Am I the only one who sleeps through those night time feedings?

[The Lucky One]

Before bf'ing I remember reading posts where the mama would say things like 'I barely notice those night feedings' and I thought, yeah right, how is that possible?

But now, I think I really do sleep through ds's feedings. I hear him stir, latch him on and that's it. That's all I remember. Occasionally, I will wake up on my own and wonder if I've even fed him at all, but then I notice that my shirt is up, so I figure I have.

Am I the only one?

Oh and while I'm at it with the questions, do you slide your baby back up to your head level after feedings? My baby sleeps at my breast, for the most part, all night long. A friend of mine says she always scoots her ds back up after a feeding, but of course I can't do that since I'm asleep at the end of the feedings.

[mikeynabbysmommy]

Me too!

I used to wake up for every single feeding, but now, sometimes I do, and usually I dont. Iwill wake up later with my breast out, and think "Guess he got hungry!" Sometimes I wake up because it has milk on it and the fan has made it cold. I never would have thought I would sleep through the whole thing. Sometimes I move DS, if he scoots too close to me, but not really up towards head level, more just away from me.
I really love, DH just came home a week ago, and he asked me the other day (because I always say hewakes during the night) why DS hadnt woken during the night... LOL I said "he does! you just do not hear him apparently!"
But then again, I dont let him even cry at night, I feed him before he even gets to that point apparently, he nudges and I stir, and latch on. We shared a hotel with my mother and apparently his suckling all night bothered her more than me, LOL!

[wende]

I don't wake up either. Well, I didn't. Now that I'm pregnant I wake up more than normal. I don't scoot him towards my head but I scoot him away sometimes if I'm feeling crowded.

[The Lucky One]

Thanks for the replies.

I feel kinda dumb. I think I placed this in the wrong forum. Did I? Mods, move it if need be. Sorry.

[TiredX2]

I used to.

I find that by around 2years I can't sleep through night feedings the same as I could starting in their earlier months (2-4 months on). It's still a lot of disruption, though, even getting them latched on every hour. But I would literally DIE if I was awake the whole time!

[Rach]

Haha. Funny you should mention it, this morning, I woke up and was like "How in the heck did Eva get latched on here?!" Of course, my babe is 12 months and somewhat self-sufficient when it comes to finding the breast at night.
When she was little, I'd fall right back to sleep after I latched her on. Heaven!
I used to scoot her up to head level when she was very small, but after awhile, I realized that she'd sleep longer if I left her where she was. She moves the covers off her anyway, so I don't worry about suffication or anything like that. Besides, it's easier for her to find my breast if it's at mouth level.

[doctorjen]

I tend to sleep through feedings, too. Lately, I've been trying to put dd back in her crib right next to my bed after nursing because she kicks dh so much. Unfortunately, I often don't wake up enough to remember to move her. Dh will eventually move her back to her crib if she's kicking him. I've actually reached the point where I don't even wake all the way to get her out of the crib, somehow. In the morning I'll say to dh "Oh, she slept right through the night!" and he'l be like "Uh, actually she was up twice!"
When my babes are little, I usually sleep higher up in the bed with a shirt on, and dh sleeps farther down the bed. This way the blankets are over his shoulders, but only just past my waist. I never bother to move the baby then, just let them stay wherever they are when they drop off the breast at night.

[annethcz]

I do it too. In fact, 2 yo DD is so adept, she can unhook my bra and start nursing without me noticing when I'm still awake

[seven_lux]

In the past when people have asked me how many times dd wakes up now "these days", I've said "...umm...well last night, oh about twice i think...", and dh pipes up with a "i saw you do it 4 times last night!".
So obviously yes, I do sleep through many...haha

[Calidris]

I wake, briefly, I barely remember it later. Dd doesn't actually wake, she never opens her eyes. Once, in the early stages I tried to work out how often she fed at night (back when I though it mattered ). I had to use pen and paper and atually mark down each waking. Turned out she nursed about 7 or 8 times . Now I truely have no idea how often. I do wake most times, but I'm asleep again so soon....
And she sleeps at breast level all night (where we live its warm all year, the covers are very light - and she kicks them off anyway). Got to love co-sleeping and bf (theres this cool bumper sticker - too lazy to fix formula )

[Camellia]

I barely wake when she nurses at night. Same with Ds when he was nursing. It is SO nice. I post on a more mainstream birthday club and I feel so sad when the mama's post about how little they are sleeping.

I could not imagine waiting till the baby cries, then getting up and stumbling down the hall, feeding baby, then putting him/her back in the crib and going back to bed How exhausting.

I remember when Ds got to be about a year I woke up more because he would nurse for hours and play with my hair at the same time, then crawl over me and nurse on the other side...back and forth all night.

I'm savoring all the wonderful sleep I am getting at the moment

[grnbn76]

People are constantly asking me if ds is sleeping through the night. I always feel like the most terrible mother in the world when I honestly answer "Uh, I don't know."
I sleep through it all, or I don't remember waking up for him. Dh says that I open my eyes, help him get latched on, snuggle his feet between my legs, and pat him a few times. I seriously think he's making it up to make me feel better !!
I don't move ds, either. He's getting pretty good at scooting around (read: he's a 3mo heat seeking missile), so I'm constantly squished between either ds and dh or ds and the bed rail!

[Mama25]

I also sleep through nursings at night. It's amazing to see how many do too. It would seem like that may be how it is supposed to be so moms can get more sleep. I know I would not be able to function if I had to wake up and even worse get up and feed at night. For the first 2-3 wks with each of mine I would sometimes need to either sit up in bed or really wake up and really help them latch on till they could better at it and for those few weeks I am so tired, so glad it doesn't last the whole time like that. I see so many moms who seem to make things harder and no wonder they want to stop nursing so early or have dh give bottle in the night.

[a~...Mamacitaa~...]

me too

I love it. with my first son he would never latch on and i was young and didn't know any better. I just gave him a bottle. It is so different now. Our 2 month old latchs on at night and i go back to blissful sleep. we had our first son sleeping with us when he was 4 months old, everybody said that was bad, he will never sleep in his own bed. DH and i thought who cares he is not sleeping in your bed so what does it matter to you. I encourge co-sleeping, how much easier could it be to bond with babes while you sleep.

[a~...Mamacitaa~...]

I never knew how easy it could be. I never had a sling or the Ap tools i have now. we live in a somewhat small town, slings are never seen. People come up to me or they look at me and smile and make cute litte comments. My heart sings. I feel like i have a secert and i want the whole world to know. Bf and babywearing have changed my whole life, and it has brought me closer to my ds and he is almost 5. I want to sream at the top of my lung," I am Bf,sling wearing, and co-sleeping, and if you could feel they way i feel, you would do it too.

[Peppamint]

I sleep through most night nursings too, especially since ds is almost 17months and doesn't need much help to get latched on. :LOL

When my kiddos were small I would latch them on and go back to sleep... and later just wake up with my boob hanging out.