Post by hollydfromtn on Mar 19, 2015 4:25:16 GMT -5
DS just slept for 3hrs! That's the longest stretch between meals we've ever had. How in the world can we have the best and worst night all in the same night.
@holachica I try to focus on 'I can do this' instead of 'this too shall pass' as far as MOTN feeding frequency. I don't want to think of how long it'll be before we're sleeping more
I have a friend who tells herself there are no kids in college who wake their parents three times a night for meals.
I'm having a hard time deciding when I need to get up and when I can let him be in the motn. He doesn't always wake up crying, but just kind of whiny. I'll look over and he seems okay, not really showing hunger cues. Sometimes he falls back asleep too.
I just feel that 3 weeks is too young to ignore when he wakes up and I sound try to feed him. Or should I just wait until he cries for his meal?
Sometimes the gap is 3 or 4 hours. If it's closer to the 4-5 hour mark then I do get up.
I'm having a hard time deciding when I need to get up and when I can let him be in the motn. He doesn't always wake up crying, but just kind of whiny. I'll look over and he seems okay, not really showing hunger cues. Sometimes he falls back asleep too.
I just feel that 3 weeks is too young to ignore when he wakes up and I sound try to feed him. Or should I just wait until he cries for his meal?
Sometimes the gap is 3 or 4 hours. If it's closer to the 4-5 hour mark then I do get up.
It's ok to let them squirm and grunt. I always wait to see if they fall back asleep and only get them if crying.
Same. Mine is a grunter from 6-8 am before he truly gets up and I wait for that continuous whine/cry to know it's legit
DD is also a grunter. After her 6 AM-ish feeding she's super noisy when she's sleeping, so much so that it almost sounds like she's awake. I leave her be until she starts doing her squeaky cry (it's like a very short waaaaaah, then she stops, but I know more is coming, it's like she's warning me before full on crying, lol).
Post by hollydfromtn on Mar 19, 2015 9:12:38 GMT -5
I wish DS just grunted. Unless it's been a short nap during the day DS wakes up screaming. We call him our 0 to 60 baby. He gets so mad in the MOTN waiting for the boob. I don't know how DH manages to sleep through it.
Post by cougarette on Mar 19, 2015 10:45:46 GMT -5
Thanks yall! I guess I keep going back to those pesky guidelines about breastfeeding. "Crying is a late cue, blah blah". This makes me feel a lot better.
Thanks yall! I guess I keep going back to those pesky guidelines about breastfeeding. "Crying is a late cue, blah blah". This makes me feel a lot better.
Crying may be a late cue but as long as they'll latch and eat promptly, no harm done in my non-expert opinion. So upset baby won't eat = you missed too many hunger cues and need to calm baby down to feed.
Thanks yall! I guess I keep going back to those pesky guidelines about breastfeeding. "Crying is a late cue, blah blah". This makes me feel a lot better.
Crying may be a late cue but as long as they'll latch and eat promptly, no harm done in my non-expert opinion. So upset baby won't eat = you missed too many hunger cues and need to calm baby down to feed.
He's definitely never too upset. Now to figure out when to give him a pacifier or not.
Crying may be a late cue but as long as they'll latch and eat promptly, no harm done in my non-expert opinion. So upset baby won't eat = you missed too many hunger cues and need to calm baby down to feed.
He's definitely never too upset. Now to figure out when to give him a pacifier or not.
I posted this in shield user thread also, but i'm just so excited...I just went to a lactation group and got DS to latch! He ate over 2 oz. So thrilled. I really want to ditch the shield.
Post by misshart00 on Mar 19, 2015 12:59:48 GMT -5
Both of my kids were/are grunters. Seriously, move them to the next room if you want to sleep. DS grunts all night and when he's hungry, he cries and I hear him. Feed him, let him lay on my for a minute to get back to sleep, lay him back down in the other room. I watch him grunt for a few minutes on the monitor then go back to sleep.
Post by lilyelayne on Mar 19, 2015 13:56:18 GMT -5
DS is still in our room (newborn napper attachment in the pnp) but he's an eerily quiet baby. Definitely cries when he's hungry / awake but mostly he sleeps quietly. Any grunting is far less than my or the dog's snoring. Otherwise I'd have probably moved him to his room by now, since we go there for MOTN nursing anyway.
The pre wake up grunting has started. I'm always torn if I should get gi. And wake him the rest of the way once he wakes me up. It's been 5 hours this time! I love the rnp.
I should have told DH that I was waiting for DS to cry before getting him up. But I'm kind of glad he did because when I got up it felt like I had bowling balls on my chest. I may need to pump off some of this if he only take one side.
Ugh I hate that. I did that the other day when I was worried about fore/hind milk imbalancd. Ds gets green poos usually just one in the evening. I fed him on one side then pumped the other a bit before giving it to him
I'm jealous of your 5 hour sleeping babies! Mine did his standard whopping 1 hour after I BF'ed him earlier, he woke without much warning (grunting) and cried in full force. Just gave him formula, let's see if that puts him down for longer...
I'm jealous of your 5 hour sleeping babies! Mine did his standard whopping 1 hour after I BF'ed him earlier, he woke without much warning (grunting) and cried in full force. Just gave him formula, let's see if that puts him down for longer...
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