Am I expecting too much?
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Hi,
My LO is 14 weeks now and is still feeding every 3 hours, even throught the night. I am EBF. The thing is, I'm starting to get really tired. I have a 3 year old too so daytime naps are out of the question. He slept through from about this age, but she seems to be showing no sign whatsoever. I know I could use controlled crying but don't feel all that comfortable with that, particularly as it may wake my 3 yr old up.
She is still in our room and to be fair when she wakes up she just has a feed and goes straight back to sleep. I'm not convinced she's all that hungry, its just for comfort/out of habit. My Husband has offered to take over a feed in the night but I hate using the breast pump so I haven't taken him up on it so far.
I suppose my question is... will she just drop a feed by herself or do I need to do something about it?
My LO is 14 weeks now and is still feeding every 3 hours, even throught the night. I am EBF. The thing is, I'm starting to get really tired. I have a 3 year old too so daytime naps are out of the question. He slept through from about this age, but she seems to be showing no sign whatsoever. I know I could use controlled crying but don't feel all that comfortable with that, particularly as it may wake my 3 yr old up.
She is still in our room and to be fair when she wakes up she just has a feed and goes straight back to sleep. I'm not convinced she's all that hungry, its just for comfort/out of habit. My Husband has offered to take over a feed in the night but I hate using the breast pump so I haven't taken him up on it so far.
I suppose my question is... will she just drop a feed by herself or do I need to do something about it?
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I still feed my LO every 3-4 hours and he is over 7 months, so to me that sounds pretty normal. However if you think she is just sucking for comfort maybe you could try using a dummy? That might help.
C
if you think she is not hungry and you dont want to offer a dummy i would maybe just pick her up give her a cuddle and put her back down, this is hard work but if you think its habit might be worth a try x
So if you think you can appease to move/lose the feed then give it a go. It might take a few nights to work out something that works. You just need to be sure lo isn't actually hungry, as they are still quite young. I've jut mostly gone from James' lead. xx
Hope you manage to catch up on some sleep soon.
Xx