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easy - wake from catnap??? wake to cluster feed?
« on: October 14, 2006, 21:19:56 pm »
hello there,
my baby is on the following schedule (roughly):
7.30am eat
10am eat
12.30pm eat
3pm eat
5pm eat (clusterfeed)...But she only gets the one because she wont eat after - she just wants to sleep.
she is asleep by 6.45ish and then i dream feed her at 9.45pm.

She takes approx. 2oz at the 9.45pm clusterfeed. Should i be doing a dream feed cluster feed at around 7.30 and then pushing the DF to 10.30???
Your thoughts.
She is currently waking at night at around 1.30am and then anywhere between 4.30-5.30am.

Thanks!

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Re: easy - wake from catnap??? wake to cluster feed?
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2006, 23:16:11 pm »
How old is your LO?  How much liquids are on average consuming within a 24 hour period?  DF are generally given between 10 and 11pm.  Perhaps delaying your LO's DF til then will get them to drink more. 

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Re: easy - wake from catnap??? wake to cluster feed?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2006, 21:19:41 pm »
Hi,

I would definitely clusterfeed again before you put your lo to bed, even if you try offering some more straight after bath etc before you put her down to bed.

Then with the dreamfeed, you should aim to do this between 10:00 and 11:00 - closer to 10 if you can as this helps them tank up a bit more.

HTH

Paula x
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