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Offline MrsTurtle

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When do I start eliminating night feeds?
« on: March 11, 2011, 01:41:44 am »
My daughter is 3.5 months and weighing only about 12lbs.  She is bottle feed breastmilk exclusively and only taking about 3oz a feeding so it seems like she still needs to be feed at night.  However she seems tired all day long and I have a hard time keeping her up past 1hour of A.  When she does wake up she yawns and rubs her eyes.  I thought that by taking away some night feedings she might sleep better and eat more during the day but she doesn't seem to be able to take more than 3 or 3.5 oz before needing to sleep again during the day.  My concern is that over the past week of starting EASY and not on demand feeding, she's lost almost .5lb  (But is sleeping better and les).  Do I need to continue to feed her through the night? She wakes about every two hours but I can usually get her back to sleep with a pacifier. 

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Re: When do I start eliminating night feeds?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2011, 23:24:43 pm »
Yes I think she does need to be eating at night still if she is only taking 3oz at each feed in the day. But that is not to say that she has to be fed every 2hrs overnight. You could maybe settle her for the NWs that you can using the paci and feed at only 1 or 2 NWs depending on whether she seems hungry to you.
Can you post your EASY is EAS format so we can see how long she is awake and sleep and how often she is feeding now? Including times for her NWs too would be helpful.
Was she born at full term or premature?
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Re: When do I start eliminating night feeds?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2011, 23:34:44 pm »
I would also feed at night esp if she is losing weight. I was also wondering about her being prem? sometimes BF babies need night feeds until they are eating solid food so personally I wouldn't actively wean NF where she is genuinely hungry. Where is she on her growth charts? How many NF are we talking about?