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For those that BF, work and have a STTN DC.....

queenie521queenie521 member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months
When DC started STTN and you eliminated the night feedings, did you increase DC's bottles while you were at work?  If so, by how much?
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Re: For those that BF, work and have a STTN DC.....

  • happilyhishappilyhis member
    No increase.
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  • jenbowmanjenbowman member
    She started sttn at 10 months.  Previously she was waking once to nurse and I didn't know whether she was hungry or it was just habit.  So I gradually started taking one minute from her middle of the night nursing session.  When we got down to two minutes I knew she wasn't hungry, it was just a habit.  When she only nursed for 1 minute or less I would just rock her for a couple minutes and put her back in bed awake.  She would go to sleep on her own.  Now she is sleeping 8pm-7am!!!
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  • Megan BriggsMegan Briggs
    By the time I went back to work, DD just had one early morning feeding to drop (4:00 a.m.).  At the same time, her sleep patterns were changing, so we went to two big bottles during the work day (8 oz every 4 hours). I nurse first thing in the a.m., right after work and before bed.
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  • SenoraKristinSenoraKristin
    DD weaned at 10 months and only then did she start STTN. Previously, she was nursing 2 times at night and only drinking 12 oz. during the day at her in-home daycare. Now, she does 16 oz. during the day and 2 6 oz. bottles before/after sleep. So, she takes a total of 28 oz. and has 3 meals and a snack a day.
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  • mrsbluemrsblue
    I didn't increase his bottles at DC, but I did find that his first morning feeding (BF) increased when he started STTN.  So, I estimated that he used to eat about 5 oz for the first morning feeding, but now eats about 9 or 10oz.
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  • C.squaredC.squared member
    I haven't changed her bottles during the day.  She gets 3 4.5 oz bottles at daycare and I nurse when she wakes up, after work, and before bed.  She wouldn't take more per bottle anyway and I have a hard time keeping up with the bottles to begin with.  She is definitely more hungry in the mornings now, but nurses more efficiently and I know she gets more milk in the first am feeding than she used to.  Until a few weeks ago, we were co-sleeping and she would nurse almost all night long - since we moved her to her crib, she goes to bed at 8 and I have to wake her for daycare - she dropped the feedings herself, so I know her night nursing was out of habit, not hunger.  
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