Sleeping patterns of your baby sounds normal. My DD still bf at least twice every night. Could be a spurt or teething. When my lo is getting teeth she nurses like a NB.
hugs....everyone feels this way sometimes
Hang in there. How often is he nursing during the day? How often at night? When Nathan was that age, I figured out that he was so interested in the world during the day that he was only nursing enough to just get by and then making up for the rest of the milk he needed at night. I started offering more often during the day and he was able to go longer stretches at night. I figured that nursing for 5-10 minutes every hour when the sun was up was better than every hr when it was dark and I wanted to sleep. It was a stage and it passed, and by 10 months he was back to nursing only 3-4 times per night without me having to offer constantly during the day.
Do you think he might be teething? Do you have some amber for him? I seriously can't believe that he's already 8 months old! It seems like he was a tiny newborn just yesterday.
Solids right before bed is likely to backfire. We know as adults that if we eat a sandwich 5 minutes before bed, we feel crampy and gassy and restless as your body tries to digest food all night while its supposed to be resting. And please, no cereal in a bottle. It is a choking hazard and advised against.
Quoting shortyali:
As far as sleeping goes try cosleeping. This way when he's hungry he can just latch on and be on his way, you don't even need to fully wake up. I don't agree with tryin to space out feedings and offering more solids like pp. that could just cause more issues and him waking more at night to nurse if he's not getting it during the day. Also before 1 solids are just for fun, not for nutrition. So make sure he's nursing before every solids offering and if he's getting juice or anything I would cut that out during the day and replace it with a nursing session. Just try to remember they are only this little once.
Quoting shortyali:
As far as sleeping goes try cosleeping. This way when he's hungry he can just latch on and be on his way, you don't even need to fully wake up. I don't agree with tryin to space out feedings and offering more solids like pp. that could just cause more issues and him waking more at night to nurse if he's not getting it during the day. Also before 1 solids are just for fun, not for nutrition. So make sure he's nursing before every solids offering and if he's getting juice or anything I would cut that out during the day and replace it with a nursing session. Just try to remember they are only this little once.
Quoting mostlymaydays:
I agree!!!
Solids right before bed is likely to backfire. We know as adults that if we eat a sandwich 5 minutes before bed, we feel crampy and gassy and restless as your body tries to digest food all night while its supposed to be resting. And please, no cereal in a bottle. It is a choking hazard and advised against.
Quoting shortyali:
As far as sleeping goes try cosleeping. This way when he's hungry he can just latch on and be on his way, you don't even need to fully wake up. I don't agree with tryin to space out feedings and offering more solids like pp. that could just cause more issues and him waking more at night to nurse if he's not getting it during the day. Also before 1 solids are just for fun, not for nutrition. So make sure he's nursing before every solids offering and if he's getting juice or anything I would cut that out during the day and replace it with a nursing session. Just try to remember they are only this little once.
Quoting K8wizzo:Hang in there. How often is he nursing during the day? How often at night? When Nathan was that age, I figured out that he was so interested in the world during the day that he was only nursing enough to just get by and then making up for the rest of the milk he needed at night. I started offering more often during the day and he was able to go longer stretches at night. I figured that nursing for 5-10 minutes every hour when the sun was up was better than every hr when it was dark and I wanted to sleep. It was a stage and it passed, and by 10 months he was back to nursing only 3-4 times per night without me having to offer constantly during the day.
Do you think he might be teething? Do you have some amber for him? I seriously can't believe that he's already 8 months old! It seems like he was a tiny newborn just yesterday.
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on Feb. 9, 2013 at 4:18 AM