How long are you up at night?

kleigh926 · February 2013

DD is 3 weeks old and wakes up twice at night to eat, usually anywhere from 12:30 to 1:30, and then again from 3:30 to 4:15. Her first feeding goes well; I'm usually up for about 45 minutes feeding, changing her diaper, and getting her back to sleep. Her 4:00 feeding is really rough though. She's often fussy, more awake, and wants to nurse multiple times in a row. I'm usually up for at least an hour and a half trying to get her back to sleep. It's like she thinks 4:00 is 7:00 or something.
How long is everyone else up with their LO's at each feeding?

ungraceful13 · February 2013

DD usually sleeps through the night but if we get up it is about 30 minutes. We change her and then give her a bottle I pumped at 12. We started doing that bc her MOTN feedings were taking so long.

stardust317 · February 2013

DD usually gets up once between 4:30 and 5:00. She's up for about 30 minutes. She eats and then I change her and put her back to bed.

There are some nights that she is really grumpy and won't go back to sleep, but if I put her next to me, then she will.

LSU628 · February 2013

It's gotten better as he has become older. At first when I was bfing it was easily an hour+. Once we switched to bottle feeding and got his reflux under control, it cut down to about 45 minutes. Now, I've realized if I keep him swaddled I can feed him, burp him and pop him back in bed in about 30 minutes.

Myzticsunshine · February 2013

My babie boy is thirteen days and actually also gets up at those exact same times. Origionally I could just feed him and he'd go back to bed, however lately he's been really fussy and also wanting to be fed multiple times in a row. It's actually gotten pretty frustrating lately. I love my boy, but I'm sooooo tired.

lyndsihutson · February 2013

ungraceful13:
DD usually sleeps through the night but if we get up it is about 30 minutes. We change her and then give her a bottle I pumped at 12. We started doing that bc her MOTN feedings were taking so long.

This! I've found the bottle is so much quicker at night! And I don't changer her diaper unless she poops. So she's up about 1520 min then I pump for another 15.

agatha1320 · February 2013

For the first 8-9 weeks about 45 min to an hour, it was very hard on me. I started changing night routine to see if that helped, changing then feeding, feeding then changing, going to the bathroom and getting a drink first, but this still made it prolonged.

I found the best thing was to get in there really quickly, nurse from one side, quickly change diaper then nurse the other side, or at least offer it. somedays she won't nurse from the other breast. since i've been doing this, it's only about 30 mins. (yest it was 20 mins bc i had stomach issues...). when i started doing this dd was sleeping through the night and only waking once between 5 & 6.

JuliaBug · February 2013

Our DDs are the same age and mine has similar nights. She is really irregular. Sometimes she will eat quickly and go right back to sleep within 20 or 30 minutes. Other times she is really hungry and nurses for about an hour. (She gets really bad gas, so I have to burp her often during nursing, so that entire hour isn't just eating.)

On the nights that she is more awake, I have found that nursing her laying down is the best way to get her to go to sleep soundly. I also let her grunt and fuss a little in her crib after I put her down. I only pick her up if she actually starts to cry, which is rare. That doesn't help me get any extra sleep though since I am listening to her.

momofmanyinthemitten · February 2013

He gets up at least 3 times (If only he could coordinate his pooping and eating!) and the first couple are 30-45 min. The 4:00 wake up is also bad for us. I've been bringing him in bed with me, as it's the only way he'll go back to sleep.

Mitsya · February 2013

We're typically in bed by 9 & up for (usually) no more than an hour at around midnight, 3:00, & 5:30. Not too bad compared to the ninety billion bathroom wake-ups & every other nightly insomnia of my third tri!

sschwege · February 2013

DS did this as well. I started putting him in the swing after his second feed and then he would go back to sleep.

Wild_flower25 · February 2013

Usually 20 mins. I don't always change her if she's just wet.

Kingston54 · February 2013

LO is sleeping from about 11pm to 6am and when I get up with her at 6am, I change her diaper (takes maybe 2-3 minutes), then I reswaddle her and I feed her for about 10-13 minutes... So 15-20 minutes total.

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