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Hi Dana - I'd love your advice on whether I can / should stretch the time between my daughter's daytime feedings. She usually eats at 7am (wakeup), 4pm, and 6:30pm (at bedtime) with either 2 or 3 additional feedings in between the 7am and 4pm feedings. I nurse her on demand which usually means it's 2-2.5 hours between daytime feedings. She's been down to one middle of the night feeding (between 3-5am) for a while and just started solids a couple weeks ago.
This works OK for us (was fine on maternity leave and I now work from home) but 6-7 feedings per 24 hours feels like more feedings than my son had at this age. What do you think? I definitely prefer lots of daytime feedings over multiple nighttime ones so if you think this sounds reasonable for an exclusively nursed 5 month old baby, I won't mess with it!
Thanks,
Divya
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Dana C.
Hi, Divya - great job on the breastfeeding! Exclusive 5 months is awesome! I think the schedule sounds perfect. Feeding often during the day enables baby to get most of the calories she needs so she can stretch longer at night! I would encourage you to keep up the daytime schedule and hopefully she will drop that early am feeding really soon! |
Hello Dana
Would you please advise as to what one should consider when nursing an 8 month old that is teething. My LO breast feeds "on demand," favors one breast over the other, even though I offer both every time. However, the one she uses most feels raw recently and every time she latches it is very painful. My LO has her bottom 2 teeth & the top 2 are budding but I don't see teeth marks on the area where it hurts/tender. She also still feeds several times at night, every 1-1/2 to 2h (actually more than during the day); could she still fall into the "cluster feeding" phase at 8 mnths??
Also, I am trying to ween her off of breastfeeding, to give me small breaks but she is refusing the bottle & sipping cups. I have tried a vast amount of each, cheap, & expensive kinds yet nothing is working. Any suggestions would greatly help.
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Dana C.
Hi, Ahda -- |
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Ahda Thank you, Dana! |