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BFing STTN moms- How the hell did you do it?
Are you just lucky or is there something I should be doing.?
DS used to do one good stretch for me (8-12) and then up every 2-3 hours.
Now he has increased his grunting time and isn't sleeping as long. ?I always thought the older he got, the better it would get. ?
Advise me please. ??
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Re: BFing STTN moms- How the hell did you do it?
Are you getting him up when he is grunting? I used to do that, then I realized she is just grunting in her sleep...we moved her to the nursery and she sleeps a good 10 hours. Yes, she grunts every now and then, but she doesn't wake up. And I don't wake up to it as much with her not in our room.
Mostly I think it is just luck on our part. We happen to have a baby that likes to sleep at night.
I have no idea how we do it...she has just slept for 7-9 hours a night since about 2 weeks (pedi was OK with it since she was above birth weight). She cluster feeds starting around 7:30 or 8:00 each night, gets a bath around 9:00ish and then cluster feeds again until about 10:00. I keep her in a swaddleme blanket, put her in her crib and have her ceiling fan on low all night. I know babies don't really have a routine this young, so she could change any day, but it has been the same pattern every night.
I honestly think I just got lucky with a good sleeper. Good luck!
I learned after my first that every peep does not require a response.
I followed Healthy Sleep Habits from day one this time...she STTN at 4w from 11pm-7am.
Now she sleeps 8-8 from 12 weeks.
No, I don't. ?but usually he grunts for a minute or two and then starts crying. ??
I think most of it is just luck. All babies are different and some are just naturally better sleepers. Mine started sleeping 8-9 hours at a time around 7 weeks. Now she's sleeping anywhere from 10-12 a night. She also naps like a champ. She's just a good sleeper. She doesn't fuss at bedtime or naptime. If she's ready, she'll go down without a peep.
Now - there was a time when she did the grunting and was waking during the night. I don't know if it was gas or what, but I figured out that she wasn't waking to eat... so I stopped offering the breast. Sometimes I'd pull her into bed with me and she'd immediately go back to sleep. Sometimes she'd grunt and kind of thrash around for an hour... but she was still asleep. Seems like the grunting stopped around 2 months.
She sleeps upstairs in her crib now, unswaddled. We started that at about 3 months. I think she had a little trouble staying asleep in the mornings when she was swaddled because she wanted to stretch and then would struggle against the swaddle. Now she'll stretch then go right back to sleep. I usually have to wake her up in the mornings in order to preserve her morning nap.
I don't think you should be worried. I think most babies aren't sleeping through the night at this age. Make sure he's getting enough milk throughout the day and soon he'll be sleeping through the night for you.
Are you just lucky or is there something I should be doing.
DS used to do one good stretch for me (8-12) and then up every 2-3 hours.
Now he has increased his grunting time and isn't sleeping as long. I always thought the older he got, the better it would get.
Advise me please.
I have no advice as I am experiencing this exact same thing. Last night he wanted to nurse every 3 hours and was grunting, whining, crying starting at 5:45 a.m.