Night times with baby - Page 5

flowers04 · Mar 6th, 2010, 15:58 PM

i breastfeed so don't get a full night off - but at the weekends i let oh see to lo if she isn't due a feed

i tend to sleep in a different room so i get some decent sleep

Rebaby · Mar 6th, 2010, 16:38 PM

No never. I haven't had a "night off" since Toby was born.

In OH's defence though, i am breastfeeding, and even if we were to go down the ebm-in-a-bottle route, OH has been working nights since new year and i would need to wake up to express anyway or come morning i'd be like Dolly Parton...so i guess it all seems a bit pointless at this stage for us.

anothersquish · Mar 6th, 2010, 16:47 PM

No...but then I BF and there aint anything he can do if he gets up anyway.
Fine by me though as he has Theo every single evening for a couple of hours whilst I go up and see my horses and Id rather be awake all night and get to see the horses than sleep all night and not but then I function well on very little sleep anyhow!

Squidge · Mar 6th, 2010, 17:05 PM

Never. He gets her bottle from downstairs, hands it over to me then falls back asleep claiming he's tired whilst i change her nappy, feed her and put her back down.

amandad192 · Mar 6th, 2010, 17:55 PM

Baby's have night feeds? Lol. I've done very few night feeds. My OH is out of work at the minute so he stays up all night and sleeps in the day and I deal with daytime and sleep at night. We always spent time together early morning when I get up and late evenings before I go to bed and it really works for us like this. He's always been a night person and enjoys the peace of the house when everyone is asleep TV is off and he can relax (until LO wakes up).

lozenge · Mar 6th, 2010, 18:15 PM

At weekends we share the night feeds. So if I do the 10pm feed he does the next one, except it always seems to work out bad for me! I.e. last night, OH did the 10pm feed, and I did the next one, which was at 4am, and then LO didn't wake until 8.30 am (he rarely does this), so my OH got the night off! Rubbish. Also sometimes my OH doesn't wake (or pretends he doesn't), and I get all huffy and just do it myself..

Babybug · Mar 7th, 2010, 01:26 AM

I Bf so have to do night feeds myself although she only wakes once now.
When she used to wake loads he used to do the last feed with an expressed bottle and sellte her while I slept then he would get up with her on a morning if he was off work so I could lie in.
Now he still gets up with her occasionally on his days off and if he comes in off nites and she is awake he takes her downstairs for a few hrs before going to bed himself.
Cant complain

Mynx · Mar 7th, 2010, 03:28 AM

When Evie was still waking up during the night, my OH would always do the nightshift as he's a bit of a night owl, then I'd take over at about 7am and he'd go to bed. That way both of us were getting some sleep then!

Vicks · Mar 7th, 2010, 03:31 AM

When Joe woke in the night, he'd changed his nappy while I got the feed ready and then fed him while he went back to sleep. Only got 1 night off when I was ill about a week after having Joe.

lylasmummy · Mar 7th, 2010, 03:36 AM

Think I must be lucky, My DD is 8 months old and my hubby got up every night with her, Im evil if I dont have enough sleep so he always says its easier for him to be tired than live with me constantly in a bad mood lol x

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Mar 6th, 2010, 15:58 PM	#41
flowers04 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: rugby,uk Posts: 425	i breastfeed so don't get a full night off - but at the weekends i let oh see to lo if she isn't due a feed i tend to sleep in a different room so i get some decent sleep

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Mar 6th, 2010, 16:38 PM	#42
Rebaby Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 4,879	No never. I haven't had a "night off" since Toby was born. In OH's defence though, i am breastfeeding, and even if we were to go down the ebm-in-a-bottle route, OH has been working nights since new year and i would need to wake up to express anyway or come morning i'd be like Dolly Parton...so i guess it all seems a bit pointless at this stage for us.

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Mar 6th, 2010, 16:47 PM	#43
anothersquish Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5,415	No...but then I BF and there aint anything he can do if he gets up anyway. Fine by me though as he has Theo every single evening for a couple of hours whilst I go up and see my horses and Id rather be awake all night and get to see the horses than sleep all night and not but then I function well on very little sleep anyhow!

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Mar 6th, 2010, 17:05 PM	#44
Squidge Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 11,478	Never. He gets her bottle from downstairs, hands it over to me then falls back asleep claiming he's tired whilst i change her nappy, feed her and put her back down.

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Mar 6th, 2010, 17:55 PM	#45
amandad192 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: CrazyLand Posts: 3,220	Baby's have night feeds? Lol. I've done very few night feeds. My OH is out of work at the minute so he stays up all night and sleeps in the day and I deal with daytime and sleep at night. We always spent time together early morning when I get up and late evenings before I go to bed and it really works for us like this. He's always been a night person and enjoys the peace of the house when everyone is asleep TV is off and he can relax (until LO wakes up).

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Mar 6th, 2010, 18:15 PM	#46
lozenge Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 529	At weekends we share the night feeds. So if I do the 10pm feed he does the next one, except it always seems to work out bad for me! I.e. last night, OH did the 10pm feed, and I did the next one, which was at 4am, and then LO didn't wake until 8.30 am (he rarely does this), so my OH got the night off! Rubbish. Also sometimes my OH doesn't wake (or pretends he doesn't), and I get all huffy and just do it myself..

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Mar 7th, 2010, 01:26 AM	#47
Babybug Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 813	I Bf so have to do night feeds myself although she only wakes once now. When she used to wake loads he used to do the last feed with an expressed bottle and sellte her while I slept then he would get up with her on a morning if he was off work so I could lie in. Now he still gets up with her occasionally on his days off and if he comes in off nites and she is awake he takes her downstairs for a few hrs before going to bed himself. Cant complain

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Mar 7th, 2010, 03:28 AM	#48
Mynx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Norfolk, UK Posts: 8,440	When Evie was still waking up during the night, my OH would always do the nightshift as he's a bit of a night owl, then I'd take over at about 7am and he'd go to bed. That way both of us were getting some sleep then!

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Mar 7th, 2010, 03:31 AM	#49
Vicks Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,893	When Joe woke in the night, he'd changed his nappy while I got the feed ready and then fed him while he went back to sleep. Only got 1 night off when I was ill about a week after having Joe.

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Mar 7th, 2010, 03:36 AM	#50
lylasmummy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: UK Posts: 2,255	Think I must be lucky, My DD is 8 months old and my hubby got up every night with her, Im evil if I dont have enough sleep so he always says its easier for him to be tired than live with me constantly in a bad mood lol x

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