breastfed Baby Question... HELP!!!!!

[Laura1984]

Hi Girls,

Wondering if anyone can help me... Ruby is excellent at feeding, latching etc and has been since the begginning - midwife was very impressed with her

since a few days home if I fed her about midnight she would sleep through untill 5/6am well the past few weeks she has started to feed constantly from 6ish to midnight, sometimes later usually down by 12.30am. At first we thought she had colic, so we started giving infacol before every feed in the evening and this seemed to settle her but now I get the impression she is just using me she falls fast asleep on me then pulls herself off and settles with my nipple in her face but the second you put her in her basket she is unhappy - not crying or screaming just moaning. she is not like this at all in the day or in the night it is ONLY in the evening!! In the night I can pick her up feed her and put her back down awake and she settles herself back to sleep and its the same in the day... Why is the evening SO different!!? she wont take a dummy either much to the delight of my OH!!

xx

 

[Samantha675]

No sure how old she is, but it could be a growth spurt or she just may want to be close to you.

 

[Laura1984]

No sure how old she is, but it could be a growth spurt or she just may want to be close to you.

Shes 4 weeks on saturday x

 

[Samantha675]

She is probably hitting the 4-6 week growth spurt. Try to hang in there, feed her as much as she likes, and it will pass. Have you tried co-sleeping? This might help her as well.

 

[Laura1984]

She is probably hitting the 4-6 week growth spurt. Try to hang in there, feed her as much as she likes, and it will pass. Have you tried co-sleeping? This might help her as well.

i love feeding her dont get me wrong i find it so relaxing and love her looking up at me its just the difference in the evening i wondered if there was a reason for it - but maybe the closeness thing or the growth spurt they both make sense!

i've not tried co sleeping becuase once she is asleep and in her crib shes ok it just might take 5 attempts over 2 hours

xx

 

[lynz]

How long does she sleep for once settled? It could be that she is cluster feeding (taking loads of milk to keep her going through the night) or just having a growth spurt. Like sam said she may just want to be close to you and co sleeping may work but in my opinion once your baby starts sleeping in bed with you may be making a rod for your back, its a difficult habit to break

 

[Laura1984]

How long does she sleep for once settled? It could be that she is cluster feeding (taking loads of milk to keep her going through the night) or just having a growth spurt. Like sam said she may just want to be close to you and co sleeping may work but in my opinion once your baby starts sleeping in bed with you may be making a rod for your back, its a difficult habit to break

about 6 hours usually. co sleeping scares me i'd be scared of hurting her & i've heard people still doing it when the child is much much older because they cant stop. does chloe sleep with you? x

 

[missjacey44]

Oh how weird my little man is exactly the same!!!!! He just wont settle in the evenings untill around 12pm and just wants to be on me all the time! My MW said he may be having a growth spurt but sometimes also want to be on you for a little while in between feeds because baby is actually dehydrated or something like that so will take little then stop but then want a proper feed again within a short time!

 

[lynz]

How long does she sleep for once settled? It could be that she is cluster feeding (taking loads of milk to keep her going through the night) or just having a growth spurt. Like sam said she may just want to be close to you and co sleeping may work but in my opinion once your baby starts sleeping in bed with you may be making a rod for your back, its a difficult habit to break

about 6 hours usually. co sleeping scares me i'd be scared of hurting her & i've heard people still doing it when the child is much much older because they cant stop. does chloe sleep with you? x

No she was in her moses basket from day one and now she is in her own room. I didn't want her to sleep in our bed cause once you start doing that its something they want all the time.

 

[Mervs Mum]

Hebe uses me like a diummy at times - just like you've described with Ruby. If you do want to try a dummy, have you tried more than one kind/shape? Hebe wouldnt have anything to do with Tommy Tippee CTN ones which I thought looked like a good shape but she will have the Avent ones no probs. She doesnt have it all the time - just when I know she's messing and I want my poor nips back!!! x

 

[clairebear]

jack will be like this some nights just lately. it takes me a good hour to get him back in his cot in the night x i feel ur pain x

 

[Serene123]

They tend to .. I can't think of the correct term but they mass feed at night and it doesn't last. It'll stop soon x

 

[Samantha675]

They tend to .. I can't think of the correct term but they mass feed at night and it doesn't last. It'll stop soon x

Clusterfeeding. Oh how I remember this with Bren. Some nights I would feed him from 6pm to 10pm. I would just switch him from side to side to side.

 

[hsollis]

I also think this is normal and could just be a comfort thing during growth spurt or may just want some mumma time and knows evenings are quieter and easier to get you in one place.

Kayleigh does this as well. She just turns into a cuddle bug and if I put her in her crib she's up within 45 minutes again. This is usually during the day and evening. She only sleeps long during night.

What we've done is that I sit with her watching TV or she sits with Daddy sleeping watching TV during the evening. As we know she'll be up again in a couple hours for a feed, it's not usually a problem. Also if my hubby goes to bed early like around 22:00 then we sometimes put her on one of those big comfy U shaped pillows next to him. I'll putter around until the next feed or read on the bed on the other side until she's hungry.

After the next feed usually between 23:00 and 1:00, we'll put her in her crib and she's fine.

However, she's only 6 weeks and our help has told us not to have her in the bed after 3 months cause this is harder to break.

We were a bit nervous but with the big comfy pillow, she's basically has her own bed on our bed and we don't have our covers anywhere near her as she's got her own blanket on her. We do try not to sleep the full night with her on the bed as it is a risk and we don't want it too habit forming and the bed gets a bit crowded with also the 2 cats at our feet.