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Offline klamps

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stopping a snacker
« on: June 20, 2012, 23:14:34 pm »
hello everyone, my lo who is 8 months feeds around every 1 1/2 hour, for around 3 - 4 mins. I struggle to keep her on for 5 mins. So how exactly do I extend her feeds, but feed her less frequently? Say every 3 hours? Thanks:)
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Re: stopping a snacker
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2012, 00:33:02 am »
Does she take a decent feed first thing in the morning?  That's often a good place to start.  At 8 months, she could be taking a decent feed in a very short time -- does she ever feed fr longer than that?  Is she easily from wanting a feed?  The best thing to do is to try to distract her from feeding as long as you can to stretch out those feeds.
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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2012, 10:14:29 am »
she usually gets up between 3 - 5 times a night, but I think it might be for comfort. First thing in the morning she usually takes about 4 mins to feed. I've tried to force her to continue, but she just latches off everytime! I'll try the distraction thing and see if that works, thanks:)
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