Night feeds- help!

[MelissaAnn92]

Hi! I have a 1m old who wakes every 2 hours for a feed or a cuddle or just in general it seems
My partner is now back to work and I'm wanting to try and disturb him less as possible

Every 2 hours it's such a mess on getting him out the next to me crib into bed making bottle and lamp on . My oh is lovely but is basically up with us so may aswell do the feed!

Do you take baby into their own little room for the feeds and nappy change? Or struggle on in your bedroom

Thanks xx

Do you have a spare room/baby room that your OH can sleep in?

My DH slept in the spare room for about 2 months! I've always taken my two downstairs, quick feed on the sofa with a dim light on and then back upstairs when they're asleep. I found I was nodding off too easily in bed so actually getting up works best for me.

My husband is up for work around 5 every day, working long shifts as a nurse so I do the night feeds.

Rather than using a lamp I use a little night light which is enough light to see & doesn’t wake him. I can manage to get out of bed and go down to make the bottle without waking him, occasionally baby will cry but he can manage to go back to sleep.

The alternative was he’d sleep in our spare room for the first few months.

We always used to take baby out the room for night feeds (no matter which of us was doing it). Didn't seem much point both of us being disturbed particularly if you have to deal with a nappy etc and I'd rather watch TV or read on my kindle or something while feeding.

We used to take DS downstairs to do night feed, nappy change and resettling. My DH would be on shift the first part of the night and the I would take over for the 3am feed. But find something that works for you. We have a really great tommee tippee penguin night light that you can charge and carry around. Keep going OP you're in the thick of it and I promise it does get easier.

Do you have a spare room?
If so, I would temporarily move yourself and the baby in there (probably for at least 6 months or whatever suits).

With our first baby, we all stayed in the same room for about a week before realising it was unrealistic as partner had work and he was constantly being woken up. Second time round, I moved straight in to the spare room!! Quite enjoyed it and stayed there for 8 months!

Same as previous posters, my husband stays up and does the changing and feeds with expressed milk until about 2/3am when I take over. We keep the baby in the living room and whoever is on shift can nap on the sofa between feeds. If we had a spare room we would be in there

My husband moved into the spare room after the first month until 8 months!