For how many weeks do you feed on demand?

ashleighlough

When/how do you start some kind of schedule? I go back to work at 8 wks and will be pumping there...just curious cause I feel like time is flying by!

cfitz16

As long as you want, but I would just pay attention to what baby is doing in terms of when he/she is feeding.  Probably averages to every 3 hours or so?  I would just pump every 3 hours (no more than 4) when you go back to work.  That should be enough. 

JLS0320

When I am home I still feed on demand, at work I pump every 3 hrs. DS usually eats every 2-3 hrs anyways

laura&dan05

I still feed on demand but it's usually every 2-4 hours during the day and 6-8 hours at night.

madhatter2003

I still do, but it's much more 'predictable' now. He eats at roughly 3 hour intervals during the day (longer at night of course) and so I just try to match my pumping at work to be about 3 hours apart too.  We've been back to work/daycare for a couple months now and he's very predictable on the 9 am, noon, 3 pm, 6 pm feeding schedule give or take a few minutes either way.

ncbelle

I still nurse on demand.  You can pump on a schedule but your care provider can do bottles on demand if you want. 

Angela814

I did until after DD started daycare at 12 weeks.  She was still fed on demand at home but kind of fell into a routine anyway.  I don't think I'd try to force a routine, but I'd start writing down feeding times just to see if she's falling into any sort of routine on her own.