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Re: How to cluster feed?
« Reply #15 on: January 08, 2009, 22:47:01 pm »
Hi Charm
Well our pediatrician has given us some a prescription for .5ml 3 x /day = Rhanitidine.  We have just started so things are pretty much the same - I did go back to my original formula - goodstart with added omegas - I had switched to the natural cultures one and he was SO gassy and reduced poops!.

I am trying a modified cluster tonight b/c the last few he has been waking at 2 am for some strange reason. 

I keep a log on his intake and his schedule and he ate more yesterday than normal and still woke - we are 3 hours during the day.  I am trying to follow my old schedule to see what tonight brings.

I have also tilted his crib and swaddled him for a nap - I am curious to see how he does.  I would like to get away from the carseat for sleeping.  During the day is easier b/c we stay up for a bit but in the middle of the night (yes I am being a bit selfish) it is tough to stay up an additional 30 + mins after feeding so he can be upright - the car seat does this for us :).  He takes a bit to feed and I have tried to stop once his is getting too fussy but then he is up every 2 hours.... we just have to do one ounce at a time with lots of burps.  - My hubby folds a folded quilt around him and he is almost standing with feeds - it works well actually - I am trying it out....
Linda

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Re: How to cluster feed?
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2009, 14:54:38 pm »
Ok, watch out for the meds too.  I didn't have first hand experience with reflux, but I've read that it takes some time to fine tune the dosage, and some times you need to change brand too.


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Re: How to cluster feed?
« Reply #17 on: March 23, 2011, 18:20:57 pm »
Can I just confirm that a cluster feed is 1 bottle split between 2 sessions? My daughter is 6 wks old and has about 4oz each feed abd I have been waking every 3 hours today, our first day of EASY

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Re: How to cluster feed?
« Reply #18 on: March 23, 2011, 19:12:45 pm »
 Hi honey. Whoa this is an OLD thread!  ;)

 The aim of the clusters is to tank your LO up so give then as much as they will take. I clustered DS at 4, 6 then 8 each time offering a full feed although the 8pm was more a DF.

 Feel free to start your own thread with any particular questions you have about you and your DD.  :)