Rev island,
Yes! Yes! Yes! I have dark nursery room for bb to sleep in the day. And at night coz my 3 yr old sleep in the nursery room , meimei sleeps in my room which also has curtains to block out light. I never pat or carry meimei to sleep since hospital. No CL or mil so Bb not introduced these things also. And yes I wake Bb up when she is supposed to be awake. I put on playmat, talk to her, rearrange diaper, wipe face with wet towel, u name it, I prob done it.
Toddler - I bot a new bed for my son one week before meimei came out and we did a migiration for him. He slept in our room for 3 yrs! So we had to make it super exciting for him to sleep by himself. I bot pull out bed. Hubby or me can accompany him til he fall asleep. Initially, he wake up an look for us in our room. After 1-2 days, he learnt to go back to sleep by himself in his room. He is a GF Bb so he doesn't really wake at night. He wakes at 7:30am. So since my toddler sleeps in his own room, I can have my daughter sleep in my room for night feeding.
I did try the lying down method last night. I really fell asleep while feeding! When I woke up it was 4:18am. I fed for 2hours?!? And I dont know if she really was sucking thruout or what so I decided not to do it again unless I super tired. Usually my night sessions are bottle feeding so takes 20min to complete. I was feelin adventurous last night so try the sleeping position for BF. Haha..
I hand squeezed excess milk in hospital as I didn't have pump. But once I got home, I was so relieved when I saw my dear pump. I started the GF schedule immediately and no looking back! [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif] of cos sometimes schedule goes haywire but the good news is, review what caused it to go wrong and u can reset the routine starting at 6:45Am again the next day! Like one time I super overslept and woke at 8:45am! Really v late!! But I try my best to think of ways to bring it back to schedule by 11:30am so she has her most important lunch time nap from 11:30am-2pm. It's like this lor...
Val and Zanta!!!! Congrats and welcome over to our Feb mummies club!!!! Val- it's perfectly fine to feed FM. Our breast milk is also slightly sweet! Anyway, Bb not fussy one initially. The faster u introduce, the faster Bb learn to accept. (erm.. This goes the same way for rocking Bb to sleep ah.... So beware!) after Bb accept as norm, then it's hard to reverse.
Zanta - hope u have a smooth recovery from the csec. Wear binder. It helps.