Snacking 4 Month old
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Topic: Snacking 4 Month old
Posted By: Rb73
Subject: Snacking 4 Month old
Date Posted: 28 November 2009 at 4:08pm
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Hi, I'm a long time watcher, but this is my first post.
I was wondering if anyone had a baby that snacks like mine and how you have managed it. My 4 month old DD is fully breastfed. She'll feed beautifully (chowing down) for about 15 minutes on one breast and then refuse anymore, pushing away and crying if I offer her a second breast. After about 1 hour she can be grizzly and will take the second breast. (Plunket advise was to do this). Exception is in the evenings when she wil happily feed for 30 mins on both breasts. She usually last up for 1 1/4 - 1 3/4 hours (although will last around 2 1/2 hours in early evening) and will sleep about 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours for 4 day sleeps and then sleeps from around 8pm - 7am, with one 15 min feed in the night. Am trying to avoid her snacking, but sometimes if she doesn't top up she won't sleep during the day. I end up feeding every two - 2/1/2 hours. Ideally I'd like to have her feed fully every 3 hours. Am I being realistic, or should I just go with as she seems happy and is growing? |
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Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 28 November 2009 at 5:36pm
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Just go with it, trust what your instincts are already telling you, which is that if baby seems happy and healthy then you are doing fine.
I think it is great that you are meeting her needs for both nutrition and comfort, and personally I wouldn't call it snacking - that kind of feed pattern sounds pretty normal to me. I feed my DD2 roughly as often / 2-3 hourly (or whenever she asks), and feel really blessed that she sleeps as well at night as she does (and is usually a very happy baby during the day). ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 28 November 2009 at 6:09pm
I completely agree with this. My DD feed every 1.5-2 hours roughly during the day till she was around 6mths. Now at 8mths she still feeds 5-7 times throughout the day (12 hours) and usually once overnight. Just go with it, after all its only short time in the big scheme of things 
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HippyMama wrote:Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 28 November 2009 at 8:14pm
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Welcome to OB
i completely agree with the others. Sounds like you're doing a great job 
I think it sounds totally normal. 15 minutes is a decent feed and breast milk is quickly and easily digested. Is there a reason you'd like her to feed 3 hourly, or just because that's what babies 'should' be doing? Just go with whatever works for you and your baby (which sounds like what you're doing anyway). Trust your instincts
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Posted By: Rb73
Date Posted: 29 November 2009 at 1:04pm
| Thanks all. Its nice to get a bit of a boost. "trust your instincts", is a pretty good mantra. We had a bit of scare a while back when we weren't feeding her enough at night and she didn't put on a lot of weight (she's a little baby to start with), and its made me a bit a paranoid. So I have adopted theory that if she's crying she's usually hungry and I'm right 95 %of the time. I guess I just have to look at her smiling and laughing to know she is ok. |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 29 November 2009 at 7:28pm
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I think you are doing an absolute great job. I breastfed my girl until 2 years 8 months and she was fully breastfed baby.
She use to drink very fast but quite often during the day. In summer you will find they drink more as well as it gets hot and they want the watery first milk. Andrew at this stage I wont even being able to tell you what times he drinks. Seriously I dont have a watch on me and wont have any idea. He is thirsty I feed him. If I have to take a quess it can be almost every hour and a half at certain times of the day. And on other days he will go 3 hours. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 29 November 2009 at 8:00pm
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Sounds fine to me. Both my girls have fed anywhere from 2 to 3 hourly. I was recently reading some stuff that suggested breastfed babies should move to a 4 hourly feeding schedule at around 4 months but I just can't imagine that working for most babies. ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |