How do i make 19 wk dd bf more in the day than at night?

[peanuthead]

Ok so all the books say that excessive night waking can be down to hunger and to feed more in the day - but how the hell do I persuade dd?

She's more interested in looking around and is so easily distracted I'm lucky to get 2 feeds in during the day then we're every 2-3 hours all night.

I'm so tired.....

How old is she ? In a sling it can concentrate the mind a little, and the constant contact makes them think a little more about it.
Lying down in a darkened room can help too.

DS was like this at this age, the only way i managed to feed him in the day was to feed him just before or just after nap times...of course he ended up with feeding to sleep habit, but it did get more in him in the daytime. - Still crap sleeper at 11mo mind you!

Or you can get jingle boobs feeding necklaces, they're brightly coloured beady necklaces that jingle for your DD to play with as she feeds. It did work with DS when he was a bit older. google it if you want to have a look, there's quite a few sites that sell them, think it was an idea of a SAHM. good luck!

I posted a thread recently about something similar. My DD is the same age and a combination of being distracted, teething and (probably) a growth spurt made feeding a nightmare - latching on and off continuously, and suddenly feeding much more during the night. I'm happy to report that after a couple of weeks it passed and she's sleeping longer at night now too. I rearranged my plans so that I avoided feeding her in public, and even at home I made a point of feeding her in total silence, dim lights, no tv etc. Inconvenient but hey, she was hurting me and it was very frustrating having so much night feeding.

Sometimes just draping a muslin over her head helped to stop her looking around.

I saw an article on kellymom which said this is classic behaviour at 4 months - it coincides with lots of developmental milestones.

Hopefully your DD will settle down soon. Good luck.

My LO is 6 1/2 months and he is the same as your LO. HV told me to feed more during the day, which almost made me cry - as in... what the hell do you think I am trying to do!!!!!!!!!! Do you think I like being up 3 times a night for this many months??????????

As naturelover describes, I don't feed him in public either. Tried once... disaster, so just don't go out now at feeding time. Also no TV no music etc. Still struggle. As daisy mentions, the most successful feeds I have are just after nap time. So as soon as he stirs at the end of his nap, I am there ready to pounce with the boobs. Thats the only way I get any volume in at all.

Otherwise, its only about 2 min feeds and nipping on and off. And if my 3 year old is around... forget it. don;t even get 2 mins!

And I know from his nappies during the day how little he is actually taking . The other day, I even expressed and tried to give it to him in a bottle but only managed 2 oz over the space of an hour.

We are weaning now. But early days so not going through the night yet and is not drinking anymore during the day. Seems to be dropping 11am and 3pm feed almost it seems. I am hoping he will eventually keep one of these feeds and drop his nightime feeding instead!

love the idea of the beads though! So no solution for you.. but just wanted to let you know that you are not alone.