BFing and night wakings

acbfreire

DD still wakes up a lot at night. I do think my "storage capacity" is small. I rarely pump more than 3 oz.

I read this and though it may be interesting for other BFing moms.

https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/breastfeeding-baby-sleep-training-relationship/

nikkks84

hmm..thats interesting..  my baby also feeds every 3 hours at night still so may be i too have small cups..

HollyBabyNumber2

This is very interesting! It totally makes sense.. I think I have small storage capacity too.. I have DD's but it's because I have implants..Without them I'm an A cup. Thanks for the link!!

drbethc

I feed every 2 hours and pump less than 3 oz every session as well...

acbfreire

speer06:

This was a good post. I think when people start offering up opinions on whether or not your child should be sleeping through the night, they forget that storage capacity plays a large part. It completely affects how long/often a baby will feed throughout the day.

definitely! That's why we need to follow our instincts. 

And storage capacity has nothing to do with breast size, although I was a 32A prior to pregnancy. Now I am a huge 34B LOL

henrytviii

Thanks for posting this.  I think intuitively I've figured out this is why I've needed to continue with night feeding well beyond others but its nice to see it in writing. I just lie if people ask me.

We've had a rough month with sleep, went from every 2.5-3 hours to every hour or so after the 1st night waking and unfortunately I'd miss those 3 hours because I get home from work just in time for the 1st wake-up.  I just felt like I couldn't keep up so I decided to start weaning day and night soon since DS no longer seems attached to nursing in the comfort sense, its all business now.  Right as I made that decision my little man put on at least 2lbs, his 4th tooth came in, he starting using his signs, walking, loving his Dad more etc  . . . he dropped some daytime sessions and this week is feeding 1-2x's a night (insanely little for him).  It was just a very long phase, it always is right? It will get better. I thought I was done but we are still doing fine. Hang in there everyone. I am resting up for the next "phase."

tcu_2003

We still feed multiple times throughout the night as well. I definitely have a small storage capacity, so early on, we ended up deciding to cosleep.  It works for us (and I definitely understand it doesn't work for everyone) - it allows us all to get more sleep, which makes us all happier. Not something I ever imagined I'd be doing, but glad it worked to help out our BFing relationship.