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Nursing to sleep

noble13noble13 member
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My baby is 5 months old and heonly falls asleep while I'm feeding him. Either nursing or bottle, doesn't matter. He also wakes up every 2 hours or sometimes every hour at night to eat. I try rocking him but he screams and screams until I nurse him and he falls asleep right away. He does sometimes fall asleep while rocking but only after he just fell asleep and woke up for some reason. I'm so tired with him waking up all the time to nurse, any ideas?
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Re: Nursing to sleep

  • SunshinefloSunshineflo member
    Have you tried a pacifier? We only use one at bed time and it helps my daughter stay asleep. She has a strong sucking urge so the paci is a great. 

    Also, have you tried increasing his feeding during the day? This might help him go longer at night, going by the theory that if he gets most of his nutritional needs during the day he will nurse less at night. My daughter still nurses every two hours during the day (and sleeps through the night) at 6 months old. Good luck and hang in there! 
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  • LEMSALEMSA member
    The BF board had a good point I read once. LO expects to be fed by you. Not DH. So try sending him or another family member in there to help soothe LO. That way they aren't expecting to nurse.
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  • noble13noble13 member
    I tried a pacifier when he was born and periodically since then and he just doesn't take it. And I do nurse him every 2 hours and he still wakes up tons at night. He sleeps in our room so he sees us when he wakes up.
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  • Texasmomma13Texasmomma13 member
    Does he have his own room you can move him to? I know once we transitioned LO into her room we ALL slept better.
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  • LEMSALEMSA member
    When LO sleeps in our room, I always think he's waking up. When he's in his own room, he sleeps longer.

    I am sure it's bc of the noises he makes that wakes me up. So I'm awake, he's making noise, I assume he's awake. But he's not, and I can't sleep bc he's sleep whining. In his room he's close enough I hear his auctual cries, but not his little cries and whines.

    I second the transition to own room. Even if it's putting the RNP/PNP in the hall outside the room.
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  • taraleannetaraleanne member
    I agree with the transition to own room. Also helping baby learn to fall asleep independently (i.e.: not via nursing/rocking etc.. That way, when he wakes between sleep cycles he doesn't need you to repeat the "here's how I fall asleep" process. A security blanket has been amazing for my little sleeper.  He may still need to wake to nurse cause he's legitimately hungry but otherwise helping him learn to self soothe should mean fewer wake ups. Can you tell which wake ups are full meals and which ones are just to pacify? 

    I also second the increasing feeding during the day. My baby feeds almost every 2 hours during the day but sleeps through the night. He did that on his own but you could offer him more frequently during the day. 
    Good luck 
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  • luvmygirlssluvmygirlss member
    nurse him until he is sleepy, not asleep. Easier said than done, but will help with all the frequent wakings. GL
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  • noble13noble13 member
    luvmygirlss said:
    nurse him until he is sleepy, not asleep. Easier said than done, but will help with all the frequent wakings. GL

    I tried this also and he starts screaming
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  • taraleannetaraleanne member
    noble13 said:
    luvmygirlss said:
    nurse him until he is sleepy, not asleep. Easier said than done, but will help with all the frequent wakings. GL

    I tried this also and he starts screaming
    Well, ya gotta do something unless you want things to continue as they are. Look up the no-cry sleep solution. It's a book I think. I believe this is a sleep training method. Ultimately there will always be tears at bedtime for babies learning to sleep independently but you don't have to CIO.
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