Do you wake baby up from naps to eat if it's been 3 hours since last feeding?

[cks]

I just read the book.  Going to try cluster feeding, but it was hard to wake her up from her nap, she ate at 4:30, fell asleep at 5:30, tried waking at 7 to do cluster feeding.  Was very hard to wake her up.  She sleeps and eats good during day, but in the middle of the night is when she cries a lot.  A few nights a week.  Just wondering if she should've took a nap after 4:30 feeding and if it's good to wake them up.  I have to wake her up if I want her to eat every 3 hours during the day.

[amayzie]

Can you just try feeding her at that point while she is still asleep- like a dream feed?

[cks]

Thanks for your reply, It's hard to do the dream feed with her, she will just cry when I try to feed her.  She has been waking up at 10:30 pm, can't do anything to console her, so I am thinking she has colic.  It's usually 2 nights in a row for the past 2 1/2 weeks.  Impossible to do a schedule with her like that, one night she was up til after 3 am, so I want her to get plenty of sleep the next day after being up at night.  Last night I fed her at 10 and at 10:30 she started to scream, knew she wasn't hungry and she wasn't tired cause she just woke up too.  And I don't think she has her nights and days mixed up, cause she does have her good nights.

[amayzie]

How old is she now? Do you think anything like colic or reflux can be playing a part?

[cks]

She will be 7 weeks tomorrow, and yes I think she has colic just because of how she wakes up at 10:30 consistently.

[amayzie]

So when she wakes up at the 10/30 mark or so you are feeding her then? How long is she awake for at that point?

How much A time is she on during the day?

[cks]

Sorry haven't been on here for awhile.  She is doing better, when she wakes up, she goes back to sleep.  Most of her bad nights were before I read the book.  One time I was feeding her at 10 and at 10:30 she just started to cry and did til 2 am.  I feed her atleast every 3 hours, daytime hours, unless she wakes up before.  She wakes up between 7 and 7:30, I change and feed her.  Then A is about 45 min.  She fights sleep for a little bit, depending on how tired she is.  Her nap times are different each day. Now at night, 5-10 she is nonstop hungry.  I am breastfeeding, but she is getting a bottle during the day to get her ready for daycare next week.  She eats 2.5-3 oz each time.  I just keep trying to get her on a regular schedule.

[Papaya]

She's eight weeks now, right? Does that A time of 45 mins include feeding? She might be UT for her naps. I'd try aiming for a consistent 1hr10/15 A time but that includes everything from eyes open to eyes closed again for her next nap (feeding, activity, settling time). Is my baby ready to increase his ‘A’ time? (incl. 'A' times for younger babies)

Does she seem more hungry than usual at the moment? It could just be a growth spurt. What time is bedtime?

xx