MOTN

jennp1979

For those of you not doing a MOTN feeding...when LO wakes up and needs a diaper change...how are you putting them back to sleep?
Are you doing 1 oz?
Rocking them?

LO was doing so good STTN and now all of a sudden waking up at 1:30 for diaper change...we change his diaper and for the next 3 hours he us keeping me up with noises and hands in mouth and grunting.

I'm doing one large feeding before bed to make him last through the night but what do you do on nights when he needs to be changed to get him back to sleep

JuniperGaze

Are you sure he isn't hungry? How old is he? It's very unusual for babies as young as ours to consistently STTN.

honeybee434

The only reason my LO wakes up in the MOTN is because she's hungry. As soon as I pick her up she starts making her panting "I'm getting food" noises. Even if she did wake up because of a dirty diaper, I'm pretty sure she would still decide she wanted to eat if it had been enough hours since her last feeding.

Prncesta

My LO still needs to eat in the MOTN. She's 7 weeks old and has only slept 7 hrs once. She usually wakes every 4 hours to eat. If he has his hands in his mouth, he's prob hungry.

iris427

Your baby sounds hungry. Feed him. My little guy still wakes up to eat every night.

Soon2BMrsN

I also assume that, at this age, night waking = hungry. I don't change diapers in the MOTN unless baby wakes to eat and I smell poop. No need to wake/stimulate her more than necessary.

Nichole8787

That seems like he's hungry. Call your pediatrician and see what he says.

SuperTinkerham

Feed your baby!

TexasGirl81

SuperTinkerham said:

Feed your baby!

Took the words out of my mouth!
There's a slight chance baby is waking just for a diaper change. Once you change that diaper then feed baby.

Eta: when he wakes up in the motn I give him 2oz in case he falls asleep, if he does not I make him two more and that usually does the trick. I'm also BF'ing though so when he nurses I just let him go until he's finish. Feeding on demand right now. Our babies are growing rapidly and they need food.

shamyfowler

He's hungry.  Feed him!

jennp1979

Sorry I should have been more clear.(wrote this halfway awake)..I do make a bottle but he eats half an ounce and seems not interested in the rest

After that hands are in mouth but he won't take bottle and just lays there and grunts.

He was diagnosed with reflux...not sure if that has anything to do with it

SuperTinkerham

Milo sometimes gets like that, and he won't stay on the boob I know he's overtired. So I swaddle him, put him on his side, jiggle and keep stuffing the paci in his mouth until he's out. That's only after he refuses the boob several times.

hab83

Is LO on meds for reflux? How does he do with eating during the day? Is he laying flat to sleep? DD had to sleep propped up. Otherwise, she was in pain and would refuse to eat. But that may not be the issue if he's not fussing or crying.

Huahine

If LO wakes up, feeds for a bit and then won't latch well, I bounce and burp him until he clears the gas. Sometimes it takes ages.

stefaniew26

At 9 weeks, my LO sleeps 8-9.5 hours straight every night. She's done that for about a week now. If she starts waking in the motn, I feed her. It's rare babies just wake and cry for a diaper. Hope the reflux improves for you!

jennp1979

Thank you ladies...we were given medicine for the reflux ..nizaridine..seems like everyone else was given zantac..we go to the doctor tomorrow to see if we can get that changed. We also prop him up at night in his side sleeper and hold him up for 15-30 mins after feeding.

Sorry about early post...of course I feed him...so sleepy from no sleep lol

shortstack930

Our pedi prescribed nizaridine for the reflux also and it's worked wonders! How long has your LO been on it?

hab83

Nizaridine and Zantac are both h2 blockers. If you find that it's not working, you may want to ask about a proton pump inhibitor like Prevacid.  Axid (nizaridine) and Zantac were useless for DD, but Prevacid worked.