4 Feeds at 7 months

[branwen]

Hi everyone!

I just dropped my cluster so my dd and I are at 4 bf's now.  She rejected it two days ago and hasn't asked since.  Our evening feed increased time though so I think she's getting the same.

Is this ok?  We have never had a df and she still sleeps the night.  Is she weaning?  I hope not

[Erin (redstarfalling)]

Sounds great!  Babies seldom self-wean as early as 7 months.  If she increased that other evening feed, then she's just getting it at a different time. 

[amheusser]

That sounds about right.  We went down to 3 feeds around 8.5 months, and I remember my sister was doing 2 feeds at 10 months, so it is a step toward weaning, but you've got a while to go!

Check the EASY board for tons of sample schedules, and you'll see what other babies have done at that age.

[Katet]

I was talking to my EC nurse the other day & she said I needed to keep Liam on 5 feeds until solids were established (ie for me 7 months as she said about a month after introduction), as he was a healthy & very big boy the fact he was growing so well it would be ok if he did the occasional 4 feeds a day ( he is only 3mo & does long night stretches 7 hates being fed in under 3.5-4hours) but never let it happen more than 1/week. So based on that 4 feeds in a 7mo is fine