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sleep and BFing at night

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Do you wait until your baby is full-out crying to pick him/her up to feed him?  Or do you pick him/her up to feed him when he is squirming and making noises?  My LO wakes up every 2 hours or so at night and I wonder what is the trick to make his spans of sleep even longer.  Any tips?
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Re: sleep and BFing at night

  • MrsWaneeMrsWanee
    if he sounds happy, sometimes he'll fall back to sleep. if he starts to fuss, i get him and feed him.
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  • NatPhoto09NatPhoto09 member
    at 6 weeks I would feed every time he made a noise, a little excessive but I didn't know any better.  As my LO got older he would often just grunt or squirm so I would let him be until he cried. 
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  • SoonerMagicMamaSoonerMagicMama

    I'm not one to give sleep advice because my LO is not a good sleeper by any stretch of the imagination.  But, I just in the last month have let him stay awake longer when he wakes before I go and offer him the boob.  He never really cries.  He either wakes up to play and his feet seem to entertain him just fine til he falls back to sleep himself or he makes grunting sounds indicating that he has scooted all the way to the top of the crib and his head is hitting the bumper (in which case moving him back to the middle of the crib usually settles him back down).  When his grunts get more aggressive (but still not crying), I offer the boob. 

    But, my caveat, is that when I am really tired, I tend to automatically offer the boob just because it's the fastest way for mama to get back to sleep and with mama back at work, sometimes that has to be the priority.

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  • CowboysWife04CowboysWife04 member

    imageMrsWanee:
    if he sounds happy, sometimes he'll fall back to sleep. if he starts to fuss, i get him and feed him.

    Ditto

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  • tlnfornowtlnfornow
    I wait til crying, but his squirming ends up in crying 9 out of 10 times.  I swear by the swaddle me blankets.  When I used them with DD, she finally slept through the night  (5+ hours by about 5-6 weeks).  Now with DS, I used them right away and his is sleeping 4-6 hours now at 3.5 weeks old.  I really think they are key for good sleep.  They are like a straight jacket but they work.
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