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Moving DS to his own room - how to cope with night feeds?

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onehitwonder · 07/03/2010 20:43

Ds has been in our room in his cot next to the bed for 9 months now. I thought I would move him to his own room once he was sleeping through . Unfortunately he is still waking for feeds (breastfeeding) at about 10pm, 2am and 5am ish. All of which I can just about cope with whilst all feeding entails is popping him into bed next to me and then back into his cot when he has finished.

But - I kind of want him settled in his own room before he can stand up rattling the bars struts of the cot and yelling mummy. Plus DH is currently sleeping on a spare bed in DD's room, to space for feeding DS easily in our bed and so at least one of us gets an undisturbed night and I don't get disturbed by him as well as by DS.

With my DD this was easier as she was in a room with space for a double bed, so could still feed her lying down and drop off in there if I wanted to.

DS is in the box room, however so no room for a comfy bed for mummy in there.

Any ideas anyone, or should I just accept that my sleep is going to be even more disturbed than it is already until DS decides to sleep through.

BTW I work full time, so no chance to catch up on sleep at nap times etc.

TIA

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namechangedtemporarily · 07/03/2010 20:59

A nice comfy chair? We had a sofa in my DS room and i could put my head back as i fed. Still have comfy chair in there now!
Or can you express and try and take it in turns with DH one night on one night off?

onehitwonder · 07/03/2010 21:05

It really is a tiny room 2m x 2m,so by the time we have the cot, and a chest of drawers in there, space will be limited, but we were wondering about getting one of those foam chairs that unzips into a mattress.

DH and I were doing one night on one night off until I went back to work, but now I express 2 x feeds at work and just can't face expressing any more. I have started giving him the odd bottle of formula now, so was wondering about 1 night on 1 night off using formula - just worried about my milk supply if I do this, as I hope to keep feeding him myself at lease first thing and bedtime for some time yet (fed dd until she was nearly 3 )

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onehitwonder · 07/03/2010 21:29

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