is there anything i can do to stop excessive breastfeeding during the night

[CvQ]

its geting worse and he is waking up more rather than sleeping for longer periods of time.mummy is knackered!we co-sleep aswell which makes this difficult.and i dont want to give that up either.
any advice however small would be great.

[LittleMissBliss]

I know that it is really easy caving in and feeding just to get them to sleep it took me ages to follow through. But when i actually bit the bullet and thought right this is it, i need sleep it was resolved pretty quickly.

[CvQ]

can i still do this whilst continueing co-sleeping or is this going to have to be one or the other

[LittleMissBliss]

I think with co-sleeping it's harder because they can smell the milk. Its easy access. Also they are used to getting the milk whilst they are close to their mummies. I think with the whole cot thing they have their own space, they realise that when they go in there it's bed time, sleep and no milk. I used to wake ds up allot because i toss and turn when i sleep so he would wake up and feed back to sleep. Now that he has his own space he manages to fall into a deeper sleep and isn't easily woken up by little noises.

If you really enjoy co-sleeping then carry on. But it may be hard to cut out the night feeds.

If your ds wakes up you can still give him a cuddle back to sleep.

Some mornings if i'm tired we co-sleep from the morning feed at untill around 8.00am when we wake up. So we still have a morning snuggle every now and then.

[LittleMissBliss]

morning feed at 5.30ish-but can be as late as 7. My typing is so awful today don't know whats wrong with me.

Dou you think that you will find it hard to transfer your DS into his own cot? Or are you really enjoying co-sleeping? I think the morning co-sleep is a lovely half way!

Good luck. I hope you find some way of getting some more sleep. I know how crap it is to be totatly zombie like.

[CvQ]

i feel selfish because really im putting my needs and wants before his.if i reintoduced the cot again im sure he would be fine but selfishly i love to have him in with mebut just cant cope with him continually waking and tugging at me

[LittleMissBliss]

Your not going to be much use to your ds if you burn out, although some mums do adjust and can go for years with broken sleep.

I'm much happier now that i am not constantly exhausted. I go out more with ds to groups and day trips in the car which i was finding hard before as i didn't trust my driving whilst i was at my worst. I think i am now a better mummy to ds because of the extra sleep. If you don't feel happy with it, it's not for you, you will muddle through and find something that works for you.

But for me i craved sleep. After 8 months of broken sleep i was such a cow bag to dp. I looked ill. I had blood shot eyes, and huge dark circles under my eyes. My body had enough. I am so much happier now.