Cosleeping, breastfeeding moms.....how does your baby sleep at night?

Bethany - posted on 03/13/2010

My 9 almost 10 month goes to bed at 8pm with nursing (we don't co-sleep) and sleeps till 8am and nurses for breakfast then eats a jar of stage 2 baby food. naps/nurses 10-1pm. another jar of baby meats at 2. play until 5 naps/nurses till 6 then jar of baby food at 7. shower nurses and in bed by 8

Cat - posted on 03/11/2010

My DD cosleeps with me. We usually go to bed around 12-1am and wake up around 8-9am. During the night, she sleep-nurses a little bit - she usually only wakes me up once or twice now and she's rarely fully awake. She generally has a short lunchtime nap (maybe 20 minutes if I'm lucky, lol) and then a late afternoon nap for about 30 minutes.

Allison - posted on 03/09/2010

My little one (10 months, breatfeeding, co-sleeping, limited solids starting at 6 months) has been up every 2 hours lately, but I think he's teething. He *was* sleeping a good 4 hour stretch a few weeks ago. I tend to latch on and go back to sleep, though, so it's not too disruptive, and often I don't look at the clock so he could be every 20 minutes and I'd not know it (just latch and snooze). I've even nursed in my sleep before - woke to find him latched on or laying on the other side of me.

My middle child (who is 3 now) never slept longer than 2 hours at night from 4 months to 20 months, but once his 2 year molars arrived he started sleeping 6-8 hours without nursing.

Belinda - posted on 03/09/2010

I forgot to mention that he does eat three solid meals a day now! Eating more solids helped him to sleep better through the night, and wake up to breastfeed less!

Belinda - posted on 03/09/2010

My son always goes back to sleep right away when I feed him in the middle of the night. He usually eats around 11 p.m. and 3 p.m. I think this is mostly to soothe him(teething) I try not to brestfeed him to put him to sleep during the day, because I do not want him to be dependant on it.

He sleeps in his bed normally, but will end up sleeping with me in the middle of the night(I fall asleep while feeding him)

i always try to put him back in his bed though, because he wakes up less if he cant feel my husband and i tossing and turning in our sleep:)

He usually goes to bed around 8 or 8:30 and wakes up for good between 6 and 7.

He also takes a 45 min nap in the morning, an hour nap in the afternoon, and a 1/2 hour nap around 5.

Rebekah - posted on 02/24/2010

We do not co-sleep, but I am exclusively nursing with little solids. My daughter goes to bed around 7pm, wakes at 2am to nurse, and then is up for the day at 7am. Two naps a day both between 1.5 -2 hours long.

Ashley - posted on 02/24/2010

My 9 month old son doesnt go to bed till 930 then he'll wake up around 1 am or 2am to feed. He might wake up 2 or 3 more times to eat. then he will wake up around 730 am. and he takes 3 naps a day

Destiny - posted on 02/24/2010

My 9 month old daughter, goes to bed at 7:00 PM. Then wakes up at 11:30 PM for a bottle. Then sleeps til 5:30 AM then wakes up for breakfast. She then plays for 2 hours and sleeps for an hour.