Triplet+ nighttime feeding

Re: Triplet+ nighttime feeding

• mommaoftrips member

  January 2014

  We bottle fed. The routine they came home on from the NICU was feeding every 3 hours. We did write everything down, so we could tell when they started to change their routine. For example - we didn't wake a sleeping baby at night, so they started to spread their night feeds out - when this happened we just went with, whomever got up first was fed. I would say 90% of the time, I handled the feeds at night on my own. Fed one, put that one down and the next would be stirring. If one woke while I was feeding DH would get up and help.
  
  We also changed diapers before feeds.
  
  I don't want to make it sound easy. In the beginning, they would start crying at around 5pm and this would last until 11 or as late as 1am. During this time, DH and I would pretty much be feeding them the entire time. I would sit on the floor with one baby on a boppy (I never propped, the babies moved too much and I just didn't feel comfortable) but I would switch the bottle from the one I was holding to the one on the boppy (DH was feeding the third). Sometimes, I would put 2 babies on the couch in a boppy each, or all 3 and hold 2 bottles while I sat on an ottaman.
  
  The first 3-6 months were really hard.

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• bitsytripmom member

  January 2014

  In order for my husband to help and for both of us to get sleep - we split the night. He has "duty" till two and handles midnight feeding, I pick up at two and have the 4am. The feedings aren't so much the issue as paci duty, reflux, and general fussiness. My kids (now 3.5 mos, 1.5 adjusted) know their nights and want to sleep - but someone's generally constipated, gassy or having an off night... It's all the running around between feedings that killed me.
  
  Anyways - after 7 weeks in nicu they came home on a pretty strong 3 hour schedule, which thank goodness shifted to 4 hours at night. I go in and wake whomever is stirring a half hour before scheduled feeding (so 330 for the 4am), change feed, burp, wrap and put back down, and onto the next. Nine times out of ten, with some creative paci management during burping, goes off without a hitch. If I have to I can tandem feed two in rock and plays while I sit on a couch. Best of luck!

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• carrotcake06 member

  January 2014

  I just have twins, but when they get bottles it's always at the same time. Each one goes in a bouncer and whoever is feeding them goes in the middle. Since I BF, I prefer it that way so it's a different position than BFing.
  
  When we travel and they get bottles, I tandem bottle feed them in their car seats.

  
  
  
  

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• mommaoftrips member

  January 2014

  Just for some more hope - my LOs slept through the night 2.5 months after coming home (they were 28 weekers and were in the NICU until their EDD.

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