Breastfeeding in bed

[babycat]

My dh is getting annoyed at me for breastfeeding my 10.5 month old in our bed as she is becoming difficult to settle in her own cot in her room after. I often fall asleep whilst she is feeding so it is sometimes a while later when I attempt to put her back in her own bed and obviously she now prefers sleeping in mummy's arms. I object to his suggestion that I feed her in her room as I either have to sit/lie on the floor or on a hard dining type chair with not much elbow room(her room is tiny). I feel that I will end up far more tired than I already am if I do this as she still feeds at least 3 times in the night. Any suggestions about what to do or how to reduce nighttime feeding appreciated.

could you go downstairs? i used to sometimes go downstairs, make a cup of tea, switch telly/radio on.

depends how long a feed takes i suppose

babycat - you would be surprised but your lo is probbaly only feeding through the night bacuase it is avavilable to her. my ds (9 months) was basically latched on to me all night and everytime i tried to get him off suction would kick in and he would start drinking still sleep! i could not get comfy so about a week or two ago i moved him into his own room. the first few night he wailed but a weke later he is fine and sleeps through. he wakes between 5 nad 6 and if he is really crying i bring him in and he has a feed then. i have also had a realxed good night sleep too!

Thanks for your support. I agree that she is only doing it as it is available to her. I work 2 nights per week and she only feeds twice maximum on those nights. My dh gives her ebm in a bottle usually at about midnight and then occassionally at about 5.30-6am after I've fed her at about 8.15pm before going to work. How long do you let them cry for it though as she will start screaming if I don't go to her after about 5 minutes?

She shouldn't need at night feed at 10 months. Do you go straight in when she cries? Try leaving it for 5 minutes. give her a kiss and leave her for another 5 minutes, she'll probably go back to sleep if you persist.

Or an alternative view is that she does need a night feed, for reasons only she knows...

But if you want to try and stop it, there are ways of easing her down gently...

But if you don't mind continuing and your DH has a problem there might be other alternatives...

Put a mattress on the floor next to your bed?
Co-sleep? Put a bedguard on your side so she can lie next to you and not disturb your DH?