Eating every 2 hours.....

beckpreg · March 2013

My LO is 13 weeks and he eats every two hours during the day but at night he had gotten to where he was doing a 4-5 hour stretch when he first when to sleep, then up to eat and another 2-3 hour stretch. This week he has gotten up EVERY two hours throughout the night.

Is this just a growth spurt (please god) and not the new norm? I cant stand to try and soothe him back to sleep, he seems desperate to eat so I feed every two hours throughout the night but its exhausting us.

Starfish+77 · March 2013

My DD is 13 weeks and we've never had to feed her less than every 3 hours. But I guess it also depends on if he's formula or BF? I think they can generally go longer stretches if FF. IF FF, how many ounces is he taking? Maybe you need to increase the amount in each bottle.

IUIBaby · March 2013

My kids eat every 2 hours as well and they're 3 months. Hopefully just a growth spurt!

mlwoo103 · March 2013

Mine is almost six months and was sleeping through the night great. Next thing I knew, she was waking up every two to three hours to eat again at night.It was ROUGH after getting used to sleeping 8 hours straight. We startedtrying to make more consistent bedtime routine but it didn't help. Finally after two or three weeks of this nonsense, she went back to her old routine. I know it sucks, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel...

beckpreg · March 2013

Sorry I totally failed to mention he is EBF. Thanks ladies for all the advice.

twinklefairy · March 2013

my DS is 18 weeks and is EBF. he feeds every 2hrs during day and sleeps for 4 hrs at nite then feeds then back to sleep for 4 hrs. im just going with flow. just them growing. wouldnt worry.