BFing at night what is your routine?

Megstar17 · March 2013

I was wondering what everyone's nursing routines are at night. My DD who is 4 1/2 weeks old is going 23.5 hours between feedings at nightI EBF and I'm wondering if how she eats might have to do with why those stretches haven't started to extend much. I must say how jealous I am hearing about some people's LOs who are sleeping 56 hour stretches, but I'm not stressing over that too much, I know every baby is different, but I am curious about how people handle the nighttime feedings. So whenever DD eats she always falls asleep at the breast. It really never happens that she decides she's done and unlatches herself, she just falls asleep and when I think it's been long enough I stop trying to wake her up and just unlatch her and burp her. During the day she will sometimes wake up at that point and then I will offer the other breast. At night I will change her diaper first, then she will eat for maybe 15 minutes and then I will stop trying to wake her and just unlatch her and try to burp her and then I will hold her upright for a bit she has some reflux issues and then put her down to sleep. I guess my
question is should I try harder to wake her so that I can offer the other side and have her eat more? Should I change her diaper after the first side to wake her up so she eats more and then possibly sleeps longer? I started changing her diaper before she eats because when she was having trouble getting back to sleep after nighttime feedings would fall asleep at the breast but then whenever I tried to change her diaper and put her down she would be wide awake. What do you ladies do for nighttime feedings when your baby falls asleep do you let them sleep or wake them to eat more and do you think it affects how long your LO sleeps? Sorry for the longwinded post, I really thought I would have BFing figured out by now!

ally2011 · March 2013

I have the same issue so hope someone has tips!

beanersmommy · March 2013

It depends...DS usually sleeps from 10:30/11-3:30/4. Then he nurses on and off from 4ish-7ish. We get up for the day at 7 when DD wakes up. Last night, however, he woke up at 1:00 and nursed on and off until 5. Then, slept until 7. He sleeps in the roc

mishka29 · March 2013

When I had a very similar issue I would change mid feed.

Now that I bed share the diaper change is first then I feed in bed

pitterpatter129 · March 2013

2-3 hrs here too. That's pretty normal for a bf baby. I change diaper and then feed because once he's back asleep, I am too! Neither of my kids have nursed well in bed, so I just get up and move to the couch for feedings, which means

kleigh926 · March 2013

DD will usually nurse for the last time around 9-10:30 pm, then sleep for 6-7 hours. I change her, nurse her, and put her back down. I can usually get another 2-3 hours of sleep out of her then.

To answer your question, when she falls asleep I l

yeladim · March 2013

I do the diaper change between feeds. Firstly, this was the only way I found to really wake a baby up enough to feed from the second side. Also the baby very often poops during the feeding so I would have to change in middle anyways. Also when the ba

pinkyswife · March 2013

I can't help but I want you to know that your not alone. My LO only goes 2 hours at night....I'm hoping he goes longer soon but he's EBF so I hear its normal. We do try a bottle of breast milk before bed...he takes 4 oz but still wakes in 2-3 hours. He's

pamelaam2468 · March 2013

My baby is only 2 weeks old but he is up every two hours at night to eat. I am seeing these posts and hoping we will get a longer stretch soon!!!

JuliaBug · March 2013

MLESSER100:
I do the diaper change between feeds. Firstly, this was the only way I found to really wake a baby up enough to feed

Megstar17 · March 2013

Thanks for the responses. And sorry for the huge block of text with no hyphens- why is the bump so annoying on a cell phone? Anyway it is good to hear other people's routines and it seems like mine is fairly normal. I guess I will try changing

Racie · March 2013

My 5 1/2 week old just slept 5 hours for the first time last night. The last two nights before that she slept 4-4.5 hours. Last week she was sleeping in 3 hour blocks still. I'm hoping the longer stretches are permanent.

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eatdrinkstretch · March 2013

Don't beat yourself up about the amount of time your baby is sleeping. Mine was going seven to eight hours at night but is now back to just two or three, so these things change. My routine is to feed, burp, then change and offer the other side. I often sk

ajetter · March 2013

I try and rouse DD a little bit to offer the other side / take a full feeding. If she won't take it or immediately falls back to sleep then I don't push it. She is now going 4 to 4.5 hours between feedings at night, but sometimes it is only 3.

Bride-hilda · March 2013

Once baby falls asleep, I let baby sleep. At first they enter a light sleep, at which point they'd wake up if they were still hungry. In any matter, they will enter the light sleep stage frequently, and wake to eat if hungry. However, if your baby isn'

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