I have an 11 week old (FTM) and sleep has never changed nor got any better since he was born really.
I’m EBF, however I’ve started to notice my supply dwindle between 8pm- midnight ish which makes it hard for me to put baby down to sleep as I believe he isn’t getting enough food to sleep and wakes up 20 mins later hungry.... when he’s finally asleep he’s usually up every 1.5 hrs after that till 6/7am. I have milk in the night as I’m dripping, dripping in morning/lunchtime it’s just the ‘before bed’ feed I’m struggling to provide so I’m debating formula...(have tried pumping to give him a full bottle before bed so I know he’s had something but physically can’t do this every day for every night)I know formula doesn’t usually help them sleep longer but is this correct? Is he waking more frequently because he is hungry? Or is this normal for his age? I know babies a few weeks younger and their stretches of sleep seem to be longer than my sons have ever been!
I don’t want to give him formula because I’ve done 11 weeks without it and heard it could give him tummy ache, increase SIDS etc and I want to continue EBF but feel I’m letting him down and he’s starving through the night? Any advice or tips would be greatly received and obviously a few extra hours sleep would be great 😉 thanks x
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Bubnbutton · 27/12/2020 20:59
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