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EAT => Breast Feeding => Topic started by: Sylvia. on October 13, 2006, 03:20:53 am

Title: should i feed
Post by: Sylvia. on October 13, 2006, 03:20:53 am

dd is on 3 1/2 easy with actitity and naps but she never seems hungry when she wakes, i could hold her for at least 30 minutes, should i feed her or wait, we are having problems in the evenings with sleep not sure if this is a hunger thing, many thanks, sylvia

Title: Re: should i feed
Post by: LyndaManus on October 13, 2006, 16:55:26 pm

How old is your dd?  I would feed to stay on EASY.  DS never seemed hungry either but after after a few weeks he fell in to the routine much better (seemed like he wanted to do ESA instead of EAS in the beginning).

Title: Re: should i feed
Post by: yaya on October 13, 2006, 17:07:08 pm

WhAT DOES YOUR ROUTINE LOOK LIKE?

Title: Re: should i feed
Post by: Petunia on October 14, 2006, 18:14:27 pm

I think it's very possible that at 4 months your daughter is ready to go 4 hours between feeds.  One of the signs of needing to switch to four hours is trouble with night wakings.  If they're ready for four hour EASY then they are ready to take in a lot more food at one sitting.  Taking in more food at one eating, even though they go longer between feeds, gives them more food overall for the day.

Has sleep always been an issue?  I'm guessing it's not always been an issue by the way you mention it in your post.

Try keeping her on a four hour schedule and see how it goes.