Nighttime Feedings: The First Years
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Question Regarding Feedings in NICU
Asked by C.B. from Houston
on April 27, 2008
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My niece was recently born at 34 1/2 weeks. She has been in the NICU for one week. My sister in law is pumping and taking the milk to the hospital. The hospital...
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- i'm so sorry that you are having a hard time. my son was born at 34 weeks, and it is tough. Please encourage your sil to keep pumping. she needs all the help she...
- My oldest daughter was in the NeoICU for several weeks (she is 14 yrs now). They know what they are doing with regard to premees (sp?). It is a difficult, discouraging...
- C., My friend had a very simular issue with her son who was born 3 months early. It turned out that her milk was having a chemical reaction with the plastic bottles t...
Pediatrician Says Stop Nightime Feedings
Asked by A.S. from Atlanta
on August 11, 2009
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Mamas, my 10-month-old's Dr. says that nightime feedings are causing his weight gain to slow down and I should stop feeding at night, plus he's become dependent on the...
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- The pediatrician is right. The breast feeding should go. After 6 months, immunity is over with from breast feeding. If you're still breast feeding after that- it's f...
- Feeding your child is causing his weight gain to go down? Does that even make sense? *Increasing* solids when every reputable breastfeeding reference says in the firs...
- I would research a pediatrician in you area that is more open minded to the different ways of raising an infant. You are doing EVERYTHING right. Breastfed babies gro...
Breastfeeding/Pumping In the Night
Asked by M.M. from Miami
on January 24, 2008
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Hi! My son is 2 months and he's been regularly nursing every 2-2 1/2 hours. In the last 4 days when I lay him down for bed he is sleeping about 5 hours straight befo...
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- I was in your exact same position. I didn't pump at all and did not lose my milk supply. My son is now 9 months old and I still produce enough milk for him. What every...
- No, you do not need to keep pumping if you don't want to, he is regulating himself and your body will make enough milk to continue nursing to satisfy what he needs! Go...
- Lexi, it should be OK to go for 5 hours without pumping, since the baby isn't waking up for it and apparently no longer needs it. Your body should adjust to his schedu...
When Will He Sleep Through the Night?
Asked by S.T. from St. Louis
on September 30, 2008
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I was hoping to hear from some other moms about when their children started sleeping through the night. I would appreciate advice or comments from moms against the cry...
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- I'm against the cry it out method too. I just wouldn't be able to do it. I was also lucky as my daughter slept through the night pretty early on. At about 5 1/2 mon...
- My sone is 17 months and still wakes up in the night probably 5 times a week. he wants a drink and sometime we can get him abck in his bed and sometimes he has to com...
- I really think these links will help you a lot, in both understanding and support :) I sure wish I'd read them BEFORE my son reach 13 months :) Like, when I first had ...
Sleeping Thru the Night
Asked by J.R. from Los Angeles
on August 1, 2011
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For those mama who chose not to sleep train, when did your little ones sleep through the night? I mean the real deal where you could count on 7-8 hours of zzzzs.
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- My daughter was 10 weeks and my son was 2 extremely long years!!! Good luck!!
- 10 months... but it's always changing... they have phases where they wake up at night and then they start sleeping thru the night again... Of course I'm not counting t...
- 16 weeks, 3 days. It was so hard. I slept through the night at 6 weeks, so did my sister. My brother at 6-1/2 weeks. Both of my sister's daughters at 6 and 6-1/2 weeks...
How Do I Wean a Night Feeding?
Asked by E.N. from San Diego
on November 4, 2008
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Hello! I have a 9 mo old baby girl. She has always been an excellent sleeper, and slept throught the night for 5-6 hours before a feeding. The past 2-3 weeks she is ...
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- she may indeed need to feed. infants go through quiet a few growth spurts. Try discussing this with your childs ped.
- Megan and Susan said everything in my heart... Just wanted to share that at 9 mos. my son did the same thing, and it only lasted for a few weeks until the growth sp...
- Megan B. is right. Ditto. Keep in mind, and this is important... that babies go through "growth spurts" AND at these periods, they need an increase in intake, they ...
Night Waking and Teething
Asked by S.D. from Indianapolis
on August 13, 2008
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OK, so my 5-month-old son is teething again and it really disrupts his night time sleep. He sleeps in 2-3 hour increments day and night, but during the day he's up fo...
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- It sounds like he's hungry. Since you don't want to begin solids yet, I would up the amount of feedings during the day and see if you can switch the timings (4-5 hrs ...
- He's 5 months old, time to give him some Cereal. Does he take any kind of bottle? Feed it to him from a bowl, cereal mixed with your milk. If his teeth are hurting hi...
- Hi S., I think this is a hard one, because all babies are a little different. My baby, who will be 5 mos. next week and has had only breast milk, has been sleeping thr...
5 Month Old Still Waking Every 2Hrs at Night!!!
Asked by J.M. from San Francisco
on January 12, 2009
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Any suggestions on how to assist my son in sleeping for longer stretches at night. Our MD says he should be able to get at least a 6hr stretch of sleep by now, but he...
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- Have you heard of the baby whisperer??? Its a book you can get at Barnes and Noble. It talks about routines and dream feeds (feed the baby a bottle while asleep about ...
- I also recommend the Baby Whisperer. The book I used was The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems, and both my kids were sleeping through the night at 3 months. T...
- Oh Bologna! Every child is different and my son just turned 1 tonight and he still doesn't sleep through the night consistently. I get maybe 1 day a week that he will ...
4 Month Old Not Sleeping Through the Night
Asked by A.B. from Milwaukee
on February 5, 2008
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My daughter has been sleeping through the night since she was about a month old. In that last couple of weeks she has started waking up to eat at least once and just w...
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- its not too early. If you daughter has already been able to sleep 6-8 hours without needing to eat, you can let her cry. As hard as it is to do (I know! I did it!) its...
- Letting babies cry it out is NOT good for them. Babies go through many changes in their first year, and I never expect a baby to "sleep through the night" in the firs...
- She is only 120 days old. the fact that she slept through the night at all is a blessing, babies patterns of sleep change, and keep changing until they are teens. I do...
Getting 9 Month Old to Sleep Through the Night
Asked by C.S. from Grand Rapids
on February 14, 2010
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How can I get my nine month old to sleep through the night? He goes to bed around 7:30 at night. I lay him down awake, and he goes to sleep on his own. He wakes up aro...
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- I completely disagree with a previous post. Don't ignore your babies crying! Are we kidding? He is a baby, this is not a 2 year old with a spoiled habit. Its a bab...
- Food is not a "reward". Sheesh. If he is hungry, feed him! Babies grow so much at night and need that food for their brain development and growth. It will end soo...
- a pacifier might help. our dd just wanted something to suck on, and it would put her right back to sleep. She only got the paci at night, so it wasnt very hard to take...
