Frequent Wake Ups

I just wanted to let yall know that if your baby still wakes up every 2 hours, it is usually considered normal if you are breastfeeding. In fact, it isn’t uncommon for them to wake up that often through the entire time they are breastfeeding. My daughter is almost 19 months old, and this is our situation. The frequent waking up to nurse isn’t always about hunger, a lot of times it’s about comfort. For my daughter, it’s just something she needs to fall back to sleep. I don’t mind being the comfort she needs to fall back to sleep. Believe it or not, your body actually gets used to this sleeping pattern. It’s just difficult now when she has a week of hard teething pain here and there. Those are nights of waking up every hour, and they’re not easy!

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Yes it’s pretty normal. I feel for you mama! My oldest was constantly up. Thank goodness my youngest sleeps way better. We still get night time parties here and there tho

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Wow, I did not know this. We are currently dealing with teething and it has not been fun, but we are both there to comfort her whenever she wakes up. :smiling_face:

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I’m glad you are getting a break from waking up so often for the most part. Teething nights are definitely a struggle! Night parties lol

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It’s such a challenging time when they’re teething. I try my best not to give her Tylenol unless it’s a really bad day. But here lately, she won’t take it, so we just deal with it. It’s probably better that way anyways because I try to avoid giving medications if possible

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I hope it gets better for you.

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Honestly call me wild but I love knowing I’m my sons comfort, haha it really only take a quick little suckle for him to go back to sleep ! It’s the cutest thing in the world

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Thanks!

Absolutely! I love knowing that I’m my daughters comfort too

Yesss! Oddly enough my peds just told me this!

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We are the same way we avoid giving her medicine only if needed we do give her fruit popsicles that are low in sugar, and she really likes that :blush:

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Popsicles are great for teething! Which reminds me, I need to make some more :blush:

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How’s she doing mamma, getting any better through the week?

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You go super mom!

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She actually only woke up 3 times last night, and for a 12 hour stretch! For once, I woke up before her and had time to do my Bible reading and daily devotionals in complete silence. It was so nice!