hi ladies,
I have a 2.5 week old who is eating and growing wonderfully but not sleeping quite as well.
we've been on a mostly 2.5-3 hour easy (depending on what point she wakes up at) for basically her whole life, but she randomly seems to want to eat every 2 hours instead, usually at night. I've assumed it was just growth spurts or still being so little she hadn't quite settled into the routine yet.
however, yesterday my dd1 started her preschool program, so I had to bring her and pick her up and this naturally messed with dd2's routine, so she ended up eating about every 2 hours all day long. she also had pretty bad naps (although not as bad as I expected) and had a (normal) fussy wakeful period from about 7-9pm. but then she had TWO four hour stretches last night! (I'm feeling great!) the third stretch to morning was three hours. I had expected her to wake up every two hours since I would have thought she had "gotten used to it" during the day.
so my question is, does this mean I should try to feed her more often during the day normally? like do you think if I regularly fed her every 2-2.5 hours during the day, she would be able to handle longer stretches at night? maybe she just has a huge appetite and eating every 3 hours doesn't give her enough calories in 24 hours? I suppose the alternate explanation is that she was so tired from the day that she didn't want to wake up for food. but that doesn't sound much like a baby to me...
thanks!
Laura
