Sleeping pattern??

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Kidding with that, hoped to give you a smile. But for real I noticed that once I did full formula my girl slept better. I hope you find your groove.

I hate to say this but this is completely normal at this age still. Waking up every 3.5 hours is biologically normal. I know it’s hard not to compare, but social media and and society will have you thinking your baby “isn’t a good sleeper” when really they’re just .. a baby :) if you’re sure they are getting enough feeds and appropriate nap times throughout the day and you’re not missing tired cues/baby is getting overtired, then just hang in there! Sometimes you can do everything someone else is doing and your baby will still do what they wanna do

@Danie if only that worked 😅 & ah okay how old was she when you switched over? not sure i can go any longer with the bf

@H you are doing great tho! Any amount of breastmilk you give your baby is so beneficial mama. It doesn’t matter what you feed them in terms of sleep. I exclusively breastfeed and my baby has always slept through the night. It depends on the baby. Don’t give up!

@Casey thank you, i think it’s worse seeing everyone else saying their babies are only getting up 1/2 times a night at similar ages, yes he’s definitely getting enough milk for sure he just constantly stays awake day & night, i try not to force him to sleep day or night as he will refuse, he usually does a 2 hour stretch of sleep now on a night, who knows how long this will last😅

Same over here!!

My mum breastfed all three of us to start with then had a night out and someone gave me formula for my night bottle and I slept through the night .. she decided to stop feeding me at three months My little girl was bf and she would wake every three / four hours and this time around it’s two feeds in night they’re all different. Your doing a great job regardless your choice breastfeeding is great for you and baby for as long as it works for you xx

@Sara not alone!

I was 6 weeks. But I wasn't producing very much. I didn't switch for sleep. Do you drink coffee? Or a lot caffeine? Why don't you think you can do bf much longer? If your producing plenty, color me jealous. But I heard with breastfed babies they tend to be lighter sleepers. I don't want you to give up breastfeeding on account of my comment.

I like what these girls are saying. I agree with them.

Hey I'm EBF and my little one is up every 2 hours I'm made up when he goes 3 don't feel disheartened if yours doesn't sleep through xx

Since I got more strict with naps, night time sleep has improved loads for my little one. I'm not talking strict like can't leave the house, can't do anything but responding to her tired cues and sometimes I've had to rock her to sleep a lot but honestly it's improved nught sleep so much xx

Could be that baby is relying on a feed to drift off to sleep, when they go through sleep cycles sometimes they can’t connect these and if they’ve been fed to sleep in a dark room etc, when waking they can then depend on that again to fall back to sleep xx with my little boy I feed him at 11pm pre bed with the lights fully on to keep him awake, then turn the lights down, white noise on and he goes off to sleep xx just a thought and of course not every baby is the same. Also does baby get enough in the day? If they’re not getting their calories in the day they may want to get more in overnight!

Mine was waking up like twice a night, and the last 2 weeks she is awake multiple times a night. Ebf, she has 30min naps during the day unless I wear her. They are going through so many changes in their development in the first 6months, it can be very hard for us to keep up with their changes. I found with my 1st that better sleep came at 6months when I sleep trained him and he moved into his own room. He still feed once during the night until about 8months. They are all so different

I am not suggesting but just want to say I cosleep and baby sleeps on her belly when I m doing something and if she wakes up she sleeps on her side with her head in my arms nd she breastfeeds as long as she wants during night time I can’t count. I only burp her twice as u give her infacol nd that helps her burp herself. Feed after changing diaper. Maybe try a bath towards 11pm plus a massage helps us. I feel you mama my little one was like when she was 3 weeks old combined feeding nd wouldn’t sleep I had to stop bottle feeding as I just couldn’t with it Regardless you are doing great mama💘

@Danie i don’t have enough of a supply hence why i combi feed& he can easily feed up to 1.5/2 hours sometimes each feed which is why i want to stop,i dont drink any coffee maybe some caffeine here and there i could try cut down maybe but i swear its the only thing i treat myself to🥺, also i was contemplating before to be easing off within the next month im surprised i made it this far combi feeding with my supply

@Jen aw i’m glad for you! how did you start being stricter with naps? i can predict when he sort of sleeps through the night however in the day he really fights his sleep

@Leah ah good suggestion i might try this tonight,& also yes i always feed on demand so im assuming he gets enough during the day i think he just likes the feeds more on a night to help him sleep as you said?

@Marvel thank you for this 🥺❤️ i may this this a go as maybe he just wants the closeness to help fall asleep quicker/ longer x

@H can you meet with a lactation consultant? I know everyone is trying to help but there is a lot of info here that may not help if you want to continue breastfeeding, they can help you do it much more easily

@H definitely give it a try. Baby loves being so close to mommy. Ik people say they might get spoilt but that’s not true they grow out of It

Same here! My boy is 10 weeks and EBF and he woke up 6 times last night. He goes back to sleep easily after his milk but only stays asleep for about an hour /hour and a half.

@H watch out for cues of being tired. My little one starts to get really cranky when she's ready for a nap and refuses to even feed aswell as she's too tired. So I put her down in her moses basket and rock her until she sleeps. She's a cat napper so only naps for around 30 minutes to 45 minutes unless in the pram so has about 5-6 naps a day. Usually about an hour and a half wake windows. Sometimes I was rocking the moses basket for 15 minutes just for a 30 minute nap because she was trying to stay awake like she had fomo. but now I can put her down in the moses basket and she will fall asleep herself for a lot of naps apart from the last one of the day which I often use a sling to help her nap as she is extra cranky at this time. It took a while but honestly it works xx

@H Definitely worth a go and persist with it, hate to be that person but I done it from around 4 weeks old and my boy then started waking once for a feed, eventually I was then waking him and then dropped it. We do his last feed at 11pm in the lit room and he sleeps through until 6-7am…. I really do think it’s helped xx I hope it works for you too 💖

@kayleigh how do you get any rest! 🥺glad i’m not the only one

@H it's difficult as I have a 3 Yr old as well but I've gotten used to the broken sleep somehow! I rest when my youngest goes to sleep at 8 or 9 if I can. It's very hit or miss as my partner is a chef and comes home at 9.30pm so that will sometimes wake our baby up. When I do manage to get some sleep I wake up so disorientated and can't even remember what day it is but then I'm wide awake ready for the night.