Calling all nighttime feeders!! Let's all keep us company during those early hours of the morning when we're feeding instead of sleeping!

[Writerwannabe83]

This is a thread for everyone to chat to each other about their experiences of night time feeding, the good, the bad and the ugly!

There are already a few of us who have been chatting about this in another forum for a few months now but we want to migrate over here to meet more sleep deprived parents!!

Log on and post, no whatever silly hour it is, and vent away about how knackered and stressed you are!! There's a good chance someone else is up and feeding crying with exhaustion too!!

Introductions: I have a 7 week old son, first baby and exclusively breastfeed. He's normally a nightmare to settle to sleep, screaming for hours on end, but will go for 5 hour stretches of sleep!

For a while I thought it had passed but it returned just this week. I thought things were supposed to get easier around the three month mark!

And then they get worse again around the 4 month mark

I've come to accept that some days things will be great and other days it will be shit. Just take it one day at a time and hope that the next day will be the one where things improve but at the same time don't be disheartened if it doesn't.

Many women on threads about difficult phases like this will say, "This too will pass" and it will, it's just a case of waiting for it to happen unfortunately.

On a brighter note, DS seems to have fallen asleep!!
I'm in shock to be honest. It probably only took him about half an hour of kicking and gurgling before he gave up the fight which is pretty good for him!

However, I'm very well aware that he could spring back into life at any given moment....

Oh great, something else for me to look forward to then!

Finally got him feeding and he's falling asleep so fingers crossed...

He's 4 months (18 weeks)...non smoking house, in a growbag, monitor on full blast and (as we all know) I'm up every few hours with him. I get so hung up on "the rules" so moving him before six months is hard but he is too hurly burly in his travel cot, he keeps slamming it around.

Good luck all. I'll Check in properly later.

Just think though cariad - in about 5 years we might have some control over our child's behaviours and they'll hopefully be sleeping through the night then too Not too long for us all to wait

Haha, a while ago DP and I were taking DS for a walk when two little boys cycled past at top speed, followed by their mother shouting at them to slow down. As she passed us she said "Enjoy it while you can still control them." Ominous words!

We moved our eldest into her own room at 10 weeks singsong - we were disturbing each other too much.

DD2 is older than that and is still in with us. She's a quieter sleeper and we don't seen to be waking her as easily. I'm also feeding her in bed (which I never did with DD1) and can't be bothered moving too far in the middle of the night. Lazy!

I'm sure your lIttle one will be fine. I can't wait to get our bedroom back to be honest.

Up disappointingly early here for first feed but DS woke up sucking his fingers and is feeding voraciously so definitely hungry!

Winder if he'll do a longer stretch now instead of first? Because if two and a quarter hours is his long stretch I've got a heavy night in front of me!

Just had a false start putting him back down - wind! Have him gripe water...instant fart! Now re-settling

Mugoo - isn't it great when you see them changing how they play. From looking to flapping to batting to tapping to holding to grabbing and pulling...it's amazing in a matter of months. DS rolled over twice under his gym today! From back to tummy then SQEAL!!! Cute! Has DS settled after his false start?

Misty - lying down to feed? I can't either, we had one milky disaster and after that we didn't persevere and learn how.

Things may not get worse at four months, some babies sail through it. I think they'll always have weeks/days when they go a bit bananas. "This too shall pass" is my favourite and has become a deeply engrained mantra. I need it on my bad days.

20th - it's not lazy! Why make life harder than it has to be? The amount of times my mum has said to me "why are you doing that? " and it's given me perspective...I don't have to be a blue arsed fly all the time! Having a baby has taught me that I need to chill out!!! (Not always achievable!)

Up here for the first feed - 6 hours since his last feed and 5 hours since he went to sleep. So not too bad I guess.

He's so awake and full of smiles

Up again! I can see this being a 4 wake night :(

DS being a right little shit tonight. Been sucking on me on and off since about midnight while kicking and punching too. His toenails need cutting, so I've been scratched, and it's amazing how painful baby fists can be on tender boobs. DP has just taken him for a nappy change and he's screaming so god knows when he'll get back to sleep now. On top of that I think I'm coming down with a cold so could really use some sleep.

Hugs Cariad! At least you're sharing the load with your DH. Hope you all get some sleep.

I'm about to put DS down again. These 2 hour stretches are really quite annoying!

Morning everyone, am new to this thread. I'm up feeding 2 week old DD (DC2) and love the thought of company

We're away at a family wedding for the weekend so bedtime with a wired and overtired 2 1/2 year old was delightful and DD didn't settle until nearly midnight. Still, she slept in the moses basket until now and is dozing back off in spite of a nappy change so am hoping for another chunk of sleep to come.

Bah, still. Won't. Sleep!! He's clearly tired but flailing and pulling off the breast when I try to feed him and now just in the bed screaming. God knows what the neighbours must think.

Crap night here. Up since 3 and she keeps feeding to sleep then waking up again. Seems desperately hungry but keeps coming off boob and writhing around. I think she needs a poo. At least it's a weekend so I don't feel too bad about disturbing dh.

sing i regularly get covered in milk!
cariad I think I'm getting a cold too. Rubbish isn't it :(

Well she's asleep again. I think we may have hit the 6wk growth spurt..

Nearly 5am and I've abandoned all attempts at sleep. Have put DS in his bouncy chair and got the iPad out for me. Might as well peruse Buzzfeed for a while. The chair should keep him occupied for about 10 minutes, after which the grumbling will start. He needs a poo too but given his track record I'm not expecting to see anything until about Wednesday.

It's hard to stay annoyed when they're smiley and cooing though, isn't it? Am hoping that a bit of playing will tire him out and he'll be ready for a proper feed and sleep in about an hour. Failing which, it's DP's turn!

Hi everyone, why do they wake so frequently after a certain time in the morning?! Dd woke at 1130 then 330, she fed for 20 mins then was back asleep until 430, suspect next hr will be the same. I have tried cuddling her thinking she wanted comfort rather than milk but it's definitely the milk she's after. Tried keeping her awake to feed more but doesn't work. I don't know how to get her to go for longer this time of day. Argh. Any ideas why this happens? Seems as if she just doesn't get enough food to go on. Hope all your nights improve. I am so glad of this thread. Thinking of you.

Up again here. Crap night.

I wish I could figure out why DS saves his worst behaviour for Friday nights. Oh well, at least there's two of us to deal with it the next day.

Argh and now he's feeding and v tired but has hiccups so can't drop off!!

Hugs Mugoo and Cariad

DS is taking ages to go from twitchy to deep sleep. Come on baby I'm tiiiired!