Babies: 0 - 3 Months
How often does/did your 1 month old eat?
I don't have to wake DD to eat anymore, but I feel like she's going too long between feedings. She's BF, and even though I was told I don't have to, I still try to stir her every 3 hours to eat. I'm afraid if I don't, she'll either wake more to eat at night, or just not get enough to eat during the day. But if she's napping, she'll easily go 4+ hours sometimes. Should I just trust her and let her be? I know it's important for her to get her sleep too. I have no idea how much she's eating when she nurses.
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Re: How often does/did your 1 month old eat?
I pump and supplement with formula, so I know how much my LO is getting, but I don't really keep track anymore. He lets me know when he's hungry, and I feed him. He's putting on weight and he's decently happy. If your DD isn't getting enough to eat, she'll let you know; it's kinda a baby thing, lol. I say trust her. Babies are pre-programmed to tell you when they want something, so I don't see why you shouldn't just let her do her thing. My DS is a month and a half and he already sleeps through the night and stays awake all day. It's a schedule he set on his own and he seems to like it, and it works just fine for me. Experiment. Find out what she prefers, and if it doesn't work for you, you can tweak it from there.
After DS reached his birthweight, I stopped waking him. My dr and the LC both said that as long as he was getting his 8-12 feedings in a 24 hour period, it was fine.
He normally has 8 feedings per day. Twice now he's only had 7, but made up for it the next day with 9-10 feedings.