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5 month old doesn`t want to eat after waking up
Desiree87:
hi all,
I am new to this forum and I am trying to follow EASY. I just started. We are on a 4 hour routine, but the thing is that when my 5 month old wakes up (sometimes from naps during the day, and sometimes even first thing at 7am), she won`t eat (Breast milk). I offer, and she turns her head away lol. WHat is this about? The problem is that when I offer her the breast an hour or hour and a half later, she will take it! But this would be a 5 hour routine and I have never heard of that. Also by then it is time for her nap (9-11am and 1-3pm). Consequently, she will fall asleep on the breast.
Can anyone give me advice for my problem?
Thank you!
newkidontheblock:
Hello and welcome!
What you have described is perfectly normal. Both of mine have been the same way. Offering a while later is a good solution - maybe you could offer sooner so that there is still a gap before the nap. You can even try nursing as soon as she wakes up or in a dimly lit room. That's what worked for me. Hope that helps. Good luck!
creations:
Hi there, I wasn't able to BF past the first few weeks but my bottle fed LO also didn't eat right after waking, he needed 30-60 mins before he took milk. If I tried to feed at waking he only took a sip or two and refused, if I waited he took a proper feed. Mine wasn't feeding to sleep though, his E time came kind of mid A time. I just ran his EASY like that.
Desiree87:
hi you two :)
Thanks for your answers!
I am doing just that, I am trying to offer her the breast as soon as i take her out of her crip once she wakes, but she won't take it as if she is saying "I'm not hungry yet." Then, one hour later or even 1.5h later she gets hungry. This totally messes up our EASY routine...cause then EASY becomes EAESY :(
@ Newkidontheblock, I will try the dim lights idea.
@ Creations, how did your routine exactly look like?
*Ali*:
You could just offer every 30 mins or so until she takes it. It doesn't matter if the routine looks more like AEAS. Eg 7.00 awake E at 8, then awake until nap at about 9/9.30. Then assuming he sleeps until 11ish and you fed at 12 that would still be 4hrs between feeds.
TBH it's now not recommended to schedule feeds but just go by your baby's cues. So don't worry if feeds aren't 3 or 4hrs apart. That was only ever a guide anyway 🙂
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