When do you stop feeding every 2-3 hours and ...

88eve88 · February 2012

let your LO sleep more throughout the night?

My LO is just 3 days old, so I know it's not anytime soon, but I was just curious (after only 2 rather sleepless nights!)

Congrats to all the new mommies out there!

Cinamom · February 2012

Since day one LO has been eating on demand and I don't wake him up. Eating on demand for him is getting up every 3 hours maybe 4 if we are lucky.

mrsacp · February 2012

my lo is 3 weeks old and wakes up every two hours on the dot for a feeding, lol. I know what you mean with the sleep less nights. I hear it gets better and in a couple of weeks they should be sleeping a little longer.

Congrats & Good Luck!!

cinderella4282 · February 2012

During the day my LO eats every 2.5 hours and then at night every 3-4.

I feed her from 11:00 - 11:30 pm, then again from 3:00 - 3:30 and then up for the day at 7:00 am.

During the day I let the times happen when they happen, but the nights work pretty well on this schedule.

SaraTF · February 2012

Our pedi gave us the okay to let ds sleep as long as he wanted once he regained his birth weight at 2 weeks.

EveryNameIWantIsTaken · February 2012

We never really woke her at night. In fact, her pedi specifically told us not to and she wasn't back to birth weight until just after 2 weeks. She's been very consistent since she was born as far as her night wakings go and they've always been right around the same time.

sportsmomma · February 2012

Usually it's once LO reaches birth weight.

wilburpup · February 2012

We were told we could stop once she regained her birth weight. Problem is as soon as she did that she's been waking every 2-3 hrs to eat anyway!

HisKonstantine · February 2012

The general rule is once they get back to and past their birth weight, you can start letting them feed on demand.

OurJellybean · February 2012

Not 9 weeks... As she feeds yet again! I want sleep

wychets · February 2012

DD is almost 7wks and during the days eats on demand 3oz every 3hrs. But at night I have never woke her to eat, trust me when they get hungry they will let you know. Also it does get better, the 1st week was horrible for us and we didn't get any sleep, now we can at least get 4hrs at a time:)

kerrymass · February 2012

HisKonstantine:
The general rule is once they get back to and past their birth weight, you can start letting them feed on demand.

This is what our pedi said.

bhead81 · February 2012

LO is 5 weeks old and most nights he is up every 2 hours on the dot. Last night however he did 5.5 hrs and then 3.5 hrs. We will see how tonight goes.

firstmom2b · February 2012

Woa, what? I didn't know you could start letting them feed purely on demand !!!! I've been waking him if he doesn't ask to eat when "it's time" and had no clue I didn't have to put myself or him through that, haha... and since he has refulx, I don't want to overfeed him. He's way past birth weight, so this is good to know... I'll do some more research but this seems like a sound strategy.

Cebs222 · February 2012

I still am waking little one up to eat. She goes to sleep and eats about 10 at night and i have to wake her up at 4 or 5 am to eat. she just snacks then goes back to bd for a few more hours. She never wakes up to eat though, she'll wake up and coo to herself and look around but never fusses. We had to wake her up every 2 hours for the first 7 weeks though because she had bad jaundice. and we were told to never let her go more than 4 hours without eating.

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