Hi there, am totally desperate to cut down on nightfeeding after a week of hourly munching! I'm breastfeeding, and my 7-month-old seems to have suddenly realised she can have milk on tap, is demanding it constantly and is very hard to settle throughout the night, with or without it!
So if I get my DP to help me settle the babe - and realise we'll have a struggle on our hands - in your experience should I refuse to feed her whenever she wakes up?
At the moment she goes down ok awake at 7 but is a light sleeper, calls for us a few times in the evening but is easy to shush back to sleep, until 9.30 - 10, when she won't be settled without milk, so have got in the habit of feeding her. After that she usually comes into our bed as is impossible to settle in her cot, where she has been feeding anything from 3 -5 more times throughout the night. I am really struggling now in the daytime and sleep deprivation is seriously taking its toll - keep bursting into tears at the slighest provocation...
So should I steel myself for an all-night embargo or just start off with that 10pm feed? Would really appreciate any wise words!!
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annatee · 21/03/2009 18:59
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