Nighttime Feedings
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About When Do Babies Sleep Through the Night?
Asked by P.H. from Washington DC
on November 10, 2010
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I am heading back to work after Thanksgiving and I am wondering about when babies start to sleep through the night. My son is 10 weeks old. really I am hoping that he ...
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- I hate to break this to you as well, but every child is different. You may get lucky, but my son didn't till he was almost 3 years old. I have a friend with 4 kids and...
- Hi P., The women here have pretty much said it...babies are different and sleep patterns vary based on type of feeding etc. If breast feeding, baby needs the feedi...
- my kids came from Korea. In Korea they don't get up with babies at night.. they ignore them for a few nights.. ahd guess what.. when they come to America at 2 mo. old...
Night Nursing
Asked by D.K. from Chicago
on December 8, 2008
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I returned to work when my daughter was almost four months old. Until that point, she'd been exclusively breastfed. I only get one chance to pump at work, so I've ha...
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- I've heard people say that, but I didn't find it to be true for myself. When I gave up pumping and tried to nurse only at night, my milk supply went down to almost not...
- Hi D. - I have three kids and I work full-time. I nursed all three. When I returned to work (after 12 weeks on maternity leave), I would pump twice a day until the bab...
- I have a friend who nursed only night time for a year.
Sleeping Thru the Night
Asked by K.M. from San Francisco
on January 3, 2012
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How can I get my 4 month old to sleep through the night? At about 3 months she would sleep through the night, then all the sudden in the last month she has been waking...
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- Hi K., I know the feeling I had that problem with my grandaughter when she was little. I put her on some good supplements that are natural, whole food and organic and ...
- Time to sleep train her. There are many options - get some books and find what you're most comfortable with. CIO will work the fastest, everything else will work (as ...
- My daughter started sleeping through the night (5 or 6 hours at a time) when she was 6 weeks old. At about 4 months through month 6 or 7 she woke at night and no longe...
Extended Breastfeeders: How Do I Night Wean?
Asked by S.D. from Nashville
on June 4, 2007
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I have a 18 month old son whom I am still breastfeeding. He has always been a major comfort nurser and never would take a pacifier. The problem is that he still wants ...
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- Start using a sippy cup with a straw or one of the soft sippy spouts that they have to suck on to get the liquid out. I used Carnation Good Starts to wean and then beg...
- i am not the one to give advice on how to ween cuz i am still doing it to my 15 month old son as well. but when you find a way to do so please let me know. you can ema...
- Congrats on nursing this long. My dd is 14 months, and I am still nursing her as well; however, she has been sleeping through the night since 4 months (with the excpe...
Baby Won't Sleep Through the Night.
Asked by C.N. from Atlanta
on March 11, 2008
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I have an eighteen month old baby, who gets up about twice throughout the night even though I would give her her bottle. Should she be getting up this often? I can't...
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- I would begin by not giving a bottle. I know it's hard, but my pediatrician told me that after about 7mos. they physiologically do not need those wee hour feedings. If...
- You need to stop getting her a bottle...It's so hard to do- but you are going to have to let her cry it out- 5 days tops...I just had to do this with my 3rd son..once ...
- It's normal. All babies vary in their sleeping habits and wake for a variety of reasons. Check out No Cry Sleep Solution by Elizabeth Pantley. Also, YOU know your d...
Advice for Sleeping Through the Night
Asked by L. from Columbia
on October 30, 2006
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My husband has been concerned that our triplets are not sleeping enough through the night. They are getting anywhere between 7 1/2 and 9 hours of sleep a night. Any ...
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- How much more sleep do you think they need? Are they taking naps during the day? If they are then I dont think your going to get them to sleep any longer. Honestly I t...
- We have a set of BB twins plus three other children and your Triplets sound like they are sleeping pretty good through the night. Our twins are 3 now but about the age...
- Hi L.! As a mother of multiples to another, I promise you this will get better. My son took forver to eat during feedings when they were infants, which through off...
Twins Unable to Sleep Through the Night
Asked by K.F. from Detroit
on October 29, 2009
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I have four month old twins that still wake up every 21/2 to 3 hours to eat at night. How do I get them to sleep through the night, or at least longer periods of sleep?
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- Structure their day like this: Have a starting point in the morning...whenever your first feeding is and try to make that flexibly about the same time each morning. ...
- My two month old is doing the same and my doctor has since diagnosed him with reflux based on some other symptoms as well of course. My point is that my pediatrician ...
- are you sure they want to eat and not just waking for attention or something else? If it is for food talk to you dr about putting cereal in there bottle to get them to...
Getting More Sleep at Night
Asked by D.B. from Los Angeles
on January 22, 2009
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I am a first time mom and my son is seven weeks old. I was just wondering if it is too early to expect my son to sleep more at night. He sleeps between 1 and three hou...
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- Babies should not begin to be sleep tarined until at least 4-6 months old. Your 7 week old os waking out as he/she mostlikely needs to be fed every 3 hours.
- Each baby is different. My twin boys didnt start sleeping longer until 4 months and then not great until about 6 months.
- The lack of sleep can be really hard as a new mom. All of us have been there, its not fun. I just want to give you some encouragement that this stage doesn't last fo...
Help with Leaking Breasts at Night
Asked by L.W. from San Francisco
on September 15, 2008
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I have a 5 month old whom I breast feed exclusively. I am having problems however not leaking during the night. He wakes to nurse some at night but I am finding my ...
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- When I was breastfeeding, I got a nursing sleep bra (from motherwear.com). It was very comfy for sleeping and gave me a place to tuck nursing pads into overnight.
- I had problems leaking at night with both my kids. With my son I wore one of the tank top things with a built in shelf bra, and put pads in it. That worked OK, but s...
- Hi L., I didn't have oversupply of milk when I was still breastfeeding (in fact it was on the low side), but I was still leaking like crazy. Like another mom who re...
Good Night Baby!
Asked by E.A. from Los Angeles
on August 12, 2011
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So my daughter just turned 6 months & I just feel like I have a newborn! I don't know what happened. She is healthy but she wont sleep through the night anymore. At 2 ...
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- possibly teething. tylenol! or try a white noise machine? Maybe something's waking her up.
- She may, indeed, be fuzzy, but I think she's fussy! :P Make sure she's nice and FULL before she goes to sleep...and make sure it's early enough that she's not overl...
- You're only way to get through this without creating some really bad habits is to not respond unless she realllllly needs you to (ie, she's hurt or actually ill.) My s...
