night feeds

Leesie · Mar 15th, 2010, 05:56 AM

Hi All

Hoping someone might have some advice for me

LO usually sleeps solidly from about midnight until 06:30, sometimes even later. This means that I very seldom feed him during the night after midnight. I've been wondering whether this could be a bad thing? It's great for me as I almost always get a good night's sleep but I've been hearing a lot about the benefits of night feeding and am worried that these long sleeping stretches could be bad for my milk supply and for LO's feeding patterns.

Should I be setting an alarm to get up in the night and get a feed in at about 3 in the morning? I'd be happy to do it if it's best for LO.

MrsQ · Mar 15th, 2010, 06:23 AM

wow your lucky.
I dunno about waking him but do you have a pump? As literally you could get about 2 or three feeds into the freezer over night?
I can easily pump two lots of 5 oz throughout the night if LO sleeps through.
xxxx

K477uk · Mar 15th, 2010, 09:31 AM

It shouldn't affect your babies feeding pattern, but the benefit to a night feed isthat it does stimulate the needs for the next day, but your midnight one will be doing that. Also being over 6 weeks your supply should be well established so I doubt you'll have any issues with that... Personally I'd enjoy the sleep while it lasts!

polaris · Mar 15th, 2010, 10:14 AM

Just enjoy it! If you really wanted to you could pump at night but I wouldn't bother if I was you. As has already been said, the midnight feed still counts as a 'night' feed for the purposes of boosting your supply.

Mar 15th, 2010, 05:56 AM	#1
Leesie Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 487	night feeds Hi All Hoping someone might have some advice for me LO usually sleeps solidly from about midnight until 06:30, sometimes even later. This means that I very seldom feed him during the night after midnight. I've been wondering whether this could be a bad thing? It's great for me as I almost always get a good night's sleep but I've been hearing a lot about the benefits of night feeding and am worried that these long sleeping stretches could be bad for my milk supply and for LO's feeding patterns. Should I be setting an alarm to get up in the night and get a feed in at about 3 in the morning? I'd be happy to do it if it's best for LO.

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MrsQ Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Redhill, surrey Posts: 4,687	wow your lucky. I dunno about waking him but do you have a pump? As literally you could get about 2 or three feeds into the freezer over night? I can easily pump two lots of 5 oz throughout the night if LO sleeps through. xxxx

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K477uk Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Nottingham Posts: 1,842	It shouldn't affect your babies feeding pattern, but the benefit to a night feed isthat it does stimulate the needs for the next day, but your midnight one will be doing that. Also being over 6 weeks your supply should be well established so I doubt you'll have any issues with that... Personally I'd enjoy the sleep while it lasts!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 10:14 AM	#4
polaris Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ireland Posts: 5,746	Just enjoy it! If you really wanted to you could pump at night but I wouldn't bother if I was you. As has already been said, the midnight feed still counts as a 'night' feed for the purposes of boosting your supply.

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