night time parenting question

beau2ful

 We bedshare full time. Before I go to bed LO wakes up every hour or so till I come to bed. Once I go to bed she seems to wake up every 3 hours. She will be 11 months old soon. She toss and turns until I feed her. I know it's just for comfort. I was wondering how long you comfort feed at night. She has never slept more then 4 hours

I also wanted to know if any other mommas have experienced this. At night when she is sleeping once in a while it's like she has spasms in her belly muscles or like her heart is beating super fast/hard. I can't really explain it. I just wanted to know if anyone else experienced it at all. I may mention it at her next Dr appointment.

TIA

 

asiabutterfly

Im in the same boat. DD wakes up constantly and tries to nurse all night. Sometimes she goes back to sleep with a pacifier, but most times she flings it out of her mouth and screams till I nurse her. One night she actually climbed on top of me, opened my shirt and started nursing while I was sleeping. LOL

Pinkgirly

We are in the same boat and I'm starting to wonder if it will get better. DD nurses all night and doesn't even sleep an hour without me. I would really like for her to sleep longer on her own so I can have some me time, and time with DH.

EmmieB

I let him nurse until he gets lazy with the sucking. then I slip my finger in and slide my nipple out (the finger is a must otherwise his teeth clamp down on my nipple, which is shredded enough already.) If he fusses and roots for more than a second I give it back and try again in a few minutes. Most nights I get it the first or second try. If he won't unlatch or cluster feeds all night, then I know something else is going on - teething pain or congestion or something.

When I wear the easy crossover bra to sleep in, he's been known to open it and help himself. Lately i've been sleeping in the nursing tank I wear during the day (bravado - the BEST) and he can't unlatch it, so if he's just looking for comfort then he settles for snuggles or fusses until I open up - then I let him latch and unlatch when he dozes back off.

One night I woke up and he had been trying to latch through my shirt - I was totally engorged and leaking, so I think that triggered his interest. Oops!

The No Cry Sleep Solution has some more suggestions for stretching out hours of sleep when you bedshare.

Good luck!

mrs.baum

I don't know the answer to your second question, but for your first question, that sounds pretty normal to me. I really don't know how long DS BF for at night because I usually go right back to sleep.