I think I'm feeding my girls too much!!!

[Kriskell]

Hi all.  My girls are 9mths, they're BF and on 3 decent solid feeds a day.  My problem is that they have just stared waking earlier in the night for a BF and they are starving!! Its probably the best feed they have all day (no Big Brother running around)!!!!  At the moment they are feeding every 4hrs closer to 3 at the end of the day with bfast, lunch and dinner in there as well. Sooooo they are still having 5 BF a day.  Should I try cutting back and if so how???  Should I try longer between each BF?  Any thoughts would be appreciated!!

[~Carly~]

Congrats on breast feeding twins for 8 months! Well done!  I don't have any real advice, but both my boys seemed to pick up a session around that age, and dropped it later.  I think that maybe the increased mobility demanded more calories

[Erin M]

Are you just getting the 1 night feed?  If so, I'd say you're entirely within normal limits.  2 out of my 3 were having a night feed at that age and loads of other babies are as well. 

[Kriskell]

Maybe it is due to more activity...  It's just that they EAT ALL THE TIME!!  Is there a GS around this age?? I don't know.  I guess I was just hoping for some miracle advice so we can get some longer periods of sleep!!

[Shiv52]

You say the NF is the best feed they get?  I found with my DD2 she really dropped her milk intake about 8-9months and started waking more at night. Was a combination of not getting enough milk in the day and too much solids. I really concentrated on getting her to take better milk feeds and it did help. That being said I think we did still have one NF for sure.

And wow on BFing twins. AMAZING!!

[Erin M]

What does your day/night look like?