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Still on 2hr feeding schedule

Mummy0315Mummy0315 member
in March 2015 Moms
My son was born 3/21 and is still eating every two hours and sometimes 2.5 hours at night. I hear that a lot of babies at 11weeks are at least on a four hour schedule... Anyone else still on the two hour schedule??!! Also, I'm breastfeeding and supplementing with 1 bottle a day. He's still on the 2hour schedule even after the formula feeding, It doesn't make a difference.
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Re: Still on 2hr feeding schedule

  • MeganG216MeganG216 member
    During the day, I'm lucky to get her to go two hours, usually closer to 1.5 hours. She is very active, so ped says she's just burning her calories very quickly. Nighttime I'll usually get about 4 hours at a time, but sometimes only 3, a couple times she's gone up to six.
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  • rmckennarmckenna member
    My daughter is still on a two hour schedule during the day (born 3/6).  At night she was going 8-9 hours (it was amazing).  She's starting to wake up every 3 hours again though - I think she's going through a growth spurt.  My son was the same way the entire time I nursed him he ate every 2 hours if he was awake, and only woke at night after 3 months if he was going through a growth spurt or teething. 

    I don't have any advice, other than maybe give another ounce on the formula bottle if its the last one before bed?  I've been blessed with 2 kids who have been, so far, amazing sleepers.

    Good luck!!  Hopefully you'll get some sleep soon.
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  • adelemsadelems member
    My DS was born 3/31 he nurses every 3 hours and about every 4 hours at night. But I know it's very normal for breastfed babies to still eat every 2 hours during the day. As for at night, when your baby wakes does he seem ravenous or does he just snack a little and crash again? Something you could try is nursing until he seems full, try changing diaper or something to wake him back up and then try nursing some more. Maybe he isn't getting a full belly.

    Try this during the day too. Making sure he isn't distracted during day time nursing will help fill that belly as well. . More often nursing during the day isn't bad if it helps them sleep longer at night! So I wouldn't worry about daytime feeding so much as stretching out those nighttime ones . I would nurse every two hours no problem if it meant a nice long night sleep! Haha
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  • mabedoremabedore member
    edited June 2015
    I am in the same boat with my little guy. He is 10 weeks old and wants to eat every 2 hours. He is currently on formula. My Dr. recommended I try to make him wait at least 3 hours between feedings because he may be trying to soothe due to reflux issues. He is at 4 oz.per bottle.  So frustrating and hard to do sometimes! I do worry that he gets too much sometimes. How much does your baby weigh? 
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  • KD32412KD32412 member
    My daughter was nursing every 30 minutes - 1 hour, for about 20-30 minutes a feed. She's finally starting to space it out to about 2 hours at 14 weeks old. She does nap very well and can go without up to 4 hours. And at night she sleeps from 10pm-6am, nurses for a few minutes, then sleeps till 9am. She's a piglet.
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  • Mummy0315Mummy0315 member
    edited June 2015
    @Adelems,
    Thank you for the advice of wake him up for a diaper change then feeding again!! I normally would change then feed then lay him down but feed change then feed again has helped a ton!! He's now sleeping from 10-3 yay 5hours straight now!!! He's still at every 2-3hrs after that but we're getting there!!
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  • Mummy0315Mummy0315 member
    edited June 2015
    @Mabedore,
    He's about 12lbs 3ounces. When I supplement with a bottle he eats about 3ounces. He has reflux as well and the pediatrician put him on Zantac 2ml 2x since he's was 10lbs (started out as 1.25ml when he was 8lbs 2x a day). The Zantac has helped tremendously, he's much happier during & after feelings but still spitting up a ton however no more discomfort and pain!! I no longer lay him down in his bassinet which is a flat surface and instead he's been sleeping in the bassinet attached to his pack and play which helps bc it has a bit of an incline. I also bought a wedge for his crib to put under his mattress cover when it's time to sleep in there.

    Just recently in the last couple days he's been sleeping 10-3 then on 2-3hr schedule until 9am.
    I've now been using Johnson lavender bedtime lotion before bed, reading bedtime story, feed diaper change then feed again ( which one of the moms suggested), started swaddling again (but turned my bedroom temp to make a little cooler since we live in FL) and also started using a white noise machine on a 45 minute timer during second feeding and then laying him down while the white noise is still going. All of these things combined have helped a ton!! I highly recommend the white noise machine, it works like a charm especially when he's restless during the day and it's time for a nap!!
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  • adelemsadelems member
    That's great! :)

    We use white noise too , just leave it running constantly . I've gotten used to sleeping with it too now. It's kinda nice haha.
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