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When could your LO go 3hrs between feeds and longer at night?
« on: February 18, 2014, 13:30:02 pm »
H is one month now and feeds every 2-2.5hrs during the day and every 2.5hrs at night.

I was just wondering at what age/weight your LO could go 3hrs between feeds during the day and do longer stretches at night.  I'm sure L did longer stretches at night right from the start (and was similar weight to H) but can't remember about her days (except we were all over the place).

Is what H is doing common? She was 6lb10oz when born and seems to be putting on weight well.

Thanks!
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Re: When could your LO go 3hrs between feeds and longer at night?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2014, 18:16:32 pm »
DD1 was 6 lbs 8 oz at birth and did 7-8 hr stretches by 3-4 weeks (was about 9lbs?),

DD2 was 7lbs 2oz and ate every 3 hours at night until 5.5/6 months old...

DD3 was 7lbs 3 oz, sttn (no feeds) from 4-16 weeks (9-11lbs weightwise approx), hit 4m gs - now feeds once or twice (just hit the 6 m gs so hoping after the smoke clears we may be down to one or none - weighs about 14.5/15lbs now but super active).

All that to say...they are all different!
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Re: When could your LO go 3hrs between feeds and longer at night?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2014, 03:32:21 am »
Yes on the differences between them!
DD1 was 7 pounds at birth, slept dream feed until morning at about 3 months (started doing a longer stretch at night pretty much from about a week or two old) and was doing 3 hours during the day from a few weeks on (with some serious cluster feeding in the evenings).
DD2 was 8 pounds at birth and would do about 2.5-3 hours at about a month though stretched to 3 hours consistently fairly early on and would do a longer stretch at night from about 5-6 weeks on.
DS was 5 pounds, 12 ounces at birth and was my trickiest -- I suspect he was truly day/night reversed until about 5-6 weeks as I would have to wake him to feed during the day (he'd go 4 hours if I let him!) but wanted to nurse constantly at night.  Once he switched around, he was nursing every 2.5-3 hours during the day and pretty much the same at night until he was about 3-4 months when he finally made it past that 3 hour mark at night. 
If it's working well for her right now, then I'd stick with it for now.  I used to try with ds every now and then to try to put off a feed but it never would work for the first several months, he'd just wake over and over, which to me, meant he was truly hungry and needed to eat.

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Re: When could your LO go 3hrs between feeds and longer at night?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2014, 09:34:23 am »
Thank you!

Pleased to hear H's feeding pattern is 'normal'. I guess we'll just have to wait it out until the gaps lengthen a bit.

 I feel a bit like a first time mum again about things where H is different to L, and wondering if I'm doing something 'wrong'! It's great to hear that H is similar to other LOs. Thanks
DD1 - 8 years old
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