My DD is gaining well while being EBF. My lactation consultant has said we can skip a nursing session at night a while ago but we really haven't yet.
The problem i have is figuring out when she is awake and hungry at night. During the day she lets me know by crying and it's fairly predictable between 2 1/2 and 3 hours. At night however, she doesn't cry. She grunts, coos, wheezes... makes all sorts of noises in her light phase of sleep but not once have I heard her cry. I tend to pick her up when all the typical baby noise becomes more consistent with fewer spots of 'deep' sleep. I go to nurse her and she is obviously hungry. This could be a 4 hour stretch, 2 hours, 3 hours.... variable.
I don't want to create bad habits in the long run if we continue to nurse every 2-3 hours at night. So I guess my question is should I just let her continue to make noise at this point and wait for her to fully wake and tell me she is hungry by crying? I realize she is still very young and it's too early to sleep train... it's just be nice to get a slightly longer stretch of sleep. #wishfulthinking
On a similar note, she is becoming increasingly difficult to put down for naps. She is also becoming more reliant on me or DH to fall asleep for naps. Is it just her age or are we developing bad habits by rocking/nursing/using a pacifier? How bad her witching hour is is directly related to how many naps she got during the day. A lot of naps today=a very, very mild witching hour tonight.
The problem i have is figuring out when she is awake and hungry at night. During the day she lets me know by crying and it's fairly predictable between 2 1/2 and 3 hours. At night however, she doesn't cry. She grunts, coos, wheezes... makes all sorts of noises in her light phase of sleep but not once have I heard her cry. I tend to pick her up when all the typical baby noise becomes more consistent with fewer spots of 'deep' sleep. I go to nurse her and she is obviously hungry. This could be a 4 hour stretch, 2 hours, 3 hours.... variable.
I don't want to create bad habits in the long run if we continue to nurse every 2-3 hours at night. So I guess my question is should I just let her continue to make noise at this point and wait for her to fully wake and tell me she is hungry by crying? I realize she is still very young and it's too early to sleep train... it's just be nice to get a slightly longer stretch of sleep. #wishfulthinking
On a similar note, she is becoming increasingly difficult to put down for naps. She is also becoming more reliant on me or DH to fall asleep for naps. Is it just her age or are we developing bad habits by rocking/nursing/using a pacifier? How bad her witching hour is is directly related to how many naps she got during the day. A lot of naps today=a very, very mild witching hour tonight.
