Tired working mom

karlilynn

Will I ever sleep again? So exhausted from the every 2-3 hour night feedings. I exclusively breastfeed so it's all me. Any ideas to get my 15 week old to sleep longer stretches? Co-sleeping is not an option and we already have an early bedtime routine. Thanks in advance.

kmerkle1

I'm in the same boat...I work night shift and my LO sleeps 6 hrs at night and barely takes any naps during the day! It's exhausting. I gave in and had DH give him formula once yesterday so I could sleep. I feel like stress and lack of sleep is slowing my milk production as for sleeping in longer stretches, I'm clueless. I'll be following this thread to see what others say!

niesp

I EP. As I returned to work at six months. My son eats 10 3 oz bottles a day and 1 5 oz in the morning of breastmilk. This week he started sleeping 8-630. I think it's because he eats so much. Perhaps try feeding him more or keeping him awake and nursing... ?

niesp

**weeks not monthS

erinb49

Maybe LO doesn't really need all the night feedings, just help going back to sleep? My 15 week old was doing longer stretches at night up until 2 weeks ago, then started waking every 2 hours again. I was feeding her every time, and also exhausted!, and I noticed sometimes she'd only nurse for 5 minutes and then fall back asleep. We tried an experiment, my husband got up with her each time and gave a bottle, and she only ate less than 1/2 an ounce the entire night. Now we'll just redo swaddle, use a pacifier and most of the time she'll go back to sleep. I agree with more feedings during the day too. And I still nurse her once or twice a night to keep up production. Good luck, I know it's so tiring!