LO is 6.5 months and up until now has been fed on demand. For a long while he was feeding every 1-2 hours, even overnight. Lately he has been stretching his feeds out to more like 2-4 hourly and having 3-4 night feeds!
I made the decision to try EASY as night wakings are now making life pretty miserable! So for the past 2 nights I only fed him at 11pm and 3am, in the hope that restricting night feeds will discourage his frequent waking... I also stuck to 7am, 11am, 3pm and 6pm for bf during the day. Last night he woke up about 4 times between going to bed at 6.30 and 9.30 (his usual time for first feed) he then stayed awake moaning with hubby rocking him til I fed him at 11pm.
How do I know if he is hungry or if it's habit?! I feel terrible that I could be ignoring his needs if he's actually hungry
I'm also working on lengthening his naps - so today he went to sleep at 9 and woke up just before half past. When I picked him up to try to rock him back to sleep (only way he will fall asleep), he turned his head with mouth open going for the boob. He often does this when I try to resettle him - again, how do I know if its hunger it habit?!
Sorry for the long post and thanks for any advice you can give!
