My LO is 5 weeks old and have already developed his own little sleep pattern. He goes down for the night around 8-9 PM and then gets up at 2am and 4am for a feeding and then he will get up at 7am to eat and "play" for a little bit. The 2 and 4am wakings are killer because it always takes me an hour to feed him, burp, change and hold/rock for a while (to try to help prevent spit up). That means I only get about an hour sleep in between at best assuming I fall asleep right away! How long does/did it take you to put your LO back to sleep during these midnight wakings?
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At first, it took about an hour, but as she became a more efficient eater, it got down to about 15-30 min, depending on if I needed to change her or not. There were many nights where I fell asleep while nursing her in the early days. But as she got a little older, she could go longer between feedings and I could get some sleep.
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My lo is 13 months old, but when she was a newborn she was an angel. We would change her diaper, give her a bottle, and she'd be out! A half hour usually.
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It was an hour or hour and a half for a while, but he took forever to nurse for the first month. When I switched to formula at night, it brought it down to half an hour. He chugs a bottle in like 15 minutes and then I spend another 15 burping and holding him upright for his reflux.
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I'm usually up 15 - 20 minutes.
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Around that time, probably about 30 minutes - DS was an efficient nurser then though and probably only ate 15 mins total. I also used to change his diaper only every other wake at night since unless I heard or smelled poop. I also used the happiest baby on the block method to lull him back to sleep if he was not appearing sleepy after a feeding.
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LO is 16 weeks now and it only takes 20 minutes. When she was a newborn it was about an hour. She is still on the same wakeup schedule, which is the same as your LO, though.
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Good thing to know we both can get more efficient during night feedings! Thanks all
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It used to take up to an hour but now that LO's almost 7 months, I can feed her in about 10 minutes and she'll (usually) go right back to sleep.
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