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Help!! What time should i give df tonight??
« on: April 04, 2013, 23:21:43 pm »
Hi there!!
So, Ive been doing the df with DD since she was 3/4 weeks old, she is now 12 weeks. Before i was doing it at 11pm but then was advised to bring it earlier so have been doing it at 10:30, she always wakes between 2 and 4 am,more often it is at 3:30 ish, last night she woke at 2 :(
Should she be going longer by now?

Should the df be at exactly the same time every night?

Will doing it later mean she sleeps longer?

Her bed time is usually at 8pm, i put her in bed earlier tonight, she was asleep by 7:35 :) she woke at 5:30 this morning and didnt go back to sleep, she usually wakes at 6:30.
Any advice on what time i should do it tonight?? Thanks everyone!!  :)

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Re: Help!! What time should i give df tonight??
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2013, 18:35:19 pm »
I'd probably stick where you are for now.  12w is prime growth spurt territory, so it might be that she's waking earlier in the night because of that rather than because you moved the DF.
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Re: Help!! What time should i give df tonight??
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2013, 19:05:06 pm »
I gave it at the same time,10:30 she woke at 2am i fed her and again at about 5!!!! I didn't feed her and she wasn't crying but she didn't go back to sleep, fed her at 7 but she doesn't really seem hungry at that time even though it had been 5 hours??
She defiantly showed signs of growth spurt last weekend and i cluster fed, thought she was through it but maybe not!!  Wanted to move her to her own room this wk end but maybe not good timing!!   :-\

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Re: Help!! What time should i give df tonight??
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2013, 19:27:51 pm »
Even if you cluster feed, they still need a NF during a GS too - that's when milk supplies are highest and prolactin levels too, which helps increase supply overall.
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Re: Help!! What time should i give df tonight??
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2013, 20:40:59 pm »
Shes never gone through the night, dont mind the nf, the 5am start is a bit much though!! But this to shall pass!! Thats what im hoping anyway!! Thanks for your help!!  :)