i'll try again tonight though.

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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2013, 18:49:15 pm »
ok,so we've had v good feeds at 7.30am,10.30am,1.30pm&4.30pm
then it all goes wonky!half a feed at 5.45pm&another bit
at 6.15pm-she is dozing on me now.
i had been hoping to do a 6.30pm&8.30pm feed,&
possibly a DF,but not sure where we are now!and dreading
another night of getting up for a 3min feed. :-\
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2013, 20:42:41 pm »
Is she crying to be fed as soon as she wakes? Can you leave her to see if she resettled if she isn't crying or at least so she is more awake?
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2013, 20:53:55 pm »
Elliotte would never wake for a df...and now that she doesnt feed at night I notice she stirs a lot and puts herself back to sleep, but the way she flops around in her bassinet you would think she is waking (I tried to plug her soother in last night at that point and she kept turning away so I just left her and she eventually went back into a more sound sleep).
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2013, 21:09:22 pm »
just fed again there...
time to experiment so tonight!
i'll be back!thanks for the nudge!i LOVE soothers!
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2013, 21:22:56 pm »
I love soothers too...but E is starting to prefer her hand/thumb! Cant say it is the best thing ever but at least it requires no help from me!
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2013, 01:41:31 am »
just keepiog track here if that's ok!maybe someone
can see a tweak?

1.25am woke 2hrs after the last feed.sucked x3 on
soother but got v cross so took her up to feed.gulping
down,so had huge burps&got angry until wd got them up.
taking a good enough feed,but dozing again now
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2013, 05:24:11 am »
5.05am!yay!
it took DH well over an hour to settle her after the
last feed,so maybe that's why im only feeding now?

(sucked the soother once but that was it.guessed she
was hungry anyway cause it'd been 3.5hrs.
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2013, 06:43:11 am »
6.40am feed

refused soother

not a bad night really...
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #11 on: November 10, 2013, 13:10:09 pm »
Does she take a soother when she settles to sleep initially?
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2013, 13:43:06 pm »
no!she just konks!
i tried to get her to take it for naps though today&
we had more sucking!
it worked so well for DD1 to prevent multiple NWs,so
im just hoping DD2 wil follow suit!
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2013, 19:42:11 pm »
I would keep trying.
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Re: tips for getting decent night feeds
« Reply #14 on: November 10, 2013, 20:01:08 pm »
i will!i'm a huge fan!i guess i had kind of forgotten
about it!doh!thanks hun!

managed a great easy today!yay!
7,10,1,4,6&7pm feeds.
now ldt's see what happens tonight!
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