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2 nighttime sleep questions

lburkey21lburkey21 member
in August 2014 Moms
1. In the past week DS has been waking up 30-60 min after we put him down for the night. Sometimes I just need to rock him for a couple min and sometimes I nurse back to sleep. Could this be s growth spurt thing or should we change his bedtime? He is 6 weeks old.

2. Do you change LO's diaper AF every MOTN feed? Especially those that swaddle, what do you do? I've read that it's not necessary to change every time and I have noticed that the past two nights DS only has wet diapers, not poopy.

 

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Re: 2 nighttime sleep questions

  • JadaBlueJadaBlue member
    edited October 2014
    Re #2, I skipped this diaper change a few times, and two out of three times LO wet so much during the night it soaked through her diaper and onto her sheet (damp, no dramatic gush) come morning. Not worth it, IMHO.
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    Yeah, our LO rarely poops at night. If you plan to skip diaper changes, I might suggest switching to an overnight diaper. I believe Pampers Baby Dry is rated for 12 hours. We use these (only at night) and haven't had a problem - he never fills them more than maybe halfway? I do always check for poop/too much though (feel how thick & smell).
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  • pmpkn219pmpkn219 member
    1. When is he going to bed now, with the waking shortly after?

    I change for poop, or if its been a long time since the wet was changed- like if shes up for a 5/6 am feed I usually change her then, because she's largely stopped pooping overnight, that diaper's been on since maybe 8-9 pm. We'll go back to every time changing of she gets rashy, but so far she's OK
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  • lburkey21lburkey21 member
    pmpkn219 said:

    1. When is he going to bed now, with the waking shortly after?

    We've always started bedtime routine between 8:30-9:00

     

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  • Stephy129Stephy129 member
    edited October 2014
    Do you feed before bed? We started giving another bottle before bed (about two hours after last wake up and bottle). Sometimes he drinks it all sometimes very little but it he has slept for 6 hours or more 3 out of the last four night we did this.

    We don't change unless its really wet or poopy. We swaddle with a woombie (actually the cheaper Summer Infant version) and it has a two way zipper so I can change his diaper and not unwrap his arms only his legs. They didn't have this feature five years ago when I had our daughter so it was a nice surprise.

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  • Vieve831Vieve831 member
    #1 - if I put my LO to bed before 10 he always seems to wake up, but then he's out cold by 10. It's still a pretty awesome bedtime at this age IMO!

    #2 - DS stopped pooping overnight around 6w and I stopped changing his diaper. He doesn't soak the bed thankfully. So he's going 10+ hrs w/ no diaper change. As long as there's no poop, no diaper rash and it all stays in the diaper = WIN for me!
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  • lburkey21lburkey21 member
    Stephy129 said:

    Do you feed before bed? We started giving another bottle before bed (about two hours after last wake up and bottle). Sometimes he drinks it all sometimes very little but it he has slept for 6 hours or more 3 out of the last four night we did this.

    We don't change unless its really wet or poopy. We swaddle with a woombie (actually the cheaper Summer Infant version) and it has a two way zipper so I can change his diaper and not unwrap his arms only his legs. They didn't have this feature five years ago when I had our daughter so it was a nice surprise.

    Edited to answer first question.

    Yes I do feed before bed. Our routine is bath, pjs, feed, swaddle, rock/finish nursing to sleep. If he keeps waking up maybe we will shift his bedtime to be a little later and see is that works.

    I need to check out the woombie! DS sleeps better swaddled but fights it for a little bit in the beginning so getting him in it again after a change in the middle of the night isn't always fun

     

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  • Stephy129Stephy129 member
    edited October 2014
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    Yes I do feed before bed. Our routine is bath, pjs, feed, swaddle, rock/finish nursing to sleep. If he keeps waking up maybe we will shift his bedtime to be a little later and see is that works.

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    I have found that a little later does make a difference. For us anytime before 830 results in waking up every three hours all night but after 830 he sleeps for a long stretch. Sounds strange but that is what we have noticed.

    Also the woombie I great because they can move their arms (for those babies that like to) much more but they can't get out. He rarely fights it and we don't have to take his arms out to change him.

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