BF mamas: How often do your lo's eat?

Tch4lfe · December 2014

My daughter is 3 months and is still eating every 2 hours during the day! It's hard to go anywhere or get anything done! Please tell me I'm not the only one, and any suggestions to stretch out her feedings would be appreciated!

mana8503 · December 2014

Yea, we traded off sttn with eating every 2-3 hours during the day. I just got used to NIP or timing things around her long afternoon nap. When my mom watches her while I'm at work she's following the same schedule with 4 oz bottles. We just nurse/feed on demand. Not trying to change it.

Tch4lfe · December 2014

I guess I should have added that she only takes 30 minute naps during the day, so I only have enough time to maybe take a shower if I'm lucky!

Tch4lfe · December 2014

Ya, I guess I need to be thankful she's only waking up one time(knock on wood) at night!

bf43005 · December 2014

Same here, it's every two hours on demand. DS doesn't have a schedule either so those every two hours change every day. Sometimes it's less than two hours especially at night. But I will also get longer stretches of sleep at night. DS is almost three months and this has been pretty much the routine since day one. Some days it's frustrating cause two hours just fly by when you are trying to get anything done.

Ivorytower2 · December 2014

We're pretty much 2.5-3 hours during day and 3.5-4 at night. If she sleeps a long stretch at night, she'll usually eat more frequently in the morning to make up for it.

sprocketsngadgets · December 2014

DD is pretty consistent with eating every 3 hours during the day then at night goes 7 to 8 hours before getting up for her one MOTN feeding. Then she's back to every three hours. Every once in a while she'll go closer to 4 hours during the day, but that doesn't happen often

Songbird2 · December 2014

We are mostly every two hours still. Every once in a while I will have a three hour stretch, but it is so infrequent that I don't count on it. We get a 5 hour stretch at night then back to every two. I wanna stretch the night time feeding. She can eat every hour if I can sleep at night. Haha. I love my sleep.

lbonga1 · December 2014

Songbird2 said:

We are mostly every two hours still. Every once in a while I will have a three hour stretch, but it is so infrequent that I don't count on it. We get a 5 hour stretch at night then back to every two. I wanna stretch the night time feeding. She can eat every hour if I can sleep at night. Haha. I love my sleep.

This is us too. Luckily my LO eats quickly, so it doesn't bother me too much.

brachysira · December 2014

He eats fast, but it can be every 2 hours or even every hour. We just go places and I feed him out in the open. He can usually get through a short store trip or something without needing to eat. At night he will go 5 hours but occasionally will do 6 or 7. His naps are usually about 20 minutes and that is rough! He will watch TV, but I only use that if I can't keep him happy any other way while I do chores, etc.

HorseLover11 · December 2014

She is on a very good schedule where she eats every 3 or so hours 5 times a day and STTN unless she's going thru a growth spurt - our feeding sessions take about 20-30 min as she takes about 6 oz each time

ashaw512 · December 2014

Every three hours. He only nurses 5 times a day, 6 if he wakes up at night.

chardonnay24 · December 2014

Every 3 hours during the day and she STTN

mrsH1112 · December 2014

We are typically every 2-3 hrs then at night his first stretch of sleep will be like 5 hrs or so.

BethanyAnn27 · December 2014

Anywhere from every 2-4 hours during the day for us. Overnight we have made it 6 hours.

Tch4lfe · December 2014

I feel better knowing that a lot of you are still feeding every 2-3 hours during the day! I felt like I was doing something wrong for her to stil want to eat that often!

doglover31 · December 2014

We are still every 2-3 hours during the day. At night it's about every 3! He just loves to eat!

jess545 · December 2014

3-3.5 hours during the day and he sleeps 8-9 hrs at night. He's 14 weeks. My older DS was closer to every 2-2.5 hrs at this age and only slept 4-5 hours.

aliciapdallas · December 2014

My LO eats every 1-3 hours and sleeps at most 5 hours straight at night.

gingerkid9989 · December 2014

My LO has been eating every 1-2 hours during the day but sleeping 10 hours at night. I've been off of work last week and this week, so that might change when I go back to work.

Edit to change 12 to 10

JustCricket · December 2014

We're eating every 2.5-3 hours during the day (4.5mos)

lcweddings · December 2014

I've noticed that when I pump at work, I'm only getting 1 - 2 oz per session from each side so about 4 oz total (it's starting to get less now). I'm thinking this is what LO gets when he's eating. We've moved up to Level 2 nipples on the Dr. Browns but still only giving him 4 oz every 3 hours and 5 oz at night (8pm) along with a dreamfeed at 11pm.

Ivorytower2 · December 2014

I'm still confused as to how EBF babies STTN. LO wakes up usually twice at night and she's starving and takes a full feeding both times. It's hard to imagine her sleeping through when she's that starving.

amom2four · December 2014

Mine eats continuously. All. Day. That what it feels like anyway. We are finally about 2.5-3 hours apart and one 4ish hour stretch at night and then about 90 minutes apart from 2am until 8am. I'm counting about 10 times a day still on average some less and some days a little more. He's growing like crazy though so I know it's not low supply, he just has an appetite like his father.

elisetaylor09 · December 2014

My LO eats every 4 hrs give or take 15 min. and STTN

cls0602 · January 2015

My son is 13 weeks, he eats every 2.5-3 hours. We follow an eat play sleep schedule that helps with this. Because once it hits 2 hours he is usually sleeping!

[Deleted User] · January 2015

Sounds like a lot of us are in the same boat. LO eats every 2-2.5 hours during the day. At night he usually sleeps for a 5-6 hour stretch, but has slept up to 9 hours a night a few times.

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