Question about transitions

[jendewit]

My boy is 7 weeks and I have now eleminated one cluster feed during the day.  Up until last night he woke on the dot at 2:30am.  Every night was the same time.  I would feed him when he woke.  But then I read Tracy's book and found that at this age he should probably be sleeping more then 4 hour spurts.  So last night when he woke at 2:30 instead of feeding him I just gave him his paci and re-swaddled.  He slept until 4:30am.  Wahoo!!  But my question is this.  At 4:30 I fed him and put him back to bed and then woke him at 7:30 to start the day.  He only took 3 oz.  He was pretty much asleep and wouldn't take a full feed. That the first problem.

Also, normally his routine starts at 7:00 but I didn't want to wake him at 7:00 because that was only 2.5hours.  So I waited until 7:30.  What do I do when he starts waking at 5:00 or 6:00, do I start the day at those times or do I just keep feeding him then and at 7:00 or 7:30.  I'm confused?

[Tweakster]

Hi there we had 2 night feeds until around 4.5 mths, 1ish and then 4 - 5ish.  You feed at the 5ish feed and then do a top up in the morning just as you did.  Then when they start sleeping longer at night and taking more calories in the day, the early feeding and wake up feeding merge.

At 7 weeks it's great that he did that but there are so many growth spurts in the first 6 mths to be mindful of so if he's waking he could be legitimately hungry.

[jendewit]

ok that's really helpful.  I have always wondered what to do!