Help! Feeding amount/schedule when naps start to consolidate??

Re: Help! Feeding amount/schedule when naps start to consolidate??

• vibarra27 member

  March 2016

  I have my twins on a schedule. Ever since birth. & i just feed them even if they are asleep. They ate @ 930 & next feed is @ 1. Right now they are napping(usually they take a nap earlier than this). If they dont wake i feed them asleep or they wake up half way through if theyve been asleep for a while. If they barely fall asleep when its time to feed they will eat asleep. I feed them. Burp them & put them back on their right side if asleep.
  
  So they sleep through the night now with out a feed. The earliest they wake is 5Am latest 6am. They eat 4-6oz in the morning. I feed them again @ 930(5oz or 3oz of they have solids.. They sleep for an hour or 2. Wake up & eat @ 1 pm(same as previous feed)sleep until 430
   or 5pm. They eat @430 asleep or awake.(same amount. if asleep no solids until after) Eat again @ 8pm(7oz) & thats their bed time feed.
  
  If they dont drink all their milk i dont give more @ the next feed but because they wont take more they jist finish what i give them. & I also just give solids in between.
  The time they fall asleep for the morning nap varries between 930 & 1030 & their afternoon nap & bedtime is always on point.
  
   Idk if your LO will wake up if feed her asleep. Like i said ive always fed my twins on schedule even if theyre asleep so they are used to it. Maybe give it a shot & feed her on her schedule or tweek it once you have figured out her naps.

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• Livvyloo87 member

  March 2016

  I breastfeed so don't know amounts (but know she takes 9oz before bed coz her Dad puts her to bed every second night.  That said her schedule is: 
  
  - wake at 7.  I wake her if she is still sleeping.
  - feed at 7.  Play around with her, lots if tummy time and exersaucer.
  - asleep at 9.  I have to keep her very entertained for the last bit of her awake time otherwise she would fall asleep in my arms.
  - awake at 10.  Jolly jumper for a bit and tummy time.
  - feed at 10.30.  Solids if any around 11.15
  - asleep at 12.15
  - awake at 2pm
  - feed at 2.30 and playtime
  - solids occasionally around 3.15
  - asleep at 4
  - awake at 4.45
  - feed at 5
  - bath at 5.45
  - feed at 6.15
  - asleep at 6.30
  
  I find that if I keep her awake for these periods instead of trying to get her to sleep as soon as she starts to get grumpy, she goes down for naps with no fight at all and sleeps longer.  I also try and make awake times really active/stimulating!

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• Bognes member

  March 2016

  I couldn't feed her in her sleep. She's a spectacularly light sleeper so she'd wake. I just worry about over feeding her, feeding her too close together. I'll try keeping her up a few minutes longer to try and extend the naps. I got 3 thirty minute naps today. Ugh

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• xJKxOR member

  March 2016 edited March 2016

  I don't have any set schedule. I watch for cues and feed on demand. It works out to about every 3hrs during the day (breastfed) and offering solids mid morning and at supper (he's bit much for solids though). I wouldn't stress over it unless LO has difficulties with calorie intake and has specific needs addressed by a doctor. Trust yourself and LO will let you know when they are hungry and when they've had enough. 

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• vibarra27 member

  March 2016

  @ Bognes see my boys were in the NICU 3 weeks so of course the first week week all they would do is sleep. So like i said my boys are used to it. Maybe just tweek her schedule if u have to?

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• Bognes member

  March 2016

  I'll try all the things you guys have mentioned. Thank you. 

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