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ACTIVITY => E.A.S.Y. Forum => Topic started by: Sydney'sMom on November 29, 2005, 23:51:10 pm
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Hi there
My dd is going to be 8 weeks next week and I noticed that the book suggested turning the two cluster feeds into one at this age.
So, do I up her intake during the day to account for the one cluster feed I am dropping or does she eat in one cluster feed what she normally would eat in two? Or do I not worry about the ounces she will miss from that second cluster feed?
Confused :?
TIA
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Hello!
For me, I found that the A and E will eventually work itself out to where you just skip the first clusterfeed and combine it with the last feed before bed. If she isn't sleeping through the night though I would continue to clusterfeed. :D
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Thank you for responding.
So, if she isn't sleeping through the night, you think I should do BOTH cluster feeds? She is currently going to bed at 8:00 with a DF at 10:00. She then sleeps until 2:30/3:00. Is that considered "sleeping through the night" for a 7 week old?
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Tracy considers sleeping through the night 5 hrs. So if she is waking at 3, that would be through the night. But for me, sleeping through the night is a 11-12 hour stretch (say 7pm-6or7am) with or w/o the dreamfeed. Since she still is waking I would probably continue to do the clusterfeed? Does she take full feeds at the clusterfeeds? If not, you probably could combine them. Does she take a full feed when she wakes at 2:30-3?
:D
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I agree. Sleeping through the night would be until 6/7 am. She does take a full feed at both cluster feeds, give or take a 1/2 ounce. So, do you think I should do both feeds until she starts to take less per feed and then combine them?
TIA!!!
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I would continue with both the clusterfeeds like you said. :D
And just throwing this out there in case you want to give it a shot :wink: At around 7.5 weeks with Zoe I didn't feel like doing the dreamfeed one night (we usually gave one at around 10:30pm). I figured the worst thing being she'd wake twice instead of once. That night she slept through and has ever since :shock: Makes me wonder if it was "reminding" her to wake up and eat...as she was taking full feeds too. We continued with the clusterfeeds for a while though.
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It's funny you mention that re: the df. I tried last night to get rid of her df at 10:00. I put her down at 8:00 and she woke 5 hours later at 1:00 to eat :cry: and then again at 6:00. With the df she would wake at 2:30/3 to eat and then again at 7:30 or so. So, sounds like I am stuck with the df for a little while longer. I may try this again a few weeks from now to see what happens. How long did you continue with the CFs?