My son is almost 5 weeks old and I started doing easy at 2 weeks. I was starting him at 6am, feeding every three hours, with cluster feeds at 5 and 7. I am a little confused though. If he has a bad night, which he often does because of gas, and he wakes up at 5 or 7 or something, do I do the feed three hours from then or do I stick to 9 am for next feed. Today he woke up at 4 am, i fed him and then he had gas pains and he wouldn't settle until about 5:30. I didn't want to wake him at 6am after he had just fallen asleep. He woke up by himself at 7am. Do I feed him at 9am or 10am. Does it always have to be the exact same times or should I kind of follow his cue a little? Also, I am breastfeeding but he still gets a lot of gas. I take a lot of time trying to burp him but sometimes it doesn't help. Does anyone know if I should be avoiding certain foods while breastfeeding that could make him gassy? That is usually the only problem we have at night. If he isn't gassy he will sleep a long stretch or go straight back to sleep after feeding.
