Anyone left a breastfed baby overnight?

[Chumbibi]

Have posted a few times lately: I’m severely sleep deprived to the point of feeling suicidal.

in order to get me some solid sleep, someone suggested staying away for the night and DH doing all the night. DS is 6 months, eats some solids and will take a bottle of formula very begrudgingly but he is physically able to suck it out!

has anyone done this? Just to recharge? Could do the bedtime feed and then go to a local hotel and then be back in the morning for 7am morning feed?

I'm sorry you feel like that, sleep deprivation is awful. What happens at night? Does he feed a lot, not settle?

I don't think there's anything wrong with going to a hotel, tho you might spend all the time worrying about DC and not sleeping as well as you imagine! Could DH take the baby out for the day at the weekend and you sleep then? Or you sleep downstairs with ear plugs and let DH deal with a long stretch of the night?

Solids are just for play really at six months, I'd work on getting him to take a bottle when with your DH.

But if you decide to go for the hotel, good luck and I hope you get some nice sleep!

Please please do this. Your mental and physical health are far, far more important to your baby's wellbeing than night feeds are.

Awwh, you def need some time to yourself to try and recuperate. Have you tried pumping so your DH can bottle feed your breastmilk at night and be more involved?

Yes

My bf babies both stayed overnight with grandparents about once a month from about 6 weeks old.

They both were fine on bottles of expressed breast milk and some times a bit of formula if I didn't manage to express enough milk.

Go for it - sounds like you really need it.

At 6 months if he’ll eat some solids he will be fine. Can try some water in an open flexi cup (little pink one), or a tommee tippee too.
Plus the bottle, (you’ve done well there none of mine would)

Definitely take a break. But you know your boobs…if you usually feed a lot in the night I would be tempted to pump just once- even if you hold out till 5am.

Otherwise you need to work out how you can get more sleep, one night will be amazing but you need more.
Could your DH offer porridge made with formula for supper instead of a feed? And again in the morning- so you can sleep earlier/later?

If my mental health wasn't good then yes I'd absolutely take a night off. What's your current night routine like? And does a partner help?

Another thought, when you breastfeed I found quite a lot of people would say that as you were feeding there was ‘no point you both being awake’ etc
I think this is rubbish, sometimes the baby needs burping for a while, or won’t go back down- someone else can actually do this bit. So if you are struggling don’t try and do it all. You can feed lying down and go straight back to sleep.Your DH can then, wind, change, settle as needed. Don’t think breastfeeding means you have to do everything in the night.

Or porridge with breast milk. Baba will prefer that.

You definitely need to put your needs first to be right for your little one. Hope you get well deserved night's rest.