No day time feeds (when I work) = better sleep?!?!

[Sparrowlegs248]

Started work again last week. Three days in a row. Ds is 9months today, ebf and eats solids well but won't take milk. The days I worked he felon waking, had three meals and water, then fed a lot in the hour before bed. Then slept his longest stretches ever! 7+ hours! Usually manages 2-3.

Not at qork yesterday so fed a couple of times during the day, fed at bedtime but not a huge feed. Woke much sooner.

Too early to try and cut the daytime feeds I guess? ( in the hope of better sleep......)

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

If you think the longer feed at night is helping sleep, is there anything you can do to increase this feed, like leaving a bigger gap between eating and this feed or breast compressions?

[AppleMagic]

What does he do on the days you work? It might not be to do with feeding at all. If he's at nursery/with a childminder it might be that he's exhausted after a busy day.

[Sparrowlegs248]

He's with my mum or mother in law. They are exhausted but I don't think it's tiredness with him.

I'm wondering about how to extend my bedtime feed, maybe prod him a bit so he carries on feeding rather than falling asleep too soon?

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Have you tried Breast compressions?

[Sparrowlegs248]

I tried last night to no avail. He did feed twice during the day as is usual, but there didn't seem to be much for him at bedtime.

Not sure if I can try to not feed him daytimes, he feeds for his naps. He naps withoit feeds when I'm at work but not sure he'd do it for me.

[GoldPlatedBacon]

I'm noticing the same pattern with my dd. She's also 9 months and is only drinking milk 4 times over 24 hour period and nothing between 10 am and 6.30pm. Since this pattern arose last week, she's been sleeping 10 until 4 whereas before she was waking at 1 am as well. I'm a little worried tbh that's she's not having enough milk though.

[Sparrowlegs248]

Tonight he woke at 9.40. Just fed again. At work tomorrow so will see what happens then!