Pacifier? Nighttime bottles? Not sure what to do.

Question

My SO other has been home the past two weeks, but will return to work Tuesday. I really, really need baby to sleep. She takes great naps during the day, but is up all night. She seems to sleep best after daddy gives her a bottle in the morning, so I contemplated giving her bottles for nighttime feedings. I have also considered giving her a pacifier to sleep with. I know pacifiers are recommended by the AAP, but at a month old. I already use a nipple shield though, and she has one or two bottles a day, so I don’t think nipple confusion will be an issue. What are your thoughts? I would be happy if she slept like 2-3 hours at a time instead of 15-30 minutes. 
Also: can the nipple shield cause gas? She seems to be gassy.

Answer

How old is she? Maybe day time and night time is Confused?? Try making day time really
Noisy and bright and nighttime be quiet and dark. Develop a bedtime routine and don’t break it. They don’t usually notice a bed time, but they will notice a routine. We would start with a bath, lotion, pjs, then nurse. Once he was drowsy we laid him down and let him fall asleep. If we ever didn’t give him a bath, he was up until late. Now he doesn’t really need the routine, but it helps if he’s refusing to sleep.
If she’s sleeping til late in the morning try keeping her up about 8am and holding her off for her next morning nap as long as you can.

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If she’s already bottle feeding then give her the soother.  Moms get hesitant about it because they don’t want to cause nipple confusion.  But if your baby doesn’t have an issue going between breast and bottle you’ll likely be fine.

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Pacifiers are recommended by the AAP due to the decrease risk of SIDS. If you’re breastfeeding they recommend introducing it once nursing has been established. 1 month old should be a great time to introduce it.

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Bottles are way more likely to cause gas, with a baby this small just feed on demand (BF isn’t easy unfortunately). Definitely give a dummy it will do absolutely no harm just be careful that you don’t miss her hunger cues by giving it. You need to make sure you thoroughly burp baby after each feed, don’t be feeding her to sleep and then putting her down without winding, she’ll be in agony by the evening

Pacifier? Nighttime bottles? Not sure what to do.

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