I get so sleepy when I nurse, especially during MOTN sessions. Or while burping DS I drift off with him in my arms. It's so dangerous and is happening to me right now! How do /did you fight the sleepiness during those times?
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I read ebooks on my iPhone. Free from the overdrive library app.
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i played candy crush on my phone
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I used to play on my phone - played games/browsed the internet.
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I've found getting up and going to the nursery helps. I'd start to fall asleep if I just had to grab a baby and sit in our room. Also I read books on my Nook app on my phone. Reading a book keeps me more engaged than just browse rwndom things on the internet. Online shopping in the middle of the night helped too, but started to get expensive. Obviously I do a fair bit of HBing in the middle of the night too!
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I recommend the grapefruiting thread.
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I don't! The more sleepy I stay, the easier it us to get back to sleep when I put her back down. We have a rocker/recliner in her room, so I just let her fall asleep on my chest after burping, and let myself get nice and sleepy again.
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@Mrs. Yoyo: LOL...it certainly helped me stay awake last time I was up nursing. I actually stayed awake longer than I should have...oops!
I usually play on my phone. I get up and go to the living room and nurse him there as well. If I don't have something to do I fall asleep. I did it a lot when I was up every 2 hours because I just couldn't stay awake. I always use a boppy at night to help protect LO if I fall asleep. I think it does help to be in a chair though. I usually wake up because my head falls or my neck hurts.
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I always just surfed HB or played CC. After she was 6m or so she got too distracted by the iPad so I don't do anything anymore. We don't have many MOTN wakeups these days but it in the early days I certainly passed many levels of CC.
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I always sit in the glider in our room to nurse, never nurse in bed or reclined. And I watch netflix. Lol
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I used to play with my phone- usually hb or googling how to get my baby to STTN! Then it became more of a challenge to fall back asleep so I stopped using the phone because the light isn't good for fallin back to sleep.
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I saved all my research for night. Gear, sleeping, feeding, random things I wanted to know. I don't know what women did before smartphones!
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I'm doing it now! I get on my phone. I read blogs, HelloBee, and this has become my Pinterest time, as well. I'm still tired enough that I don't struggle to fall asleep afterwards.
Editing to add: I'm breastfeeding right now, but usually I pump earlier and give DD a bottle for her motn feeding. It goes more quickly and I'm able to pump after I put her back down and still get to sleep faster than I might were I breastfeeding.
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I FF'd so by the time I had made the bottle up, spilling milk powder everywhere in the process, all while juggling a crying baby and trying not to let her wake DH, I was wide awake!!
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I struggle with this every night! Like pps I browse the internet on my phone, HB, stuff I want to buy, research etc. But I have fallen asleep with my phone in my hand many times. LO lays on a boppy which makes him a bit safer, but I once woke up to find myself catching him as he was about to roll onto the floor
I find I am worse during wake ups between 2 and 3 am - so these times I just try and make a serious effort to stay engaged in what I am reading!
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We co bedded for several months, so I stayed just awake enough to burp her and lay her down. It made it easier to fall right back asleep.
When she was in her room, I would play on my phone while she nursed!
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I used to watch shows on Netflix or just play on my phone on the early long feedings
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Surfed the Internet/FB/HB... Did way too much online shopping!
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I surfed the web on my ipad. Around 5-6 months he became aware of the ipad so I don't do anything while nursing now (7.5 months) unless he's reeeeeaaaaaly tired and ignores it.
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Have you considered side nursing? I started doing that in the middle of that night, and it made a big difference. Sometimes, we would both fall asleep while nursing and end up covered in milk. But she got fed and I got to doze, so win-win
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Honestly, I was hopeless at staying awake so DH used to get up with me and make sure I didn't fall asleep on the sofa!
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@LovelyPlum: I've tried it but I'm afraid he chokes on my milk because sometimes it comes out in massive squirts and I could hear him trying to gulp it down.
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iPad!
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@Glitter: fair. G tended to choke on mine for a while as well, even sitting up, but she got used to it. I also find that the angle is better for me if I am laying on two pillows and she is on the mattress. It took/is still taking us a while to figure out, but it is great when I'm dead tired and for early morning snuggles!
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Oh gracious, thank goodness we cobed because I never could stay awake!
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I surf the internet. I nurse her sitting up in bed and half of the time I do fall asleep holding her...
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I had this problem. We didn't have a comfortable place to nurse in his room, so I would lie down on the spare bed in there and wind up inadvertently co-sleeping. I wound getting a glider for his room which solved the problem.
Note: For most of the first eight weeks, I pumped at night and my husband bottle-fed the baby. This was because breastfeeding was too painful for me to do round the clock. So, I didn't have this issue with a newborn.
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I have never fallen asleep while nursing her or with her in bed or my arms or anything. I am just so terrified of dropping her or rolling over on her or hurting her in any way. Sometimes I get jealous of those people who can fall asleep with their baby on their chest. I just can't...
I find I am worse during wake ups between 2 and 3 am - so these times I just try and make a serious effort to stay engaged in what I am reading!
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