Sharing night time parenting is complicated for breastfeeding families

If you are the nursing parent doing all or most of the nighttime parenting, you may have a whole lot of mixed emotions. You may love the closeness of those quiet, snuggly feeds in the middle of the night or feel touched out. You may love feeling needed while also wanting some more freedom and to share the effort with your partner. You may cope ok with disrupted sleep or be desperately tired.

If you are the other parent in this dynamic, it’s easy to feel helpless. To want to support your partner, but to have no idea how.

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