tank up question

[~*erin*~]

hi there. just a quick Q re tanking up..... and maybe a dumb one lol.... should baby sleep in between the tank up times? i can't remember from my first daughter! in fact i don't even remember doing it with her...... also is 3 weeks old too old to start a DF? thanks!

[becj86]

Yeah, I think DS slept between tanking up when he wasn't screaming (witching hour ).
Nope, 3 weeks is not to old to start a DF. Good luck!

[eva026]

We started from day one, it works wonders for us.
When we don't do a DF she wakes up hungry at 1am, with a DF she sleeps till 4am.

[~*erin*~]

thanks. I have been tanking up, but no DF as yet, and it seems to keep her awake more than sleepy! of course it's the only time of day when feeding wakes her up, so that I've got a bright-eyed-and-bushy-tailed-baby until 11ish, at which point, it's practically time for her next feeding!!!!! what am i doing wrong?!?!? she has sporadic A times throughout the day, but she does get awake time and plenty of nap time, so I'm not sure that it's a case of poor day time sleep ...... so tired!

[Roseii]

Is she just 3 weeks hun? Don't worry about the routine just yet, most important is to get your supply established right now. Wrt routine, at this age I aimed to not feed to sleep, and one nap a day in the cot.
How often approx is she feeding during the day?

[~*erin*~]

Hi there. She'll be 3 weeks on Tuesday. She does still fall asleep while feeding, but I change her in between sides and often undress her as well, at least to keep her a little less sleepy lol. She's eating about 8 times a day right now, sometimes more, especially at night 

[Fiver]

8 feeds in 24h is probably the absolute minimum that would be suggested, so no worries if it's more than that.  3 weeks is still tiny and supply is being established.

[Erin M]

Agree with PPs and establishing supply. She could be a touch day/night confused as well, which will straighten out in the next few weeks.  Just try to keep things as calm and low key as you can right now in the evenings and she'll learn that night time is for sleeping eventually.

[~*erin*~]

thanks. The last three nights of tanking up haven't seemed to work I thought that the idea was that baby would have a long-ish stretch of sleep ... however, only got the regular stretch of 3 hrs between feedings .... sigh.

[Erin M]

For me, the clustering was a good way to keep my fussy baby a bit happier in the roughest part of the day. 

[~*erin*~]

last night little Audrey had a great stretch of sleep! cluster fed at 7 and 830pm, and she slept from 930pm-145am! woohoo! (unless of course I actually slept through a feeding during that time haha). I think if we have a couple of nights like that, I may consider, as you suggested, dropping the evening cluster feed and introducing the DF since she's either already awake or I'm waking her up for that 830pm-ish feeding.

[Fiver]

Sounds great!  Well done

[~*erin*~]

wow, another great night! sleep from 915pm-330am! a super long stretch with no food but that's ok right? i'm still feeding her every 2.5-3 hrs during the day, waking her if i need to..... sure is nice to feel rested though!

[Erin M]

That sounds great!  Enjoy the sleep!

[Fiver]

Sounds wonderful