Co-sleeping and breastfeeding question

[9jawife]

I recently decided to try co-sleeping with my son as a way to get more sleep and make nighttime breastfeeding easier. It's worked even better than I expected..I've been getting almost a solid 8 hours with a short wake up period halfway through! I latch my son before falling asleep but when I wake up he's unlatched.. is it possible he could re latch himself during the night? Because I don't see how he could go almost 8 hours without milk! He is 8 weeks btw.

 

[blake12336]

My LO latches on himself during the night but he is 10months, I'm not sure a younger baby would be able to, but it is good if he is!

 

[Srrme]

My boys weren't able to latch by themselves at a young age. They would wake me up multiple times in the night to feed.

 

[Claudia83]

I don't think they can yet manage to latch on themselves at 8wks. My son started to latch on while I slept when he was closer to a year old. If he's thriving along just fine, a few nights where he STTN isn't something to worry about. I remember my son at about 3wks slept 6 hours straight and I woke up in a panic but he was still sleeping LOL You could try expressing a bit manually and rubbing it on his lips if you want to make sure to feed him, he'll probably latch on happily and continue sleeping when he's done.

 

[Rachel_C]

If the boob is right there, yes they can, or my LO did anyway. Sometimes young babies do go through periods of not waking in the night though - just enjoy it if that's the case!

 

[snowfia]

If you're feeding him whilst falling asleep and then he unlatches when he's asleep meaning it's right in front of him I can see it being possible.
Or could just be that he's comforted by being right next to you so sleeps better

 

[SAMMYD76]

Betty could shuffle herself over and latch herself on from around that age