The new NW makes it hard to do a textbook EASY. Right now i'm sticking to feeding her every three hours so sometime in the middle of her A time as opposed
IMHO with a BF baby, you cannot do EASY by the clock & get a "textbook" EASY as you cannot measure the calories that the LO is taking. Tracy's intention was not to do things by the clock but to have a routine that LO's and Mommies could have some predictability.
So that's my 2 c worth there.
I think you need to concentrate on feeding your LO when she wakes and only then. She may only be taking smaller feeds if she is being fed every 3 hours and I'm wondering if you try feeding her when she wakes only if she'll boost the volume she takes with each feed and consequently slide into a 4hr EASY. (I'm useless at 'moving' LO's from 3hr to 4hr as both my boys did it for me
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In terms of how much calories she gets the basic 'rule of thumb' for assessing if BF babies are getting enough is (as per another BFing Mom)
The 3 things that you need to ask are:
1) Is baby happy & content when she comes off (i.e. not rooting for more)?
2) Are there enough wet diapers?
3) Is baby gaining?
If the answers are all YES, then you're doing fine.
If she's breaking out of the swaddle, then let her be. Again it will take about 3 or 4 nights but she will get how to put herself back to sleep. I was reading in BWSAYP that Tracy suggests that around 4 months is when parents should start unswaddling their children as it is when they start to find their fingers and self-soothe.