BreastFeeding/Sleep Slots

Feeling a bit confused. So I’ve seen a lot of women say how they’re only breastfeeding every 2-3 hours throughout the day. My LO is 10 wks and I feel like he BF’s from me more frequently than that… for those feeding only every 2-3 hrs, are you following feeding cues or just sticking to a certain time? And does it help with your LO sleeping through the night? My LB seems to be sleeping for 3/4 hrs and then up every hour after that 🫠

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I feed on demand during the day.

Don't worry I feed on demand and my little one averages 6-7hours on me feeding a day. 🫠
I suspect he isn't always feeding and just comfort eating. But he's a bit of a velcro and if he knows he's near my boobs he'll want them.
I'm honestly so jealous of 2-3 hours 😆be my dream to getting my life back! But every baby is different. My friend made a brilliant point in saying 'look at cats, they just lay there and feed their kittens, they don't get up and clean the house and cook meals '

🤣🤣 I want to be a cat. 7 hours hats off to you

Mine feeds much more frequently than that. I feed on demand.

My LO is 10 weeks and I feed on demand which can sometimes be every hour in the day and at night she’s only going 3-4 hours between feeds! X

it is exhausting but he's a little man. I had low paap a during pregnancy and his predicted weight of 8:9lb became 6lb and a half at birth. Then he had tongue tie and cmpa which caused him to drop percentiles to the 1st so I think he's trying to make up for it. Just cutting out soy to see if that also helps him chonk up a bit. But he might just be a thin long thing 😅
It's not forever which is what I tell myself. The first few weeks was hell and I was crying so many nights (realise tongue tie really effected that) and it's so much easier now then it was then.
It kinda went he ate all day and slept through the night so that was a perk. Now he's sleeping from like 7pm to 3am which isn't so fun 🤣

@Lulu breastfeeding is a labour of love. I express too. We are smashing it. The amount of feeding times is soooo different.

well done on expressing! We try to get one expressed bottle done a day to give me a break. Lost my mojo on being about to pump recently but been able to get it back up again. Think we're going to instead have hubs give him it at 3am so we know he's getting a big feed in and he's not doing what he did this morning which was waking up at 4 and not letting me put him down until I handed him off at 7 to hubs 😅
it's swings and roundabouts isn't it. I'm glad I've found another 6-7hourer. Should set our two up to have a chat 🤣

I most definitely feel like a cat myself most days 😂 brilliant comparison!

I feed on demand and it’s like every hour or hour and a half during the day but only one feed in the middle of the night.

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