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Raspberryjam 
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 Posted: 16 September 2010 at 12:09pm |
 Bizzy wrote:
five hours for a 7 month old is very normal!
your poor hubby though - how terrible for him to have to wake up and give bub a bf! oops, thats you!  |
that was a nice way of saying what i thought when I read this post
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Kellz
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 1:16pm |
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"Like" Bizzy's post too!
When DD was little she was very very unsettled and fed all the night and screamed a lot etc, and after a while it did badly affect DH's work performance to the point he was on his last warning before losing his job.
So right from the beginning with DS I have gotten up and taken him to the lounge to BF him, and has the change table there too. Now that he is older he is in his own room and I go in there to BF him. DH is happy to get up and help me if I ever need him too, which isnt often anymore, but he does get up at least a few times a week to DD. This works well for us, since we rely on him being able to work for our full income, and it helps that he still has some energy after work for the evening routine with the kids when I am exhausted! We are both much happier and dont argue like we used to when we were both so exhausted and stressed.
Like MissCheeky, I nap when I get a chance in the day.
DS is 8 months, sleeps 11hrs at night and feeds anywhere from twice to loads of times per night! We are also doing BLW, and he is starting to eat more and more in the last week or so. He has also been teething for the last 3+ weeks and has had lots of times since then that hes gone 5+hrs between bf's in the day despite appearing hungry and unsettled,..and then feeding 2-3hrly overnight. It last a few days, then hes back to 3-4hrly in the day and a couple of times overnight, until the next tooth!
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millymollymandy
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 2:16pm |
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Personally I beg to differ...somewhat...
I still feed at night with a very small baby at 7 months, but as she the started waking every hour, i gradually night weaned, reducing a little bit at a time to just a dream feed at 8 months. It hasn't made on ioata of difference to weight gain and we all get a good night sleep. At 13 months weaned the dream feed and for a few nights she'd wake at that time for 10 seconds and go back to sleep.
My point is that yep, a lot of people do feed bubs at night and that's fine, but if you don't want to they can be gently weaned. I know I could get flamed for this, but personally if a wee one gets enough during the day and is healthy and as learnt the skills of putting themselves to sleep and back to sleep (the hard part!) then IMO sleep deprivation doesn't have to be part of being a parent.
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Kellz
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 3:28pm |
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I agree but have never found a gentle method thats worked!
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millymollymandy
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 4:22pm |
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I did two dream feeds for two weeks and did 2 mins less at the 3am feed and when down to 4 mins dropped it. Then after 4 montsh same thing with 10 pm feeds.
But...we did do CC for all wake ups at that point. We didn't find parenting to sleep, (so called gentle methods), very gentle, there was heaps an heaps of crying and three very tired people. Turns out when she wakes, she doesn't like being put to sleep by us, sometimes needs to know we are there, but prefers to do it herself.
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Shezamumof3
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Posted: 16 September 2010 at 4:45pm |
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haha Bizzy!! and so true! Geez what is it with men! I just tell my DH to shut it when he moans about bella waking, cos he isnt the one that bloddy well gets up to her, I am.
But yeah, 7 months is still so little, and quite normal for them to still need/want more milk.
My DD is nearly 13 months and she still wakes in the night, I will give her a bottle if she really really wont settle after a cuddle and some water, but usually the water is what she wanted and she will go off to sleep after a drink.
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Gardengirl
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Posted: 17 September 2010 at 9:29pm |
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Still feeding my 13 month old once, sometimes twice a night. I don't really see it as a biggie, be nice when he stops, but I'm not pushing for it to change. He'll get there in his own time.
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Can’t seem to go more than 5 hrs w/o bf!