PGTB
08-04-2010, 05:47 PM
How long do you let your DC go without a diaper change during the night?
DS is currently going through what appears to be some sort of a prolonged growth spurt. It has been over a week since he has been waking up more frequently during the night to nurse than before. Before, he would go for at least 6 hours (his longest session) without a meal and of course without a diaper change. Now, he wakes up every 2-3 hours and I wonder what you do for your own sanity with these diaper changes during the night.
When DS wakes up, he nurses for 5-15 min depending on his hunger level I guess and falls asleep at the breast. If I put him into the crib, he would sleep soundly for the next 2 hours till his next feeding. The sleep interruption for me in this case is minimal and I can go back to sleep easily. When I change him, he wakes up and gets upset, he cries usually during night time diaper changes (even though I keep the light to the minimum) and he often wouldn't go back to sleep easily. My sleep interruption then can be as much as 1 hour or more. Needless to say, I am a complete zombie at work, which is not acceptable. Having DH help with diaper changes doesn’t work either. My sleep is still interrupted for an hour because the baby cries and then I have to nurse him more and soothe him to put him to sleep.
I started to avoid diaper changes during his first night nursing session (around 1 or 2am) and wait till he has been in the same diaper for 6 hours (he used to sleep for 6 hours straight). But I am also tempted to avoid his 4am diaper change and wait till 6am. This would make him stay in the same diaper for around 8 hours. Is this acceptable? I wouldn't make him stay in the poopy diaper, whenever he poops, we change him right away regardless if it's in the middle of the night. But what about the really wet diaper? I would not mind changing him, but some of these sessions are so dramatic with him screaming or having a discomfort trying to poop or pooping on a changing table and peeing all over, which totally disrupts our sleep. It's almost like if I let him sleep, his intestines are also "asleep".
WWYD?
Is this just a temporary thing for a 3 month old, or did he just fall into a regressed sleep pattern back to a brand new newborn and will stay there for a while? I think I will lose my mind if this continues for longer than another week.
DS is currently going through what appears to be some sort of a prolonged growth spurt. It has been over a week since he has been waking up more frequently during the night to nurse than before. Before, he would go for at least 6 hours (his longest session) without a meal and of course without a diaper change. Now, he wakes up every 2-3 hours and I wonder what you do for your own sanity with these diaper changes during the night.
When DS wakes up, he nurses for 5-15 min depending on his hunger level I guess and falls asleep at the breast. If I put him into the crib, he would sleep soundly for the next 2 hours till his next feeding. The sleep interruption for me in this case is minimal and I can go back to sleep easily. When I change him, he wakes up and gets upset, he cries usually during night time diaper changes (even though I keep the light to the minimum) and he often wouldn't go back to sleep easily. My sleep interruption then can be as much as 1 hour or more. Needless to say, I am a complete zombie at work, which is not acceptable. Having DH help with diaper changes doesn’t work either. My sleep is still interrupted for an hour because the baby cries and then I have to nurse him more and soothe him to put him to sleep.
I started to avoid diaper changes during his first night nursing session (around 1 or 2am) and wait till he has been in the same diaper for 6 hours (he used to sleep for 6 hours straight). But I am also tempted to avoid his 4am diaper change and wait till 6am. This would make him stay in the same diaper for around 8 hours. Is this acceptable? I wouldn't make him stay in the poopy diaper, whenever he poops, we change him right away regardless if it's in the middle of the night. But what about the really wet diaper? I would not mind changing him, but some of these sessions are so dramatic with him screaming or having a discomfort trying to poop or pooping on a changing table and peeing all over, which totally disrupts our sleep. It's almost like if I let him sleep, his intestines are also "asleep".
WWYD?
Is this just a temporary thing for a 3 month old, or did he just fall into a regressed sleep pattern back to a brand new newborn and will stay there for a while? I think I will lose my mind if this continues for longer than another week.