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Article: Ask Naomi: parenting without struggle: my baby wakes up too often.(Column)
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- Natural Life
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- May 1, 2009
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Q: My baby is nine months old and she wakes to breastfeed every hour or so. She wakes up and cries, tosses or just latches on. Our baby sleeps with us in our family bed. She has one nap during the day. I put her to sleep around eight o'clock in the evening and by nine she wakes up crying. My husband and I get to bed around eleven o'clock. Then, she wakes up the second or third time and keeps waking up through the night. How can I reduce the amount of breastfeeding at night?
A: Night-time parenting presents mothers with a great surprise. No one tells us that a well attached baby will wake up often to breastfeed. In addition, it is ...