Gataloca
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Usually it would be hard to put my baby to take a nap. I would have to carry and rock him for long time on my arms or on the sling, before he would fall asleep and I would be able to put him down on his bed. Most of the time by the time he hit the bed, he would cry, and I would have to start over again. Sometime when he is in deep sleep, I can put him down on his bed, but as soon as he goes to light sleep again, he would wake up and cry again.
I read that "Many breast-fed babies will settle for nothing less than the breast from the mother while readily accepting the alternative from another care-giver." It seems that the baby can smell the milk, and when they smell the milk, they want the breast. That explain how come it is so hard for me to calm down my baby sometime. I noticed then that when I let my baby suck on my empty breast when he is tired, he would sometime let me lay him down awake on his bed, and would then sleep on his own. If he cries again, I would just let him suck again, and in another 10 minutes, he would doze off and would allow me to put him on his bed.
Anyway, my 6 week old baby has been having his last feed at around 9-10pm, and going to bed at around 10-11pm every night for several weeks already. He would then wake up for a feed at around 2-3am, and would wake up again at around 5-6am. As I would like him to sleep a little bit earlier (and by the way, shouldn't by 6 week be able to go a little bit longer between feeds?), I am trying to give him his last feed one hour earlier (at 8-9pm).
Last night I did feed him at 8pm, and put him to sleep at around 9pm. He woke up at around 1am hungry, and I fed him and he sucked eagerly for around 20 minutes. I put him to sleep, and then he woke up again at 3 am. I fed him again, but this time, we just did some soothing sucks for 10 minutes, and felt asleep. I could see that he didn't drink much, as my breast was still leaking fore-milk when he felt asleep. Put him back to sleep when he finally woke up at 5:30 this morning.
My question is, how to I handle the situation in which he just wake up needing some comfort sucks so to go back to sleep again? He doesn't take pacifier, and like last night, obviously he wasn't hungry at 3am, after he had his feed just 2 hours ago.... and it seems that he has accustomed to the idea of having my breast as pacifier..... did I do wrong letting him suck all the time???
I read that "Many breast-fed babies will settle for nothing less than the breast from the mother while readily accepting the alternative from another care-giver." It seems that the baby can smell the milk, and when they smell the milk, they want the breast. That explain how come it is so hard for me to calm down my baby sometime. I noticed then that when I let my baby suck on my empty breast when he is tired, he would sometime let me lay him down awake on his bed, and would then sleep on his own. If he cries again, I would just let him suck again, and in another 10 minutes, he would doze off and would allow me to put him on his bed.
Anyway, my 6 week old baby has been having his last feed at around 9-10pm, and going to bed at around 10-11pm every night for several weeks already. He would then wake up for a feed at around 2-3am, and would wake up again at around 5-6am. As I would like him to sleep a little bit earlier (and by the way, shouldn't by 6 week be able to go a little bit longer between feeds?), I am trying to give him his last feed one hour earlier (at 8-9pm).
Last night I did feed him at 8pm, and put him to sleep at around 9pm. He woke up at around 1am hungry, and I fed him and he sucked eagerly for around 20 minutes. I put him to sleep, and then he woke up again at 3 am. I fed him again, but this time, we just did some soothing sucks for 10 minutes, and felt asleep. I could see that he didn't drink much, as my breast was still leaking fore-milk when he felt asleep. Put him back to sleep when he finally woke up at 5:30 this morning.
My question is, how to I handle the situation in which he just wake up needing some comfort sucks so to go back to sleep again? He doesn't take pacifier, and like last night, obviously he wasn't hungry at 3am, after he had his feed just 2 hours ago.... and it seems that he has accustomed to the idea of having my breast as pacifier..... did I do wrong letting him suck all the time???