Submit Your Story on Breastfeeding and Sleep
The next Carnival of Breastfeeding on the topic of “Breastfeeding and Sleep” will take place on September 18, 2007. If you’re a sleep-deprived parent who cannot wait until then, check out my previous posts on the topic of sleep:
Weaning from Co-Sleeping without Crying It Out
Musical Beds in the Attachment Parenting and Breastfeeding Family
Night-Weaned
Toddler Swaddle
Dr. Phil and the Sears Pediatricians on Crying-It-Out
Getting Your Child to Sleep through the Night
SIDS, Breastfeeding and Co-Sleeping
A little sleep humor:
Answer Me This
The Perils of Night-Nursing
Fostering Independence in the Breastfed Child
Submit Your Own Story or Advice
Do you have sleep tips (other than crying-it-out) for breastfeeding mothers? A funny sleep story? Scientific studies on breastfeeding and sleep? Email me with your submission by September 11, 2007! As a reminder, here are the guidelines that will increase the chances a post will be selected for inclusion:
– A well-written, grammatically correct post
– Thoughtful commentary directly on point for the carnival subject
– Overall quality of the rest of your blog and whether the general subject matter is something of interest to our readers (breastfeeding, parenting)
If your post is selected for inclusion, you will be asked on the day of the carnival to write a summary post that links back to each of the other participants in the carnival.
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1 opinion for Submit Your Story on Breastfeeding and Sleep
Becki
Oct 5, 2007 at 9:10 am
Hi,
My baby is 5 1/2 months old. He has been co-sleeping with us since he was born. Sometimes I will put him in the bassinet in our room, but it only works in the middle of the night after he nurses and is in a deep sleep. If nursing him doesn’t put him to sleep, my husband and I walk around the room with him until he falls asleep. Unfortunately, when you go to put him down he’ll wake right up. Pick him up again, and he’s out. It takes us over an hour to get him down, sometimes more. Also, he used to sleep up to 4 hours at a time before waking to nurse, now he’s down to about 2 1/2. I’ll try to rub his back instead of nursing him, but then he’s too awake and doesn’t go back to sleep. He goes right back to sleep if I nurse him. Does anyone have any advice? We would appreciate any and all!
Thank you!!!
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