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drop a feed?!
« on: June 24, 2012, 16:51:56 pm »
just wondering if i could get your thoughts...am debating dropping a feed...would love advice!we have been cutting out the catnap over the past few days & managing ok in the evenings, but not sure if i could drop a feed too...

current feeds are:
7.15am (sometimes 7.30am....changable because of early wakings!)
11.30am
3.30pm
5.30pm (this would be the feed i was thinking of dropping....)
6.30pm (bedtime feed)
dreamfeed 10.30pm

also,if her last feed is 6.30pm, should i be doing the dreamfeed at 9.30pm instead?

she's 5.5 months old btw! (will be introducing solids at 6mo)
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Re: drop a feed?!
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2012, 19:25:18 pm »
You could try dropping it and see what happens.  If it doesn't seem to work or she's asking for a feed then, then perhaps hold off for a little while.

I believe it's suggested that the DF is done between 10 and 11pm, so 10.30 would seem fine if that's working for you :)
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Re: drop a feed?!
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2012, 19:27:53 pm »
thanks for getting back to me fiver...
ya,that's why i was doing it at that time,but read on this website somewhere that 3 hrs after the last feed was optimum time for it, so got all confused then!
4 feeds during the day just seems so little,doesn't it?!or is it just me!!!
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Re: drop a feed?!
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2012, 19:38:57 pm »
For some babies, they can do the 4 feeds in a day (plus a df).  How are your nights?  That's usually a good indicator of how the day is going, along with a good number of wet diapers, happiness, meeting milestones, etc.  Other babies need to be older before they drop to 4 feeds. 

For some though, 5 feeds per 24 hours is enough at 5.5 months.
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Re: drop a feed?!
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2012, 19:53:26 pm »
she has gone through the night without a feed from 8 weeks (thanks to Tracy's advice of using a dummy, which, also thanks to tracy's advice (and the many other mammies on this website) she no longer uses....she just loves sucking her fingers,thank goodness!!!) is that what you meant?not sure, sorry!
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Re: drop a feed?!
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2012, 03:13:18 am »
That's what I meant, sorry for the vagueness!  But if she's not waking at night for a feed, she's probably fine on 5 feeds per 24 hours.  My dd1 was at that age and she was fine!
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Re: drop a feed?!
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2012, 07:56:28 am »
hmmm....decisions decisions! :)
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