Now, I know he's very young, but I don't want to make a rod for my own back if I can help it.
Bfeeding is going fairly well during the day, with ds2 feeding every 3hrs or so, sometimes longer between feeds if he's asleep.
The problem is at night. Suddenly the 30-40 minute feeds are lasting 90 mins, and then he's wanting fed again an hour or so later. This hasn't happened every night, a few nights have been great with him needing two 30min feeds only.
But during the harder nights, he seems to want to suck on me to comfort himself to sleep, but doesn't seem to actually be drinking any milk - he's not sucking hard enough, imo.
Anyone have any advice? Is there anything I can do to shorten the night feeds, and anything I can do to start encouraging more of a routine? Eg is it a good idea for us to get ds2 up at the same time each day even if he's asleep? Should I try to wake him during the day for a feed (we've tried this already but he just won't stay awake sometimes)? Should I try to make the daytime feeds longer or will that make the night feeds worse...? Ugh, so many questions...
Thanks, folks xx
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10 days old... Feeding or needing comfort to get to sleep?
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vmcd28 · 29/11/2010 11:15
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