How often does your LO eat during the day and are they bf or ff?

JulySpark05

I ask because DD2 is breastfed and usually eats every 2 hours during the day. Sometimes she doesn't even make it to 2 hours. She has been very sleepy today and so I've been conflicted as to weather I should wake her up at the 2 or 3 hour mark to eat? This is the second longest nap today and so far, I've decided to wake her up when its been 3 hours but I always worry that the night feedings will be worse if I don't keep to the 2 hour schedule.. What are your thoughts and what do you do?

rMe6411

I'm not sure what the full title is because I'm on my phone but I'm assuming by the pp youre asking how much LO eats.
Calli eats every 3 hours. She is BF and drinks some pumped bottles. I wake her to feed her at the 3 hour mark but usually she wakes up on her own. That is to make sure she gets all her feedings during the day so she sleeps at night.

skooz

DD is 9 weeks old and breastfed. She eats about every 3 hours during the day although sometimes the last 2 feedings before bed are only 2 hours apart. She's been sleeping longer at night (6-7 hours) and even did 8 hours last night! I very rarely wake her to feed, she's growing and gaining weight fine and she'll tell me when she's hungry. I'd say it's fine to go 3 hours during the day.

cedenton

I would take what I have to say with a grain of salt b/c the amount and frequency to feed is what I feel like I am most insecure about.

Right now because he's sleeping long stretches at night (5-7) hours, he gets fed about 7 times a day and usually around the same times b/c he usually wakes up around 5AM.

Right now I'm giving him 4 oz of either BM or formula.  The pedi and LC kept acting like this was a lot, but it's hard to tell if I'm overfeeding or if he's spitting up b/c of reflux.  I tried going back to 3-3.5 oz and it made everyone miserable.  Even w/ 4oz per bottle he's not gaining weight very fast.

If he continues to plateau in his weight gain I guess I'm going to have to start waking him out of his long stretch to eat.

TNWifey

My pedi said not to wake the baby up to eat so if she's asleep I don't worry about it. She always wakes up by around 3 hours anyway though. If she didn't wake up by then I would probably wake her up because I get nervous if I feel like its been too long. I think she eats around 3-4 oz when she does a good solid feeding, but I only think that because thats how much I usually get when I pump, but I rarely pump, I usually just bf.

yvdukana

LO is EBF, and eats about every 3 hours during the day, but his nursing sessions are always 1-1.5 hrs long, so when he's finally done its only a short break before he's ready to eat again. He cluster feeds in the evenings, then it's about every 1.5-2 hours, so there really isn't a long break between when he's done and when he wants to go again. He sleeps 4.5-6 hours, has one MOTN feed, and then is back to sleep until the morning. 

rels09

DD gets all breastmilk, but some from a bottle and some from the breast. When she eats from the breast, it holds her for about 2 hours. When she eats it from a bottle, she lasts 3 or 3.5. I think it is because she gets lazy when my flow slows down at the breast and stops eating a little short of the 100mL she gets in a bottle. Then at night, she often cluster feeds between about 8 and 11 pm, eating smaller amounts every 45 min to an hour.

Mrs_Bennett

I EBF, and DS eats about every two hours during the day, every three (occasionally four) hours at night.  I don't ever wake him to eat.

katiem1025

I ebf and Avery eats every 3 hours during the day. In the evening she will eat every 1.5 to 2 hours and then her night sleep is all over the place. I had a week of 8 hour stretches, now it's more like 5 to 6 hour stretches. I do wake her during the day at the 3 hour mark to feed her unless her nap started late and she needs the sleep.

Also she is 9 weeks