Any tips on getting baby to sleep after night feeds?
As the title says really my little boy (3 weeks old) wakes every 3 hours or so in the night to feed. The problem is that once fed (we're having to bottle feed as my milk supply was rubbish) and changed he takes another hour to settle enough that I can get him in his moses basket to sleep. That means that the whole process takes 1.5hrs to 1.75hrs and he'll then be awake 1.5-2hrs later to start the process again. It's really tiring me out especially as he's pretty active during the day and is often so difficult to settle that i'm not able to catch up on any sleep at all in the daytime.
Does anyone have a similar experience or have any tips to help him settle quicker?
Thanks x
Does anyone have a similar experience or have any tips to help him settle quicker?
Thanks x
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We had trouble with our little boy settling in the cot after a night feed & sometimes to settle to begin with but he would settle on us. We tried putting a hot water bottle in his 'spot' to war it up before putting him to bed & putting it there during night feeds & it seems to have worked. Unfortunately his sister decided it was her turn to not settle after a feed last night!
At night, do you keep the room fairly dark? As that's another thing that is supposed to help.
Good luck!
Good luck
I defo think i'm going to try changing the nappy first...we tend to scoop her out of the crib and let her latch on straight away THEN i do her nappy which obviously disturbs her (and she hates it at the best of times) so she feeds again...
...last night we settled her in her crib after a feed around 9pm then came downstairs with the monitor. We'd warmed the crib with a hot water bottle and had a dim light and that did seem to settle her until she wanted her before midnight feed...
...she will eventually settle from 1am - 4.30 on a good night but won't settle sometimes again til about 6am!!!
We'll get there girls ;\)
Love SF xxx
Hope you get lo to settle soon xx
MrsBinks - ignore whoever told you to be careful how much formula you feed your baby; babies cannot overfeed and they will only eat when hungry - you can't restrict food from a growing baby, they need it!
Our little girl ate a good 25% more than the 'recommended' amounts on the side of the formula and she just happens to be a big baby, I was worried about the amount she was eating but various health visitors said you really shouldn't try to restrict a babies food, especially one so young.
You may find if he eats more during the day he'll sleep more at night - I find it noticeable that when Sophie eats less during the day she'll wake up more at night.
I found keeping the lights low, not talking to her at all and generally keeping any stimulation to an absolute minimum helped her go back to sleep quickly afterwards, she's 8 weeks now and since I started doing that (from about 3/4 weeks) she has gone back to sleep almost instantly after a night feed. xx
The only thing that is disruptive is he is SO noisy when he sleeps! All we hear from him are squeaks, grunts, whimpers and stuff. Anyone else have a baby who doesn't sleep peacefully?
He's even falling asleep once I've put him back into his moses basket, which I thought was a massive achievemement!
Plumduff, my baby is also a noisy sleeping baby. He sounds like he's trying to clear his throat constantly and like you said, grunts, whimpers and coughs....... I've panicked a couple of times and checked on him but he's always got his eyes closed and seems content enough.
I'm in the process now of trying to get into a daytime routine and have started it this morning, I've put Teddy down for a nap, which he wouldn't normally have so early, and all I can hear is little whimpers coming from upstairs.
(*Must stay strong and not pick him up*)
I'm sure you'll manage to sort LO out Mrs Binks, stick with it. I would echo what others have said about dim light, no noise, no talking.
It becomes quite regimental actually, but I think it's definitely the best way to get the routine started, good luck honey. Teddy is now full on whinging........bugger! :roll:
KM x
We def think putting a hot water bottle in the crib between night feeds is the best tip we were given.
Ava is 12 days now. She's good as gold in the day but does struggle with going back in her carrycot between 10 and 2.
We're getting a bit less fuss each night though.
MrsBB
Must be the Oct babies. Going thru the same thing. Does anyone have a baby who's hands and feet are always cold? I put sock and gloves on all the time, I think this my issue at night.