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Ds is 7 weeks and i know im probably asking too much but he is feeding A LOT.
Yesterday he had his "last" bottle at 7pm and went to bed as he usually does.. then he woke at 10pm,12am,3am,5am,7am for bottles... he is only having about 3-4oz of his bottle though rather than the full 5-6oz which he has during the day! He does go to sleep after every feed so i cant moan really but god im tired as its not like i can lay in bed in the morning as my dd is up at 6am ready for action!
A few people suggested bigger teats? Or hungry baby milk? Im really reluctant to mess about with his milk... but for those of you who have has it actually made any difference??
I need a decent nights sleep to function for my babys! I had no patience with dd this morning and put her to bed for her nap early as i felt like i was going to explode
I can handle a couple of night feeds.. ya know i expect that at his age but 3-4 feeds seems a lot to me!! xx
Ds is 7 weeks and i know im probably asking too much but he is feeding A LOT.
Yesterday he had his "last" bottle at 7pm and went to bed as he usually does.. then he woke at 10pm,12am,3am,5am,7am for bottles... he is only having about 3-4oz of his bottle though rather than the full 5-6oz which he has during the day! He does go to sleep after every feed so i cant moan really but god im tired as its not like i can lay in bed in the morning as my dd is up at 6am ready for action!
A few people suggested bigger teats? Or hungry baby milk? Im really reluctant to mess about with his milk... but for those of you who have has it actually made any difference??
I need a decent nights sleep to function for my babys! I had no patience with dd this morning and put her to bed for her nap early as i felt like i was going to explode
I can handle a couple of night feeds.. ya know i expect that at his age but 3-4 feeds seems a lot to me!! xx
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and - if getting the larger teats doesnt work, you'll have them ready for the hungry baby milk anyway!
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Gemm x
I can totally sympathise, lack of sleep def sends you demented. Its such a grim feeling. Is there anyone you could ask just to look after the two of them for a few hours so you could catch up on some sleep?-and dont be tempted to run about the house tidying/washing/cleaning!!! Or get OH to do a night feed??
I think at 8wks LO's have a growth spurt, so that could effect his sleep/feeding patterns.
Hope things improve soon
xxx
You've got the TT bottles? We are now using the vari-flow teats as this means Samuel can take as much as he sucks, and generally finishes his bottles in half an hour, compared to the hour when we used the slow flow teats.
Also as I said on FB, we give him a hungry baby bottle for his last feed at night, but I know you are reluctant to mess with his milk.
Hope you find a solution soon hun xx
We changed to Hungry Baby Milk at 6 weeks old as dd took 9oz in one night feed and I knew that wasn't right. The hungry baby milk worked for her and she has been really settled on it since. Also, she was quite sicky on normal milk, but again the hungry baby stopped that too. Maybe try everything the others have mentioned and if still no go then try different milk? We also put dd on the medium flow teats at 2 months old.
Evidently, a close friend of mine had trouble with her lo not sleeping or settling in both the day and night so her hv told her to try Comfort Milk (by aptamil I think?) and that worked for them!
Hope that helps.
Jem
xx
What milk is he on anyway hon? Gabe was on cow and gate hungry baby, it didnt make much of a difference to his feeding patterns, but it didn't upset his stomach either so I think it is worth a try also the different teats...7 weeks is still tiny really, I know it's crap but its early days xxx
Im afraid he isnt great with a dummy.. tends to not suck on it at all if he isnt hungry and thats how i actually know when he is hungry as its the only time he will suck on it but he soon spits it out when he realises he isnt getting any milk! With my dd i use to be able to pop her dummy in and drag out the feeds till eventually she learnt to sleep through but i doubt i can do that this time.
Anyway i brought some new teats today and he took his full 5oz 3 times in under 10 minutes! Fingers crossed tonight he takes his full amounts and maybe its just a growth spurt?
Mybutler we dont really have anyone dd goes nursery one afternoon a week which was today and thankfully ds slept all afternoon so i did too Hubby always gets up with both kiddies at the weekend so i can re charge my battery's so i feel bad asking him to do night feeds too lol.
young_mum_gone_mad bless you!! I can just about cope with a baby been up but NOT a toddler I wonder whats up with him he use to be such a good sleeper didn't he? xx
Thanks again xx
I have a baby a day younger than MrsNoName's too, and could cope if she was the one causing the sleepless nights, but she's really good - her brother keeping us up all the time just isn't right!!
We just keep reminding Gabe that he has to stay in bed, and he proudly says he is going to sleep in 'Gabe's bed' or 'Sleep in my boy's bed ALL NIGHT'.
He usually doesnt but at least he knows it's what he should be doing!