Well, we're just starting out and things so far have been going really well. I've had a little bit of a cracked nipple on one side, but that's healing nicely and Alex is such a settled cruisy baby it's incredible
Looking forward to getting to know you all as time goes by...
I have a question, so I'll give kind of an overview of what we're doing, then see what you girls think
Sammy isn't feeding to sleep as much, he feeds then starts to wake up and fuss a bit, so I flip him onto his side and snuggle with him (which is how we co-sleep when that happens) and he drifts off. It takes longer though. We're down to 6 feeds a day from a gazillion. Still feeding overnight, usually once, although he does a every 2 hour wake up about twice a fortnight (oh how I love those nights, pfft).
SO, I'm thinking it's time to move him into his own room. I feel like he's confident and can handle it, and I'm feeling the need for some more space. Plus DH snores and it's waking DS. I did think about moving DH out, but he's capable of objecting more. And he'll stop making me dinner.
The thing is, although Sammy's not feeding to sleep as much during the day, I still feed him back to sleep at night, usually lying down. DH can get him back to sleep, but again it takes longer. And if he wakes before 5 we co-sleep, because experience has taught me that it's the only way he'll go back to sleep and I'm not a starting the day at 5am kind of person. Really not.
So, how do I go about this? I know that I want to do it, but really stuck as to how it happens. Anyone else have a breastfed, still waking at night, sometime co-sleeping bubba in their own room, who's used to feeding to sleep lying down?
Haven't had the experience myself yet Kitfaerie but something I've seen others do is to have a mattress on the floor in bub's room next to bub's bed - somewhere to lay down and feed if necessary or if it's close to morning you can choose whether to use that or bring him in to your room.
Random observation for today - so much of the bf-ing promotional stuff I've received say that bf-ing is free...well ok, technically it is, but the extra food I'm scoffing every 5 minutes certainly isn't! I am soooooo hungry at the moment it's quite crazy actually, and considering I'm trying to keep the extra snacking relatively healthy it gets pricey. Oh well, it's a good excuse to eat cherries
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