How long are you up for night feedings?

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10 week old wakes up once for a night feeding, which is great, but when she does we’re up for 60-90 minutes which feels like a long time. We do a diaper change and then breastfeed- that takes 20-25 minutes - and then it takes another 25-30 minutes to settle back to sleep in my arms. Sometimes the settling takes so long that she gets hungry again and so I feed her a bit more and then we start over with the settling. If I put her down too soon she just squirms and wakes back up. Once she’s back to sleep, she sleeps another 2-3 hours depending on the time. Others?

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This was happening with my 9 week old but now I just pick her up feed her put her back down. No diaper change. I feel bad but she stays asleep through the night and I change her when I get up at 6. I find that changing her and even burping her was waking her up and is too stimulating. Also swaddle, paci and hatch baby 👌

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Takes almost exactly 1hr from me waking to getting back into bed. 20 mins or so to feed, burping takes 5-10, have to put him down so that he can squirm because he's still got gas that won't come up unless he lies down first. Pick up burp again, settle.

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Typically my son is really easy for night feedings. He will eat for about 10-15 mins and then I have to hold him upright for 15 more mins due to acid reflux. He usually settles right back down. I put him in a wearable blanket at night so I leave him in it, if he needs a diaper change I just open up the bottom so that he stays snuggled and warm while he eats. Every once in a while he will poop himself awake or get the hiccups after eating (super common with reflux babies) or will spit up (or a combo of all 3 😩) and then he takes a while to settle back down. There are also a few times where he isn't fussy but just alert and awake and wants to party with Mama for a couple hours 😴 but thankfully that only happens once a week or so.

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Maybe try keeping white noise on and the lights off/dim as already mentioned. I sometimes pull up a video on youtube of constant “shh”ing, you could play that to soothe back to sleep hopefully

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10 weeks old
 I'm about the same as you. On average about an hour. Change..feed..burp..re swaddle... all on very dim lights. I just keep the bathroom light on just to barely see and the rest of room is dark. 
If I'm lucky I'll get a 45 min here and there but averages an hour. Sometimes longer.

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Our night routine is usually: 
Overhead lights out and lower volume on TV at 10pm
Diaper change and feeding around 10:30ish for about 10 min.
Burp and hold him upright for 20-30 min. (He has problems with spitting up)
Swaddle then bed
Sleep 5-6 hours
Diaper change and feeding for about 10 min. 
Burp and hold upright for 20-30 min (he almost always falls asleep on my shoulder after 5-10 minutes) 
Then swaddle and bed
Sleeps another 4 hours or so and then we are up for the day

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20-30 minutes, if all I'm doing is feeding him. Feed, burp, change, cuddle a minute, back in crib. Sometimes he squirms/thrashes and sometimes he's not all the way asleep, but as long as he isn't crying I leave him be. If crying,  the time takes longer. :) If I pump it's more like an hour long process.

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Usually 45 minutes to an hour, but he is only 7 weeks. 
10ish minute feed, burp, diaper change, another 5ish minute feed to get him drowsy again and then anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes for him to stop squirming and fall back asleep.

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Are you turning on lights during this time?

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We’re up for at least 30 minutes but usually closer to an hour, about every 3 hours (from the start). My baby is 2 months old today.

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