https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:27:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightfeeding-bottle-question#post-638446 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:08:44 +0000 birdofafeather 638446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do the same as @runsyellowlites: makes it faster for us all! DH is also gone every other night so I depend on him when he is there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightfeeding-bottle-question#post-638435 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:40:27 +0000 Pink Champagne 638435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you thought about getting up, heating up a mug of water in your microwave, and bringing it to DH with the bottle while he changes the baby? Then, he can rock her while the bottle finishes heating up, and you can either go back to sleep or even use that time to pump. We used to do this, because for me, nursing in the middle of the night took three times as long as feeding from a bottle, and even if I stayed up and pumped we were all back in bed after 20 minutes vs the 45 minutes to an hour I would be up (alone) if I nursed.<br /> Every baby is different, but we found that as long as someone was holding him, my LO would stay in a semi-sleepy state for those middle of the night wakeups. And it's SO much better to share in the misery of a midnight feeding, especially if you can shorten the time you're both up by working as a team. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightfeeding-bottle-question#post-638419 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:17:05 +0000 twoofeverything 638419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, that's hard. Usually DH scoops up whoever is crying and takes him/her to the kitchen with him while he warms the bottle. We have dimmer switches on our kitchen lights, so he keeps the lights down and kind of rocks them to keep them drowsy. Sometimes, though, they just wake up.<br /> The good news is that if they're tired enough, they'll go right back to sleep during (or right after) the feeding.<br /> Another option, if you use them, is to pop a pacifier in...it can usually keep them calm for a few minutes while the bottle warms.<br /> With all that said, there have been a few times where DH has left the baby to whimper in the crib...which usually turns into full-on crying. In full disclosure: if I'm tired enough, I'll sleep right on through it. But usually I'm a better Mommy than that, and I go in and comfort the baby while I wait for DH to get the bottle. Once he's back I get the heck back to bed and enjoy the break :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightfeeding-bottle-question#post-638418 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:16:08 +0000 runsyellowlites 638418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you considered having DH get baby A, changing her (if you are still doing night changes), and then bringing her TO you so you can lay &amp; nurse her, then taking baby A back to her bed when she's done? This tend to be the best way mom can get adequate rest without skipping nursing sessions, which can be REALLY important in the first days.....AND prolactin production is alot higher at night so nightfeedings are great great great for supply! I take all the feedings for P at home but I'm pretty sure if you bottlefeed you usually have to compensate by pumping to maintain supply so it kind of ends up being moot point. =/</p> <p>I hope you can get something to work for you though... it's tough being a tired mommy in those beginning days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/nightfeeding-bottle-question#post-638416 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:09:41 +0000 BlueWolverine 638416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been taking all of the night feedings because I'm breastfeeding. We have enough in storage for DH to do a few to give me some uninterrupted sleep. However, I have a question. It takes five minutes or so to run to the kitchen to warm up a bottle for her. I generally feed Baby A when she wakes -which isn't really consistent - she's only eight weeks. She may sleep anywhere from 2.5-5 hrs at a stretch. </p> <p>What do all of you do? I can't see myself lying in bed listening to Baby A cry while DH warms up a bottle. It also seems like it would make her very awake, as opposed to the drowsy state I usally catch her in. </p>