ideas to get baby alseep?

Question

my baby boy is breast feed and he is 4 months old. he will not go to sleep going on the breast. this is very hard at night as when he wakes i need to feed him.and he wakes three or four times a night

Answer 1

Well done for latching him on, and lasting so long, however, he's not getting enough milk if he doen't nod off while on and waking often. IIt's a true fact that when you are knacked,you will not produce enough to keep him going. Viscous circle. Might be time to introduce a late night bottle feed - you can get some great Breast milk alternatives such as Milupa Actimil. It might just be enough to get you a few nights proper rest and get back to normal, but run the risk of rejecting the bottle, or perhaps the breast if he decides he likes the bottle. Don't do a dummy to pacify him, if he's hungry feed him, but dont get into feeding on demand, its about that time when their wee brains realise if they cry they get....

try here for some advice

http://www.bbc.co.uk/parenting/your_kids/babies_feeding.shtml good luck

Answer 2

Hi

Sorry to hear of your problem, you must be shattered. I'm tired enough and my 7 week old has started waking only once after 11pm. She's bottle fed though and I know they can often sleep better.

Is it possible to fill him up more during the day? Then stick to a routine which shows him it's bedtime ie bath, feed then play a mobile lullaby.

Sorry I can't help! Have you tried joining Babycentre.co.uk? They have message boards for each birth month (called Birth Clubs) so you ask advice from Mums with babies the same age as yours. It's free by the way.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Express milk and get your partner to help with night feeds. Speak to your midwife if your feeling unsure about anything.
Always make sure you offer both breasts at every feed if he refuses the second breast then express and store it. Now that he is four months you can start weaning him on to soilds cow and gate have a great range for four months and if you try just once a day it may fill him a little more so you could cut down your night feeds.

Answer 4

To start have you put him on to solids yet? It seems alot that he is still having that many feeds a night and im wondering whether its alot more for comfort than because he needs them. My son is now 3 but when he was young i had alot of problems getting him to sleep until a friend gave me advice. Babies need to feel as secure as possible. Take a blanket and fold it into a triangle place your son onto it so that it will cover the top of his head as well wrap the sides of the blanket quite tightly round him so that all u can see is his face. Hold him closely in your armsand rock him quickly. I hope this will help you. Good Luck

Answer 5

This is quite normal. Babies process breast milk faster than formula so breast fed babies feed more often. Teach him to go to sleep on his own by putting him down awake. The worst that happens is that he cries himself to sleep a couple of nights, but he is less likely to wake if he went to sleep on his own.

Answer 6

I've never had good sleepers....but going for a drive did it every time. However, I didn't really like the idea of going out in the middle of the night. Some babies have their days and nights mixed up, well, what do they know about day and night, right? My suggestion would be to rock him as much as you can (gliders are good) and if you can, try to nap during the day when he does. I've heard all of the remedies and I lost a lot of sleep but you can either try to train him to your schedule or go with his for now. It's all in what you can live with. "Training him" may be harder work than it's worth, though......

Answer 7

I breastfed my son until he was 11 months (I would have gone until he was a year but I got pregnant and milk starting drying up)
and until he was about 10 months I just let him sleep with me so that I could nurse at night. If you do a side-lie position then you can nurse and go back to sleep. I don't know if you want to do that but it worked for me. At 10 months I let him cry it out until he went back to sleep and after a few nights of him doing that he started sleeping through the night. I waited that long for the simple fact, the less you nurse the less milk you produce, but I had planned on nursing until he was a year so I wanted to ensure I had enough milk for him. Good luck in whatever you decide to do :-)

Answer 8

It sounds like he is hungry, if they wake more frequently after sleeping well. Try him on some baby rice, and maybe give him some formula milk before bed. If you know he is not hungry when he wakes ask daddy can he settle him. If baby can smell milk he will think it is on offer.
Good on you for feeding him yourself, as baby gets older your body will produce less milk as it is in tune with your baby, maybe it could be time to think about weaning?

Answer 9

I would try him with some baby rice or rusks before he goes to bed to fill him up just start with a little until he is sleeping through as he should be at this age, also count how long he is sleeping in the day and try to keep him awake, nip this in the bud ASAP or he will have you running about like a maniac (i speak from experience!)

Answer 10

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