The Boy has been waking up at 5am, sometimes 4am every night for the past week. It's so frustrating not to mention exhausting. Before then he was sleeping through just fine.
It is bringing up all the anxieties I have about breastfeeding.
In the early days with both children I would stress about not knowing how much they were getting from me, but they seemed to be doing well and eventually once they started to sleep through my anxietes would melt away along with my sleepless nights.
Little P slept through from twelve weeks, barely having a bad night. But the Boy is different. He is much bigger and I am paranoid that my milk supply is not enough. I am trying to eat well and rest, but thats easier said then done with two under two!
I have absolutely no opinion whatsoever on the whole breast is best debate. I simply believe Mum does what mum thinks is right for her and her family. End of. For me I really want to be able to feed him myself for his first six months, at least. I breast fed Little P for nine months and I feel what I did for her, I want to do for him.
The thing is, I am not sure it even is hunger that is waking him. He is still in our room (the decorating is still not finished), so maybe I am leaping to him too quickly, but crying in your ear is a hell of a lot more heart plucking than through a wall. So it may just be habit.
I am going to try and give him some water if he wakes tonight and see if that settles him. Otherwise I may just have to shrug my shoulders and accept that when it comes to babies, few questions are ever answered!
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we had similar with little m and ended up moving her into her own room at 4 months. that helped a bit as we were disturbing her & vice versa.
he may be waking early because he's cold? 2nd time round I have had enough confidence to put pj's on as well as a vest etc under grobag. poor big m probably froze as a baby!
I'm no expert but I expect you do have enough milk. good luck, and I hope you get some sleep :)
Hi Tiddly ( can I call you Tiddly? Feel I've known you long enough to now!!)
I think you may be right. Our house is FREEZING. The carpets have sill not been put down and the draft coming up from the floor boards is insane! TOnight he is a long sleeve vest, gro and bag
Same with us! Leon's been waking up at 5/6am after sleeping through the night for ages. He's still sharing our room and is almost a year old! (We live in a 1-bed flat and won't move til summer). Though it's not as bad as 4am...
He's 11mths and a big boy but learned how to pull himself up onto things last week and is usually a great sleeper but recently if he wakes up at night, instead of drifting off back to sleep gets up and can't get down again on his own! I think he senses us and prefers to sleep on our snug, comfy bed than behind bars in his cot! Think I need to make it comfier... or help him learn how to climb down again?
I BF him til 6 months and he slept through from about 4 months.
It's hard not to leap up too early. Though I suppose you get used to it after a few minutes of crying if you're in a deep sleep, though hubby can't and goes to sleep in living room - the cheek of it!
Good luck - maybe he's just not tired anymore and wants to play!
Hello, My name is Natalie and I love you following your blog....I have trained as a "Breastfeeding peer councellor"(2 years ago so slightly rusty!!!!) and have had 3 children.... and had varying levels of success on the breastfeeding front... don't you worry that you have enough milk...you will always have enough milk and it may be environmental like tidleyonpompom said....I would try to cancel other factors out, cold etc...I wish you all success and Nadolig Llawen/Merry Christmas xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
i think your last sentence sums it up! I think the water is a good idea though. do you feed him when he wakes at 5am? have heard that boys are generally much hungrier than girls - how old is he now? are you nearing solids time? that might solve it...
bet its the cold weather - we had that with Curly Haired Beauty all the nonsense of keeping the temp under 19 degrees not over heat them but - ITS COLD OUT THERE! We resorted to a vest, baby gro and gro bag -hope you have a better night tonight xxx
Hello,
I really enjoy reading your blog and have had three children(12,9 & 5 now) and had veried success on the breastfeeding front. I have also trained to be a breastfeeding support councellor(2 years ago so a bit rusty!!!) Anyway...you will always have enough milk and by the look of him an the gorgeous photos of him he is doing very well, as are you with the breastfeeding! and I am sure that the reason for his waking is environmental as I have been waking in the nights recently and I am usaully out for the count all night!! I am sure if he is cwtched up(Welsh word for cuddled/wrapped up nice and warm in bed he will get back to his routine. Good luck, beast wishes and Nadolig Llawen(Merry Christmas)
Natalie xx
Hi,
I had a similar problem. In this cold, even L/S vest and sleepsuit and 2.5 tog is not enough. I have a patchwork quilt over him too.
http://newmumonline.blogspot.com/2010/12/he-slept-through-again-last-night.html
Merry Christmas,
Liska
P.S. he is up about 3 times a night last few days but because he has a headcold
Again could it be cold? Could it be the central heating waking him? Have you tried putting him in a different room / more / less clothes?
You will be making enough milk - I can't quite remember how many weeks he is but it could be a growth spurt coming through or teeth
What I've found is that 2nd time around that whenever things are working they seem to fall over - the only thing I've done is just accept and move on, to do what works then and there and not worry too much
Remember the mummy mantra - this too will pass
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