https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:52:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-204131 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:17:00 +0000 winniebee 204131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do burp him if he's sleepy or has fallen asleep but that usually doesn't wake him up. Otherwise I let him decide when he is done. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-204117 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:12:26 +0000 autumnlove 204117@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would stop when she fell asleep. Sometimes she would only feed for a few minutes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-204115 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:11:35 +0000 Mrs. Pen 204115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup, I always just feed him until he falls asleep! At nights his feedings only take 5-10 minutes!<br /> I would never and have never woken him up to eat more!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-204111 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:00:48 +0000 regberadaisy 204111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So funny because last night as I was feeding M at 3:30 am and I was engorged I pondered if I should offer the other after she finished the left. My thought was no because I've never since she was a few weeks old.</p> <p>I don't really think the ounce per hour applies to her. I feel she nurses much more efficiently in the middle of the night yet after that feeding she'll only sleep for 2 or 3 hours. But the last feeding of the night will sustain her for almost 6 hours lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-204029 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:50:38 +0000 pastemoo 204029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: Oh, I see. I don't wake my LO, but I check if he's done by stroking his cheek (well... his sideburn?) or the bottom of his feet to see if he's "really" asleep. Usually this gets several more sucks out of him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-204026 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 03:10:35 +0000 BananaPancakes 204026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was EBF, I would rub his feet to get him to keep sucking if he fell asleep too quick. Otherwise he'd wake up in an hour to be fed again. It only worked for a few more minutes, though. He sleeps pretty heavy at night.<br /> Now that I supplemnt, I let him BF as long as he wants, then offer him like 2 oz in a bottle (usually formula, but sometimes pumped milk), and he'll chug that right down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-203994 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:05:44 +0000 skibobrown 203994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... this thread is interesting! I always try to give DD a full feeding, even if it means poking her to wake her back up. Maybe I should stop doing this and see what happens... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-203928 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:16:02 +0000 MsMini 203928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't get Sawyer to feed when he doesn't want to. Trying to "urge" him to feed more when he has stopped leads to him getting really angry and screaming! He is very aware of when he is full! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-203915 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:00:30 +0000 Mrs.M57 203915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsdaredevil I'm with you on this one, last night LO woke up, fed for 5-6 minutes and fell asleep. I decided not to wake her, but it was a bad choice, she woke an hour later wanting to be fed :-P and the ounce to an hour seems to work for my lo as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-203730 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:38:19 +0000 Clementine 203730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i used to when i was engorged but now anymore. he wakes up twice a night, so one breast for the first feeding and the other the second feeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-203727 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:33:41 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 203727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reason I am torn is because the more she eats, the longer she sleeps. I have noticed that lately I get an hour per ounce. If she only eats one or two ounces, she will only sleep for one or two hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-203685 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:33:43 +0000 pastemoo 203685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy: LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-203041 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:15:53 +0000 Mrsbells 203041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nurse til she lets go of my boob, if its been only a few minutes I try to put my nipple back in her mouth if she is full she will refuse it, so then I burp her and out her in her crib </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-203026 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:08:52 +0000 prettylizy 203026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, if she's sleeping then I'm sleeping, waking this baby is the same type of crime as stealing the last piece of cake or not replacing the toilet paper roll!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-202996 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:45:41 +0000 chopsuey 202996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually nurse til she falls back asleep or unlatches </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-202929 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:58:50 +0000 T.H.O.U. 202929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Feed to sleep then stop. I am trying now to reduce her nighttime calories so she's not dependent on those night time feedings </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-202919 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:52:35 +0000 Rubies 202919@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I used to just stop once she fell asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-202817 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 06:39:02 +0000 cvbee 202817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm with pastemoo.<br /> If she only takes a little maybe she is almost ready to skip that feeding and give you a longer stretch of sleep! I bet it is just around the corner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-202806 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 04:16:07 +0000 pastemoo 202806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: My nighttime goal is to feed back to sleep. I NEVER wake him again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-202801 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:35:35 +0000 runsyellowlites 202801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The first 2 weeks I really pushed full feedings. Once she hit her birthweight I stopped waking her &amp; let her decide moreso when she was done... Usually only feeding off one breast unless it was growth spurt day. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/middle-of-the-night-feedings#post-202795 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:55:55 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 202795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When your LO wakes up in the middle of the night to eat,, do you let him or her stop once they fall asleep? Or do you try and keep them awake for a certain amount or to put them on the other breast?</p> <p>My LO just woke up and after 7 minutes of vigorously sucking, she fell asleep. I just can't wake her up to try and give her more...sometimes I don't know which is better! </p>