Hi there - i know this has been done to death but i am really struggling. I assume that DD2's sudden waking 3x a night is due to the above (previously woke once around 4-5am)?
The problem i have is that the only way i have managed since 4 weeks is by expressing a bottle around 1am when DD asleep for the following evening - when she cluster feeds all evening (still does) and wont settle til she gets the bottle.
I have to introduce mix feeding mid september anyway as going back to work, so I just wanted to make it through another 6 weeks exclusively bf. However the frequent night waking is meaning i can't express at night (and cant get any out during day anyway as she is pretty frequent then). I have 4 bags left in the freezer and am starting to panic :-(
I know everyone will say that if i just feed all evening then my supply will up but it never has (i have one lazy boob and am on domperidone already) - i feed all evening and only give the bottle last thing at around 10pm.
Any ideas how i can get round this inability to express while the night waking is going on? If I dont give her a bottle last thing then i dread to think how many times she will wake - and we get to a point where she is never satisfied by a feed. I cant be alone with this evening problem?
help?
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