Night Shift Part Two

As well as giving my son formula during the day I would also give him formula during the night. In order to do this without any stress I would get the sterile water ready in the bottles before bed and measure the milk powder into tubs so that I could just tip it straight into the bottles. I would always take two bottles up with me, one for during the night and one for the morning. For warming them up  I would take the steriliser upstairs and fill it with the right amount of water so that it was ready for use and then only had to be plugged in. I decided to have everything set up so that I could sort the bottle out for my son and then he could go straight back to sleep afterwards. 

I did this for about four, five weeks as after that my son started sleeping the whole night through, doing 10 to 11 hours every night. He is nearly five months old now and he still does this. 

When getting him ready for bed I always give him a bath just before his supper and put him in his pjs so that he knows it's time for bed nearly. 

Once I put him in bed I play a baby music cd that I got from amazon on a CD player, which sends him straight off to sleep. I often find him fast asleep cuddling his tigger teddy looking really relaxed after the music. 

When working out when to send him to bed I go off when he starts to get tired, sometimes he wants to go to bed around 9 and sometimes he wants his bed by 11. I don't really have a set time for bedtimes as I feel babies aren't always going to go to bed at the same time every night. 

The best thing to do is to let them decide. I know this sounds crazy but it does work. 

(This post relates to what I did for night times after I stopped breast feeding).