How did you cut the night time feedings?

Zed58

I am digging my own grave with the lil man.  He is up every two hours throughout the night lately (which is waaaayy better then the ever 45 mins from a week ago).  I don't want to feed him during his wake ups, but it's a matter of being up for an hour while he cries or being up for 10 minutes while he eats.  Because I'm sleep deprived, I cave and opt for the nurse for 10 mins then back to bed.

I don't want to keep this up, but I need sleep.  What tricks did you use to cut out those night time feedings? 

vflipo

I just fed her until she stopped waking up in the middle of the night. I'm sure it doesn't work for everyone, though.

hopingwaiting

I enlisted DH to go in first to try to put him back to sleep withou nursing and saved the boob for when he couldn't. I set a time before which we would try that and after which he'd get fed right away and marched that time later as he got older.

erinlovesdavid

My pedi's solution is to start solids. According to him, when babies reach 15-17 lbs, they start needing more calories than they can get from BM, so solids are necessary.

We tried oatmeal with S a few days last week, and I think it did help a bit. But then he got a rash, so we had to stop for a few days to see if that was what caused it. Now he has a cold, so I'm waiting for him to get over that before I try him back on the oatmeal again.

shall923

I didn't try cutting out night feelings until she was a little older than your DS. When I did start I did what pp said and sent DH in. I started out at 5 hours. If it had been more than 5 hours I feed her if it was less or she woke up after a feeding I sent DH in.

My daughter is still a terrible sleeper. She still wakes up at night just not as often. 

Mrs.EmmaLouise

I winged it.  Eventually she got better, and now only wakes up once or twice.

D&D4Ever7

I am fairly new at this so don't know if these things will work.  I heard that giving a bath and giving milk in a bottle right before bedtime helps lot of babies sleep longer stretches.  I give LO a bottle around 6pm or so and give him a bath around 7pm.  He plays a little bit between 7 and 8pm and than I nurse around 8pm.  He usually nurses for 20 mins to a half hour on each breast and falls sleep around 9pm.  From 9pm he usually sleeps until 1-2am. I feed him at 2am for 20 mins and than again at 5am. This has been only happening for a week or so and will most likely change.