From every 3 hours to our schedule

colemangal85

Ok. So how did you go from the NICU every 3 hour schedule to your own schedule? and what is your schedule?

 Our feedings are 12 - 3 - 6 - 9 so we were thinking the first step is maybe to move the 3am to a 4am and maybe the 6am to a 6:30am and see if he can handle that.... than maybe move the 12am to 11pm and the 9pm to an 8:30pm and see if he can handle that but Im not even sure when to start trying. 

How old was your lo when you started adjusting times? 

Our LO is a month old but he still hasnt even reached his due date... which is in two weeks.  

eMiLee920

We feed on demand. The NICU had him on 12-3-6-9 and he would be hungry before the full 3 hours. When we got him home we'd feed him when he wanted and it was about every 2.5-3 hours. It's gradually gotten longer between feeds as he's gotten bigger/taken more. He's up to about every 3.5 hours with a long stretch in the early morning of 4-5 hours.

DrRx

We did on-demand when we brought her home.  However, she had to eat a certain amount within a 24-hour period and not go more than 4 hours without eating.  We didn't have to wake her often, and when we did it was usually in the early morning hours. 

She always ate a LOT more in the afternoons/evenings than in the morning.  I remember how worried I was at around 11am or 12pm noon when I thought she wouldn't make her quota.  However, as DH said, she would kick it into high gear and cluster-feed in the evenings. 

 

rslhmg

We moved to on demand feeding as soon as she came home, she kept herself on the nicu 4 hr schedule for about 2 wks before DD changed it up on her own. She goes about 3.5 hrs between feedings with a long stretch at night up to 6 hrs. They let you know when they are hungry, and you can always have the pedi check your los weight or weigh at home to make sure they are gaining properly. I periodically check my weight then mine dds combined weight to get an idea of where she is just to know, but it also helps keep track between drs appointments.

Kadyra

He's been home for about 19 hours and from minute one, he decided to abandon his NICU feeding schedule. He was on 8, 11, 2, 5 but now he's on demand. He went about every two hours after Breastfeeding and every three hours after fortified BM. I'm sure they're all different though!

JennaNAaron

LO was eating every 2-2.5 hrs when she left the NICU.  They encouraged on demand feeding and we still do that.  She's 7 weeks adjusted 3.5 months actual and she still eats on demand, but it's more like 3-3.5 hrs during the day and 4-7 hrs at night depending on the night.  We don't have certain times for feedings we just go on her schedule.