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Too much nighttime nursing?
( I don't think my original subject line was specific enough)
Michael Jude is 10 weeks now and still co-sleeping with us. I nurse him to sleep each night as it seems to be the olnly way to get him to drift off into never-never land. I'll deal with getting him to sleep on his own later on I suppose but for now this has worked as a brilliant quick fix for a very sleep-deprived, overwhelmed new mom. Question: Last night DS spit up considerably twice. I'm not sure if it's because I don't burp him at night when he drifts off to sleep OR if he's overfed b/c he stays at the breast for so long. Even if he's merely sucking for comfort doesn't milk still come out? Do babies know when they are full even in their sleep ? Thanks, Lisa |
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Too much nighttime nursing?
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( I don't think my original subject line was specific enough) Michael Jude is 10 weeks now and still co-sleeping with us. I nurse him to sleep each night as it seems to be the olnly way to get him to drift off into never-never land. I'll deal with getting him to sleep on his own later on I suppose but for now this has worked as a brilliant quick fix for a very sleep-deprived, overwhelmed new mom. My DS seems to be a somewhat rare breed of baby that *doesn't* always want to nurse to sleep. I confess to actually feeling wistful when I read some people's posts about how to make a baby learn to go to sleep other ways, because I have spent many an evening wishing my baby would nurse to sleep (well, I exaggerate, he probably only refuses to nurse to sleep a couple of times per week. Even when he does nurse to sleep, he usually unlatches himself and finishing falling to sleep for the last few seconds without the nipple in his mouth. Question: Last night DS spit up considerably twice. I'm not sure if it's because I don't burp him at night when he drifts off to sleep OR if he's overfed b/c he stays at the breast for so long. Even if he's merely sucking for comfort doesn't milk still come out? Do babies know when they are full even in their sleep ? Does he spit up other times? I would venture to guess that it is possible that he was kind of "storing" the extra milk from comfort sucking in his mouth and then let it spill out when he was finished. Not really spitting up--just kind of holding the milk since he was no longer hungry, but not quite finished nursing. Did it seem curdy or sour smelling at all? Also, I have read that babies do sometimes get a tiny bit overfull and so a little bit has to come back up. On a side note, on the nights when my DS not only wants to nurse to sleep, but also wants to suck for an extended period of time, we joke that he is nursing at the precise rate of speed to keep pace with his digestion (thus, never full!). -- Em mama to L-baby, 4 months |
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Too much nighttime nursing?
Question: Last night DS spit up considerably twice. I'm not sure if it's
because I don't burp him at night when he drifts off to sleep OR if he's overfed b/c he stays at the breast for so long. Even if he's merely sucking for comfort doesn't milk still come out? Do babies know when they are full even in their sleep ? Thanks, Lisa You can't actually overfeed him. It's possible he's taking in a bit more milk than he can handle, which is why the spitup. Or he could have gas in his stomach; the milk lands atop the gas bubble and when he burps, up comes the milk too. Either way, if the spitup doesn't upset him, it's not a problem. Well, other than the laundry problem. Put a towel under him and a waterproof pad on your bed and don't worry about it. Holly Mom to Camden, 3yo EDD #2 6/8/04 |
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