What are your top tips for coping with night feeds? Share your advice with MAM - £200 voucher to be won

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Whether you’re breastfeeding, bottle, or mixed feeding, coping with night feeds can be really hard. Perhaps you found sharing the responsibility with your partner, establishing a routine early on or making small changes really helped you manage? Whatever your advice is on coping with night time feeds, share them on the thread - you could really help another MNer.

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Eat lots of chocolate, nothing with rustly wrappers though.

At first we were triple feeding so doing shifts with my partner was the only way I could get some sleep.
After 6 months I learned side lying breastfeeding position and we cosleep safely. I feel well rested.

My one tip is - remember this time will NOT last forever - you may feel like a zombie most days (sleep when you can) they will soon be tearing around the house on ride on cars, and running around the garden, and you will treasure the quiet nights of that closest of bonds.

Yes definitely - I always say "one day you will be trying to persuade them to get out of bed at midday " 😃

My tips are sleep when baby sleeps during the day - housework can wait. Eat and drink healthily, avoid caffeine, and if help is offered for a break - accept it,

For night feeds concentrate on your breathing, close your eyes (but don't nod off) and use it as a time to just take deep breaths. It's so easy to surf or think about jobs etc and overstimulate yourself so once your little one goes back to bed you can't! Use it as a clear your mind time. Accept this will be tough and go to bed at 8pm or take a nap after lunch the next day. Routine yourself as you're getting theirs sorted and you get your life back much quicker in the long run.

My tips are the eat well and remember to drink to keep alert and hydrated, when you are sleep deprived, sleep when and if you can - accept help from a reliable friend or trusted family member - to catch up on your sleep, don't rush your winding as baby may wake later with tummy aches - and remember it may seem like you have no life - it won't last forever

1- a good chair with back support and arm rests.
2-have everything to hand, muslin cloth, sterilised bottle and premade formula was brilliant as my baby drinks formula any temperature
3- team work I found more than 2 waking and I tagged my husband in. In the very early days we split the nights in 2 and each of us slept for 5 hours each.
4- don't be afraid to ask for help or say if you are struggling

Thanks to everyone for taking part in this discussion. The winner of the prize draw is @ohdannyboy - congrats!