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Latest post on 14 February 2011 - 10:52

Some thoughts.... How many feeds does baby take during the day? Are they consuming enough calories for their age? Without doing so baby may find it difficult to sleep through. How many day time sleeps is baby having? Too much = day into night Too little= overtired baby who will find it hard to sleep restfully. Do you have a consistent bedtime/bedtime routine? 2 Months; My LO in bed alone/awake at 7pm Dream feed at 11pm Awake and shouting at 2-3am, Breast feed, NO nappy change unless poo. No talking, no lights. Put back into bed alone/awake takes 20 mins to settle herself. If cries put hand on tummy do not pick up! Awake and shouting at 4-5am,Breast feed, NO nappy change unless poo. No talking, no lights. Put back into bed alone/awake takes 20 mins to settle herself. If cries put hand on tummy do not pick up! (Would listen from my room with doors open as baby in her own room) First day time feed at 7am. I woke baby and fed every 3 hours(brest feeding)( 4 hours formula feeding), cluster feeding towards bedtime to tank her up with extra calories. Eat, nappy change play and put down to sleep immediatley if showed any sleep cues, rubbing face, sneezing, starring into space. Dream feeding only work if you are consistent with it and do not give up after a few attempts, try about a week and see if it is for you. Gradually 2-3am wake up and feed disappears by itself and then the 4-5am. Try to let your baby shout for 5 mins before attending as by responding immediatley you take away the baby's ability to settle itself. If shouting continues feed but try to extend response time each night and if feed time become shorter try just giving a pacifier instead of bottle/breast. Most baby's of this age wake due to bad habits rather than actual hunger provided they are getting enough daytime calories. Baby slept 7pm till 7am with dreem feed at 11pm from 10 weeks. Bliss!

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Latest post on 14 February 2011 - 10:38

Some thoughts.... How many feeds does baby take during the day? Are they consuming enough calories for their age? Without doing so baby may find it difficult to sleep through. How many day time sleeps is baby having? Too much = day into night Too little= overtired baby who will find it hard to sleep restfully. Do you have a consistent bedtime/bedtime routine? 2 Months; My LO in bed alone/awake at 7pm Dream feed at 11pm Awake and shouting at 2-3am, Breast feed, NO nappy change unless poo. No talking, no lights. Put back into bed alone/awake takes 20 mins to settle herself. If cries put hand on tummy do not pick up! Awake and shouting at 4-5am,Breast feed, NO nappy change unless poo. No talking, no lights. Put back into bed alone/awake takes 20 mins to settle herself. If cries put hand on tummy do not pick up! (Would listen from my room with doors open as baby in her own room) First day time feed at 7am. I woke baby and fed every 3 hours, cluster feeding towards bedtime to tank her up with extra calories. Eat, nappy change play and put down to sleep immediatley if showed any sleep cues, rubbing face, sneezing, starring into space. Dream feeding only work if you are consistent with it and do not give up after a few attempts, try about a week and see if it is for you. Gradually 2-3am wake up and feed disappears by itself and then the 4-5am. Try to let your baby shout for 5 mins before attending as by responding immediatley you take away the baby's ability to settle itself. If shouting continues feed but try to extend response time each night and if feed time become shorter try just giving a pacifier instead of bottle/breast. Most baby's of this age wake due to bad habits rather than actual hunger provided they are getting enough daytime calories. Break habit of taking baby into your bed, yes you are tired, yes you have had enough but too many bad habits give yourself more work longterm. Be strong and good luck. P.s. my DD slept through from 10weeks in her own bed in her own room.

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Latest post on 14 February 2011 - 09:46

My midwife recommended no more than 30 mins each side. Appently it takes 60 muscles to BF and only 4 to bottle feed so it knackers them out. However, i would never let the baby fall asleep at the breast. I would walk my fingers up and down the spine to keep awake and finish a feed, burp then change it's nappy before putting down for a sleep. Baby always fell asleep awake alone in crib to start good habits and maintain them. Baby continued to feed 20 mins each side until 4 months then suddenly dropped to 10mins each side one day. Concentrate on baby's feeding. Is he feeding or suckling?, can you feel the pull and see the swallowing or is he just pacifying in which case remove from breast and give a dummy/pacifier. Hope this helps!

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