Comments on: Reverse Cycling: Why Your Baby Is Breastfeeding All Night (And What To Do About It)

By: Danielle

Danielle — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 14:41:55 +0000

In reply to Mimi.

Hi Mimi,
Thank you for checking out The Baby Sleep Site! I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble with feeding your baby. We are not medical professionals and only work with sleep issues, but your baby’s feeding pattern doesn’t sound normal. Please check in with your pediatrician or lactation consultant, or Kelly Mom has a great resource page to help you find a lactation support helpline: https://kellymom.com/bf/concerns/breastfeeding-helplines/
I hope this helps! Good luck!

By: Mimi

Mimi — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 03:11:48 +0000

My 2 month old has been refusing to nurse or bottle fees between the hours of 1000am-0800pm. She would starts sucking but gets upset when she realizes there is milk coming out. But after she falls asleep at night, she takes the breast fine. She eats what she needs and goes back to sleep. Last night she had a total of 7 nursing session between the hours of 9pm-8 am but doesn’t nurse continually. When I nursed my son, he would still nurse during the day or take a bottle but would suck the breast all night long. This baby girl is so different. She worries me when she refuses to nurse or take a bottle during the day. Would you consider that reverse cycle too or something else might be going on?

By: Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site

Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 03:59:07 +0000

In reply to Alyssia.

Hi @Alyssia – Thanks for writing, and I’m sorry that your little guy has bee refusing the bottle feeds! You may want to check in with his doctor, to be sure that he is getting enough calories. Once you know that he is healthy and growing and eating enough, we have a wonderful team of sleep consultants that can help with his sleep and his feeding schedule, should you be interested in our help! Without having a sleep consultant look at his whole schedule and history, it would be tough to advise how to best proceed. You can see a full description and purchase any of our consultation packages here:
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Hang in there Alyssia! We’re here to help!

By: Alyssia

Alyssia — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:40:39 +0000

Thanks so much for the article. The information has really helped me understand my child’s needs. However, how can I change his association with the bottle? Do you think that offering it more instead of breast will help? My son is 6 months old today and has been waking 3 to 4 times a night since I returned to work at 10 weeks pp. He used to drink about 6 oz in a 14 hour time period but within the past 3 weeks has begun to refuse the bottle almost completely. He drinks about 2 oz when gone and will be angry (calm but no emotion or happy times) or fussy all day (not crying). My husband is having a very hard time and I don’t know what to do. I would also like my sleep back. Even just 5 hours straight would be helpful. I go to bed at 7-8pm daily. Wake up at 430am. Its rough. What else can I do?

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:02:13 +0000

In reply to Katie.

Hi @Katie, thanks for writing to us. I’m sorry to hear your daughter has been struggling since you’ve returned to work. That can be quite an adjustment for our children, but hang in there! She will figure it out eventually and will hopefully improve on taking the bottle from whoever is taking care of her during the day. I don’t have any specific advice but an idea that comes to mind would be to maybe give the caretaker something that smells like you to hold with your baby while they feed her the bottle? Such as a swaddle blanket, stuffed lovie, your tshirt, etc, but I would also start using it yourself when you nurse or bottle feed her as well so she associates that object with feeding.
Hang in there! I hope things get better soon and she adjusts quickly so you can all get the rest you need. If you find things are not improving and you need more help, I’m confident our sleep consulting team would be able to help you and create a step by step plan of action for your family. If you’re interested you can read more about that too: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
Thanks again for visiting the Baby Sleep Site!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:11:59 +0000

Hello,
I have a 6 month old who is reverse cycling due to my return to work. What are reasonable nap expectations as her afternoon nap is a struggle since she is hungry.

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 03:40:07 +0000

In reply to Julie.

Hi Julie,
Thank you for using The Baby Sleep Site as a resource! I’m sorry to hear you’re having so much trouble with feeding. We would really recommend checking in with your pediatrician and/or lactation consultant first thing with something like this, since some of the symptoms you’re describing could be reflux or another treatable medical condition. We definitely want to be sure your little one is gaining weight and growing appropriately 🙂 Once you rule out a medical issue, we could definitely work with you on scheduling sleep and feeding to make sure some of latching issue isn’t overtiredness. I hope this helps – good luck!

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:40:41 +0000

I have a 7 month old. He doesn’t mind a bottle or breast, but fights both unless he’s ready to sleep. He goes to daycare 4 days a week. He will only eat about 8 ounces there. He mostly will eat solids at daycare. I went back to work when he was 4.5 months. He will not breastfeed when i get home from work for several hours, even when I try. I usually go to a quiet room, but he latches off and on between screams until he relaxes. He has the same reaction to the bottle. His interest in either breast or bottle is only after he is so hungery he needs to eat. Lately the problem has gotten worse and he wants to feed about midnight and 3, which is too much, especially since he has such an adversion to daytime eating. He is not a good napper either. He fights it hard. We do not cosleep and I don’t sleep during feeding.

By: Janelle Reid

Janelle Reid — Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:22:32 +0000

In reply to Suzanna Ploss.

Hi @Suzanna Ploss, I’m so sorry to hear things have been such a struggle recently! We would love to help and I also think working one-on-one with a consultant would be most beneficial as well. They will give you a schedule but can certainly help you learn how to navigate when things have to change due to life and work (we often work with parents of multiples so they are use to having to work around older children’s schedules and making it work for a baby, so the same would go for you). To read more about our packages you can read here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
I know we have a ton of options, so if you’d rather please email us directly at contact@babysleepsite.com and we can help you pick out a package that will be the best fit for your situation and the level of support you think you’d want. Hang in there! We are looking forward to working with you.

By: Suzanna Ploss

Suzanna Ploss — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 04:36:15 +0000

My daughter is 18 months old and still constantly breast feeds. Im working now so she doesnt get as much during the day. Shes a picky eater and doesn’t eat nearly enough as she should. She screams when we try to get her to sleep and ive only lasted an hour and a half before the crying gets too much and at night she wakes up every damn 2 hours and now she just expects to be in our bed. Im at my wits end and my husband is too. I could really use some one on one help. Schedules dont always work either because my work schedule is always different and i have meetings i have to attend at nights sometimes. Please help!!!!!