Back to sleep after night feeds??
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Topic: Back to sleep after night feeds??
Posted By: bellababy
Subject: Back to sleep after night feeds??
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 9:06am
| Hi all, I'm new to this forum and have a 10 week old daughter. Just wondered if anyone could give their advice/tips on how to get Amaya back to sleep after her night feeds. She often wakes at about 4am for feeding, then it takes ages to get her back to sleep. Often its after 5.30am by the time she relaxes again, and by then the birds are chirping! I do the usual feeding in dim light, not talking or interacting etc, but she still seems to think its play time and sits there wide eyed and wriggly. Any ideas? |
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 9:16am
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Do you still wrap her?? Because that could cut down on her being active and waking her up.
We basically feed Daniel and put him straight back and leave the room immediately.. recently we have started putting his white noise cd on when we put him back down and this seems to help him drift back off much faster. But I also feed him in the dark, I don't even turn a light on anymore. |
Posted By: BabyOnBoard
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 11:37am
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I was told (and it worked for me) to wrap them and not change the nappy because it wakes them up. . Also not to wait until they are crying but rather when they are stirring because if they are crying they have fully woken themselvess up ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 1:12pm
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What i did was as soon as she stirred picked her up without waking her, fed her and put her straight back down, she didnt wake up but still fed.. works a treat!!
Was nice to meet you today! ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: bellababy
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 1:20pm
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Nice to meet you too!
Thanks for all the ideas - Its a good idea to feed her when she stirs, rather than once she is awake... Also, I had always thought I should change her nappy, but you're right, that's when she wakes fully. So you think it would be fine to leave it? (Of course it would - I guess that's what happens when they sleep through!) We already swaddle her, and I agree it definately helps. Unfortunately, she has reflux so if we put her straight back down after a feed it all comes up again... Makes the night feeds quite tiresome! :) |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 4:24pm
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I would only change her nappy if she has done a poo.
Do you have the ends of her cot raised? (You probably do, but if not that helps with keeping stuff down). -------------  
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Posted By: bellababy
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 6:06pm
| Yes, we have the ends of her cot raised but it doesn't seem to help much. I get really worried as she's woken up choking a couple of times and also had one episode of apnoea (sp??) when she stopped breathing for about 10 seconds because of it, so I'm a bit of a paranoid mum I'm afraid... |
Posted By: MissCandice
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 6:58pm
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What bout sleeping her on her side so that if she brings milk up it can run out her mouth? We were afraid of Kylah choking and used to wrap her and lie her on her side in a wedge.. worked wonders.. ------------- ~ Mummy to a beautiful girl ~ |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 7:08pm
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Daniel had silent reflux for a few months. We use to side sleep him. I hated the thought of him possibly choking on anything that might come up and he slept soooooo much better on his side. It's far more comfy for refluxy babies. We used a sleep wedge so that he couldn't roll over.
We never change Daniels nappies at night unless he poos in them. There's just no need if its only wees. |
Posted By: eza
Date Posted: 04 January 2008 at 10:40pm
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Hi,
I have a reflux baby too who is almost 6 weeks old. I wait until she stirs and then get her up, feed her and leave her upright snoozing on me for fifteen minutes ( this is the timne period sugessted to me) I then put her back into bed on her back and she stays asleep. If her nappy needs changing I change it at the beginning of a feed and she goes back to sleep during feeding. Hope this helps |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 05 January 2008 at 10:08am
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Instead of a wedge I would get a safety sleep, we had a wedge and would side sleep Spencer but once he got a bit bigger he could just barge his way out of it, plus the safety sleep comes in real handy later on to stop them wriggling all around their cots and waking themselves up.
I was also gonna suggest that if you need to change a nappy do it mid feed or before feed if poss, so that she gets dozy again whilst feeding. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: floss
Date Posted: 05 January 2008 at 10:13am
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Thanks for all the ideas guys we used them last night on Noah & Lola and for once we weren't up for an hour after they were fed to get them back to sleep!
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 05 January 2008 at 10:50am
Caprece still does this  but she is just a terrible sleeper so after months of spending an hour and a half getting her back to sleep I put in tv in her room with a timer, she watches it until she falls back asleep and so she doesn't bother me.
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Posted By: bellababy
Date Posted: 05 January 2008 at 8:43pm
| Thanks everyone - I'm impressed by this forum, lots of great support and ideas! I have always been nervous about side sleeping, but I suppose with a wedge there is no way she can roll over so it's ok? Probably worth looking into a safety-sleep for the long run though... Last night we tried having everything dark and quiet, changing her before the feed and popping her straight back to bed after burping and... IT WORKED! But I'm not getting my hopes up yet in case it was a one off! Lets see what tonight brings... :) |
Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 05 January 2008 at 8:54pm
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using the safety sleep doesn't make sure that they can't roll onto their tummy. We have had to introduce the safety sleep to Ella again (after numerous issues) and she has just figured out this week how to roll while in the safety sleep..grrrrr sorry..slightly off topic ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 05 January 2008 at 9:57pm
That's a bummer but I think it would be a bit different for a 10 week old as they are no where near as strong. I know if you side sleep them in the safety sleep it does recommend using a safety pin through the safety sleep onto their clothing to keep them in position as well and not just relying on the velcro to be strong enough. Can't remember exactly where and how it recommended it but it was in the instructions, you could probably google it. -------------
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