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Offline vicstar

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4 mth growth spurt?
« on: January 03, 2014, 21:58:56 pm »
My BF DD has just reached 4 months. This past week has been really hard with her waking more during the night for feeds. I think she is going through a growth spurt.

I have a couple of questions as to how to tackle this. I understand I need to give her more milk during the day so that she doesn't need so much at night, but how am I supposed to do this? I saw somewhere the idea of doing EAEAS. Has anyone tried this successfully? How long after the first E should I offer the second E? Should I offer both breasts, just one, and which breast should I offer first?

How long do growth spurts last? I'd appreciate any other advice.

FYI our daily schedule is usually like this:
4.30am BF
8.30am BF / Activity
10.15am Sleep
12.00pm BF / Activity
1.45pm Sleep
2.30pm BF / Activity
4.15pm Catnap
5.00pm BF / Activity / Bath
7.00pm BF
7.45pm Bed
10.45pm Dreamfeed
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Re: 4 mth growth spurt?
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2014, 23:55:53 pm »
I do EAEAS and have for a while now...DD3 has really long A times for her age and to get decent naps in we just started doing it one day as I realized her next E would be in the middle of naptime! . I do the second E 1.5/2 hours after the first and usually she takes both sides now. I think gs are usually a few days but can be longer.
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