Expressing as baby is sleeping through

[appletree100]

Baby is 8 weeks old and is an amazing sleeper (at night). Problem is whether to express once at night, say around 2am to keep milk supply up (as i know baby could do a u turn on sleeping through at some point) and my boobs are killing me around that time so i have been waking baby up to feed (which is mad i know).

Just don't jnow what to do in this situation as my other daughter didnt sleep through until she was 3!!

I am feeling lucky, but not sure whther to get up and express, ps i hate expressing xxx

I wouldn’t, I’d just go with what your baby needs.

After a couple of nights not waking up, your supply will adjust.

I wouldn't express in the night. Both of mine were breastfed and went through stages of sleeping through then regressions. My boobs just adjusted as needed. After a couple of nights your boobs will settle. If you keep expressing your just telling them the 2 o clock feed is still needed.

Don't express to 'keep your supply up'. The fullness is uncomfortable but will soon settle down if your baby carries on sleeping through. If your baby has a regression and stops sleeping through (fairly likely I think) you feed on demand and your supply will increase. Your body will adjust to changing demands.

DS1 was EBF and slept through (8-6) from about 8 weeks. All went to pot with the four month sleep regression. My boobs adjusted fine

Ds slept through at a fortnight!!

Unlike my boobs which throbbed all night!! Quickly adjusted and no problems.

Thank you ladies xxx i didn't get to test whether she would sleep through last night as my 4 year old daughter (the bad sleeper) woke us both up at 3am to tell us about her bad dream! So ended up feeding baby anyway, she is actually not that interested in her morning feed today - so i really dont think she needs that night feed. See how it goes tonight :) :) im definitely not going to wake her to feed or express xxx

Lovelovelove

Yes, it really is just if you’re uncomfortable. Your supply will adjust after a week or so. And if you need more again, it will adjust back.

My ds was the same (after my first didn’t sleep through til she was 3.5). I didn’t express, and I felt fine after about a week or so. He’s 6 months now and teething and going through a big developmental leap and feeding like every 1-2 hours all night. My supply is fine and has adjusted.

Not the point of your thread but how on earth did you ladies get your babies sleeping through at 8weeks?
What does your day look like?

Honestly.... I have no idea, she just kept sleeping more and more a night from the start. I really do think that is just her disposition! My other one woke every other hour until she was 3/4 months.

She was even quiet in the womb, even got movements checked a few times, but she was fine.

My birth was v relaxed this time compared to last too, pool birth, no intervention at all (i have no idea if this makes a difference).

I also feel i shouldnt be so smug, as she could still go very much backwards xx

She is exclusively breast fed, last night slept from 8:30ish until 4am, id been waking her at 2:30ish before that for atleast 3 weeks or so.

I tend to stick my feet up and let her feed lots in the evening from about 6ish but i love it. She has a short nap in the morning when i do the school run, or around the same time on a weekend. one long nap at lunch time for 2-3 hours in her bed, then in the afternoon, just kinda lots of snoozes out and about maybe xx

Love

Honestly, it's just luck if they sleep through. I didn't 'do' anything to get him to sleep through: just fed him when he asked. He was a tough birth, he had tongue tie, he was a nightmare sleeper in daytime. He did feed a lot in the day though so I do feel he was stockpiling in daytime to get him through the night!

I don't feel I did anything appreciably different with DS2 as a small baby and he didn't sleep through the night till nearly 2 (although in fairness that was mainly health related).