Hi I'm new to this board!
I've been reading a lot of posts on BW forum recently and it's been a great help (thank you x3)
and decided to post on my DD's issue to get some advice!
Here's the background.
My DD is 8 weeks old. She's exclusively formula fed.
Formula: 90 - 120ml each feed
Wake time: Average 1 hr (min 30 min, max 1hr 15 min)
Sleep length: Around 17hr in total
Props used: Paci when needed. Also I hold her if she wakes more than 3 times during day naps and during witching hours (7pm - 11pm)
Medical issue: N/a
EASY routine: 3 hourly so it's E. 7am, 10am, 1pm, 4pm, cluster feed 6pm, 8pm, 11.30pm.
Bedtime routine: I don't do anything different to ones that I do for naps. After her feed, I change her diaper and her sleepsuit followed by some more quieter time and little chat, swaddling, 5 min sitting time with music in the background, lay her down in the bed.
My DD's been on EASY routine since day 3 and she's been sleeping through the night since week 7!
Yay, so why do I complain..
Well For the past 3 days, there were a couple of night wakings around 2am and 4-5am.
Also I still find it difficult to organize the evening routine. It's pretty irregular and seems like a mess.
I aim to cluster feed her 2hourly from 4pm to 10pm but end up following her cues and feed her about every hour or an hour and a half as she gets really FUSSY!
Here are two questions:
1. She's 8 weeks old now. Should I stop cluster feeding her? If so, how should I go about it?
2. When she wakes at around 2 am and 4-5 am, should I feed her? (I give her paci first and if she's still fussy then I give her feed)
3. She's really fussy in the evening between 7pm -11pm. Is there anything I can do to help her not getting fussy? Does it get any better?? If so, at around what age???
Thanks for reading!