Bretfeeding- Wakeful Baby

how long is he on you for? If its only a short while then i would probably try wake him up to feed more so you get a longer stint of sleep. theres a few tricks you can do to wake them, but some babies just refuse to wake up to feed any more. others might be able to share these tricks, ive never had to use them so dont know which ones are more effective

Do you also stick to the same side for a couple of those feeds? cos ive heard that they need to get a good feed off one side to get the hindmilk (the fatty milk) so if you are changing each time he would be only getting foremilk (the watery milk)

Baby aerobics worked for me. You move their arm up and down (one sided starjump ) to help wake them up a bit to continue feeding.
Also not letting bubs be to cozy and warm while feed as this will put baby to sleep. Or a bum change to wake bub up to.

I used to be a big meanie (after my MW told me to ) and strip her off a little (socks off, unwrapped etc) to wake her up to feed properly. It definetly worked well. But at that stage, (actually at every stage ) I've let her feed at anytime - so sometimes she would feed every hour, maybe half an hour etc during the day if that is what she wanted.
The way I figured is if I followed her lead I wouldn't have to second guess whether she was feeding enough IYKWIM.

Also another thought I had was that I read somewhere (an article I think) that BM at night is naturally sleep-inducing for both you and baby. So hence why she may only take smaller feeds overnight.   (not that that is much help, but certainly explains why)

Only other suggestion is wearing her during the day - I swear the best sleeps she had once we discovered baby-wearing was when she was attached to me - pure bliss!

Yes, I am finding it easier to go to sleep these days but maybe that is only coz I am more tired haha!

Brought a sling the other day but have yet to work it out ....but trouble is that it is so hot here that I get hot from holding him so hate to think how hot he might get. Though I did choose a breeze baby sling coz it is really light weight.

Like the idea of the star jumps, that might be my trick. I guess I always have to keep in mind that he probably wants to drink more often coz it is hot?? Would that be right?

My little bubba does this trick too! I strip him off and talk to him while Im feeding. I also have a cold face cloth (yes Im a meanie too) and wipe his forehead. When he is full, he purses his lips and wont take anymore at all. I try to get to this stage at each feed, but sometimes he only wants one side, other times both.