Hi,
My DS is 4 months old and since around 8 weeks ago i have been giving him a bottle of formula at the 3am feed (he's bf other than this- DH gives a bottle of formula at 10.30), settling him down and then expressing. This takes about an hour and the reason I do it is because if i bf at this time, it takes close to an hour to settle him down and then he'd be up 30mins later wanting another feed. This would go on until we get up at around 7ish so from 3am I would not sleep at all. With the formula I would maybe sleep until 5.30am/6 30am; depending on how generous he's feeling.
I'm keen to get back to bf through the night and have tried the last couple of nights by feeding in bed. However, I need a bit of advice how to do this safely! I feel that when I a) have my arm under his neck and him snuggled into me on his side, his neck gets too sweaty and I think his neck must ache after a while! B) if I remove my arm and he feeds and unlatches, he ends up with his face almost pressed into the mattress. C) I lay him in his back, It's really uncomfortable for me to contort myself into a position where he can feed!
What do you do?
Also, are there any babies that don't treat this like an all day buffet and stop feeding at some point? I don't seem to be sleeping much with either option. I'm just so so tired, I was close to tears an hour ago. Any advice would be appreciated!
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