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BREASTFEEDING: FREQUENT WAKE-UPS AND NIGHT NIGHT NURSING

Breastfeeding at night is completely normal. Get inspiration for good breastfeeding positions at night and possible solutions to the many awakenings your baby has during the night.

Breastfeeding counselor Sara Degn helps you with the frequent awakenings your baby has at night.

Have the frequent awakenings at night when the baby wants to breastfeed become a kind of habit? Yes, it is possible that breastfeeding has become a habit and that it is the only way to get the baby to fall back asleep. It is up to you as a parent to decide whether it is a bad habit. In the next section I will discuss the frequent awakenings and breastfeeding.

November 4, 2025

Sara Degn

Sara Degn er certificeret ammevejleder med speciale i ammeetablering og den første tid med barnet. Hun brænder for at skabe ro og tryghed i amningen gennem personlig rådgivning og faglig vejledning til nybagte mødre.

Frequent awakenings and breastfeeding at night

It can be extremely hard if your baby wakes up many times during the night. Some babies wake up once an hour, and it is very tiring for the parents. The best thing here is if you can continue to get your baby back to sleep again, with what you are already doing. This is often the easiest, fastest and most effective, both for you and for your baby.

Also read the article “Breastfeeding: Signs that baby is hungry”

Example: If your baby wakes up once an hour and the only thing that works is to nurse your baby back to sleep, then you should continue to do that. If you have to find other ways to get your baby back to sleep, it can be incredibly frustrating for you. This is typically because it takes you longer to get your baby back to sleep.

Possible solution

If it is primarily the mother who is hanging on to it at night, then the mother should make sure she gets plenty of sleep and rest during the day.

Rule out that baby is waking up because; baby is snoring (cold), if there are health reasons, or if there are problems with breastfeeding, reflux, stomach problems after starting solid food, allergies or other reasons.

Make sure to have the baby in the same room, as this can reduce the need for you to get out of bed. The mother can optionally let the baby sleep next to her in bed. The partner can optionally sleep in another room for a period of time, so that one partner gets to sleep and can have the extra energy during the day.

Make sure to get into a good putting routine.

Make sure to get outside during the day. It can be good to go for a long walk with the stroller.

Make sure to eat a healthy and varied diet.

Sometimes it can help to change the nap times a little during the day, or to put baby to bed a little later at night.

If you have a partner, your partner can occasionally take over. So that you can have a nice long nap, preferably for a few hours.

It may also be possible for your partner to take your baby in the morning, so you can get some sleep.

If it is difficult for your baby to be put to sleep later, you can let him have a late night nap. After the night nap, you can let your baby come out on the floor for a bit, or play and move around, depending on his age. Then, after a few hours, you can put your baby to sleep again. Here you don't have to go through the putting routine again.

Tegn på at din baby er mæt

Baby har fået godt med mælk når:

Hun slipper bryster og falder i søvn.
Hun tager hovedet væk fra brystet og virker afslappet og tilpas.
Hun slapper helt af i kroppen og åbner hænderne.

Ved babyen som får flaske:

Han skubber flaskesutten ud af munden.
Han begynder at bide sammen om flaskesutten.
Han skubber hovedet helt væk fra flasken.
Han virker afslappet og hænderne åbnes.

De samme tegn gælder for babyen som får flaske. Her vil han skubbe flaskesutten ud af munden, måske begynder han at bide sammen om flaskesutten. Han vil fjerne hovedet fra flasken, kroppen er helt afslappet og hænderne er åbne.

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