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AIBU?

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To not want to turn my twins into an experiment?

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willisurvive3under2 · 17/10/2018 22:11

DTs are coming up to 6 months. For various reasons, Twin 1 is BFed and Twin 2 is FFed. Needless to say, T1 is a pretty rubbish sleeper - wakes frequently for a feed at night. T2 has slept through from about 8 weeks and is an amazing sleeper.

Various people in my life have suggested I put T1 on formula and she'll start sleeping. I'm very conflicted about this as BFing is going well. What if I give up and she keeps waking? I'll lose all the health benefits and I'll have to traipse around in the night making bottles.

It's not a science experiment - they're two separate babies with different habits/skills (non ID twins, so they're 'just' siblings). I am sleep deprived and have other DC to look after - of course I'd rather sleep. However we cosleep and I've found a balance I think, and I just get on with it - I'm probably not desperate enough. WWYD? AIBU to not want to stop BF?

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Lalliella · 17/10/2018 23:29

No twins here but 2 bf babies who were excellent sleepers from 11 weeks and 6 weeks. I attribute this to feeding them almost non-stop during the evenings and eating A Lot of Dairy Milk! (me not them!)

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