Cluster feed? Confuse me!

[missmeggy]

My lo is 5 weeks, so our EASY routine is still a little loose, but it is going well so far.

She feeds around 7, 10, 1, and 3:30/4 during the day, but I am confused about what to do in the evenings. If I cluster feed her, (say, at 6 and , I don't know what to do inbetween times and when bedtime should be. She would only be getting a 1 hour nap (from 5-6 and 7-8). And that's assuming she goes down to sleep well! haha!

E- 4:00
A- 4-5
S- 5:00

E- 6:00
A- 6-7
S- 7:00

If you cluster feed, what do you do in those funny in between times? Thanks!

[deckchariot]

when my dd was that young, we did 7, 10, 1, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30 to bed.  She napped (in theory!) between 8-10, 11-1, 2-3, catnap from 4:30- 5ish, then feed, hang out, bedtime routine and feed again.  I fed her when she woke from her catnap (5/5:30), then we'd eat dinner, then do her bedtime routine and feed during that (so anywhere from 7-7:30).  So 3 long naps and 1 catnap was the plan. 

hth
michelle