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3 month old eats every hour

innycinnyc
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My LO seems to want to eat every hour during the day. All my books say babies his age eat about every three hours.

It's not a growth spurt thing that only happens occasionally--this is all the time. He's in the 90th percentile for height and weight. This is my first baby so I don't know if this could be normal?

 

 

 

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Re: 3 month old eats every hour

  • shotzieshotzie member
    DD was eating about every 1.5 at that age. Eventually she spaced her feedings out more. She's also in the 80/90 percentiles for height and weight. Some babies are snackers...
    DD was diagnosed with reflux at 4 months and I think, in her case, her frequent nursing was her attempt to soothe her throat.
    Will he take a pacifier? In case he's just comfort nursing sometimes...
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  • LexnlinzLexnlinz
    My DD would probably eat every hour if I let her! In the last few weeks she has slowly been eating closer to every 3 hours instead. I think this is because I went back to work and she is getting 3-4 oz bottles of BM at daycare, so she is probably getting more at a feeding than when she is nursing? She sometimes goes 2 hours in the evening. I think for awhile my DD would eat every 1-2 hours because I hadn't figured out that she was telling me she was tired instead of hungry. When she does this now, I give her a paci and hold her like I am nursing her. She will fight it for a minute, then usually fall asleep. Hope this helps
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  • AnankeAnanke member

    DS eats every hour, sometimes even more often during the day.  Once in a while, he'll go 2 or 3 hours if we are out of the house running errands, but if we're home, he eats all.the.time.  I don't mind though - he used to eat by the books, and woke up every 2 hours all night - once he started the hourly feeding, he started sleeping much better at night.  He wakes every hour from about 8 - 11, but then usually usually sleeps at least 6 - 8 hours.  If he skips a feeding during the day though, he makes up for it at night.

    I'd say as long as you are okay feeding him so often, no biggie - if it's really killing you, you can try slowly spacing out his feedings each day until he's going 2-3 hours.

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