Night Time Feeds

[zinc09]

Hi all,

We're first-time parents and have a one week old - she has been good for the first few nights home, feeding and sleeping every three hours but recently she has been staying awake after a feed and despite winding her, won't settle back to sleep for a good few hours.

Is anyone experiencing the same and if so, how do you get her to settle back to sleep without staying up all night? Also, do you and your partner share feeding rotas? Only we thought I could do the middle of the night feeds while he sleeps, and he can feed her at around 5/6ish before he goes to work. At least he would get a decent sleep before commuting to work every morning, and I could catch up during the day while she's napping. Any better suggestions?

Thanks

We did something similar, DH came home from work and spent time with the baby, so I could have a bath, make dinner for next day etc. Then I fed (was bfeeding) around 8/9pm, then went to bed, and DH would give bottle (EBM, and when DS was older formula) at next feed- 11/12pm, and then put baby to bed in sleeping bag in our dark room. Then I would only have to get up once in the night- around 3/3 o'clock usually to feed, and then again in the morning, so I wasn't too knackered. We used baby sleeping bags from 1 month old from after my DH's feed to signal night time, and kept room very dark with not much noise during night feeds and changes. Within a few weeks they learn that night time is for sleeping. Also limit day sleeps, wake up baby after 2 hours, and keep daytimes noisy and light