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ACTIVITY => E.A.S.Y. Forum => Topic started by: Hayden and Violet's mom on April 07, 2006, 13:53:46 pm
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My son is almost 5 weeks old and I started doing easy at 2 weeks. I was starting him at 6am, feeding every three hours, with cluster feeds at 5 and 7. I am a little confused though. If he has a bad night, which he often does because of gas, and he wakes up at 5 or 7 or something, do I do the feed three hours from then or do I stick to 9 am for next feed. Today he woke up at 4 am, i fed him and then he had gas pains and he wouldn't settle until about 5:30. I didn't want to wake him at 6am after he had just fallen asleep. He woke up by himself at 7am. Do I feed him at 9am or 10am. Does it always have to be the exact same times or should I kind of follow his cue a little? Also, I am breastfeeding but he still gets a lot of gas. I take a lot of time trying to burp him but sometimes it doesn't help. Does anyone know if I should be avoiding certain foods while breastfeeding that could make him gassy? That is usually the only problem we have at night. If he isn't gassy he will sleep a long stretch or go straight back to sleep after feeding.
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Hi and welcome to TBW boards
I personally chose a 7am wake up time and stuck to it. Any waking prior to this I would treat as a night waking, even if it was 5 or 6 he woke for a feed, I would put him back to sleep, then wake him for 7am give him a feed (usually just a top up) then continue with a full feed 3 hrs later.
I tend to stick with the same wake time, DS always wanted fed every 3 hr on the dot anyway so I did read his cues.
I will ask around about the breastfeeding question for you ;)
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HI
One of the other mods (Zannersmummy) has come back with this site for you;
http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/gassybaby.html
HTH's