ethansmom
09-07-2003, 12:07 PM
Hi all,
My DS is slightly over 4 months old, but was 5 wks early. I just started back to work part-time and the night wakenings are killing me...any advice? He stays awake for about 2 hrs at a time during the day and then naps for about an hour. He loves to go to bed at 6:45 but gets up at approx 10, 2 &5 before waking for the day around 7. Previously, he had been waking at only 2 and 5, so I tried feeding him before I went to bed - now he wakes up on his own at 10. Aaggghh! How do you tell if they are waking up because they are hungry? I always feed him when he wakes up, but he often falls asleep within 10 mins/doesn't seem to eat very much. I just hate the thought of not offering him the breast in case he really is hungry. (can you guess he didn't eat well in the beginning?) What has your experience been? If I leave things alone, will he just magically start sleeping for longer stretches? BTW, he eats about every 3 hrs during the day - do I need to try to stretch him out?
Many thanks!
My DS is slightly over 4 months old, but was 5 wks early. I just started back to work part-time and the night wakenings are killing me...any advice? He stays awake for about 2 hrs at a time during the day and then naps for about an hour. He loves to go to bed at 6:45 but gets up at approx 10, 2 &5 before waking for the day around 7. Previously, he had been waking at only 2 and 5, so I tried feeding him before I went to bed - now he wakes up on his own at 10. Aaggghh! How do you tell if they are waking up because they are hungry? I always feed him when he wakes up, but he often falls asleep within 10 mins/doesn't seem to eat very much. I just hate the thought of not offering him the breast in case he really is hungry. (can you guess he didn't eat well in the beginning?) What has your experience been? If I leave things alone, will he just magically start sleeping for longer stretches? BTW, he eats about every 3 hrs during the day - do I need to try to stretch him out?
Many thanks!