feed change play sleep

I have learnt that you should do whatever works best for you and your baby, well at least I try and follow that.

Ben is 5.5mths and I usually offer a bf when he wakes, sometimes he takes it sometimes he doesn't. If he doesn't then I usually wait a while, maybe even 1/2hr and offer again unless he shows signs of wanting it before that. If he feeds one side right after a nap then often he doesn't want the other side for up to an hour later. If he gets a bit overtired before I get a chance to put him down for a nap then I often try feeding him then too, he doesn't always fall asleep on the breast but at least it seems to calm him enough so that he can go to sleep.

Sorry that probably isn't much help is it?

Yep, do what works! DD is 9mths and we always feed before sleeps.. basically feed whenever. I do and have done whatever suits DD and I, regardless of whether or not it is in line with the current parenting trend.

Think of it this way - your child is not going to be damaged from not following Plunket routine guidelines

Flissty wrote: Mamma2N wrote: Think of it this way - your child is not going to be damaged from not following Plunket routine guidelines And hey, Plunket being Plunket, they'll change the guidelines completely in 5 years and probably tell you to do play-feed-sleep

Chances are it will be in even less than 5yrs!

Something to remember is, you are trying to raise a child to become a functioning adult. So in a few years, when they are off to school, or after that, off to uni, it wont really matter whether they were fed to sleep, on the bottle, cesarean delivery....
Do what works for now is my mantra, while still keeping things that you want for when they are older. ie a sense of being respected, of being listened to, being able to work thru problems etc.

HTH

I have not read the other answers but Jake is still in a feed change play feed sleep routine.

Only difference now is one of those feeds in each sequence is solids and his last sequence of the day is feed, change, play, feed, play, bath, feed, sleep.

My little guy just likes to snack it out.

As I am sure some have said above, whatever works best for you and baby!

I try and do feed, play sleep as I have also found that if DD feeds too late it sucks her sleep time.

Doesn't always work though as she is sometimes not hungry or is extra hungry and decides she wants more on sleep time. Exception is at night when she'll have a big feed before sleep and wake an hour later to have top before going back to sleep.

She usually feeds about 10 -15 mins from waking.

So while I try my best, we also have some flexibility.

Go with the flow is what I've learned!

I usually do change/feed/play/sleep as she is pretty hungry soon after she wakes. But sometimes she just falls asleep straight after the feed without any play!

I'm slowly learning that every day is different too, we have our strict night routine - bath just after 7pm, feed until she crashes, then wake her at 7am and feed every 3 hours during the day. But inbetween the 3 hourly feeds anything goes! She sometimes even feeds every 1-2 hours.

My advice - learn to read your baby's signs and go with the flow!