Feeding schedule

so I shouldn’t even bother with the above schedule? Right now she is eating roughly 3 hours but she isn’t staying away for wake windows much

Definitely just feed on demand. Also if you’re wanting to track this stuff just for your own info, there are lots of free apps that would be simpler than writing all this out. Huckleberry is one.

As the others have said, don’t worry about a schedule, just enjoy her (asleep or an awake). You’ll often find you’ll get into a routine then this will need to change as she grows and her feeds become further apart and her wake windows longer. I would say that at 5 weeks she’ll probably want more than 6 feeds and tbh honest, I found when mine started sleeping though the night, her evening feeds got closer together, so sometimes there was only and hour or an hour and a half between them, bit like she was getting in enough food of the night. If I’d restricted her to every 3 hours, I don’t think she would have slept to well. Also someone described it to me like some they want a snack, sometimes a 3 course meal and sometimes they are thirsty and want a quick drink. Feeding takes a lot of energy so don’t worry if she falls straight back to sleep, in another couple of months she’ll be awake a lot more and have a lot more of a pattern to her days. X

definitely feed on demand, my baby is 3 months old on the 7th and we’re still feeding on demand :) ^^ i agree with the tracking if u wanna track we use the huckleberry app!! love it

I feel like she falls asleep during every meal and is never awake lol

do you track wake windows? I try to do eat play sleep but she only eats and sleeps lol

at 5 weeks i didnt, when theyre that little they sleep a lot, i tend to let him take the lead these days bc hes going through a regression so naps have been few and far between. but his wake windows are usually 45 min - 1 hr 15 min. huckleberry app tells me how long hes been awake since waking up from his last nap!!

I’ve always just fed on demand but my bbg is 3 months and she is 17 lbs not unhealthy big but shes definitely a little giant😂

My boy is 6 weeks and we definitely wouldn't manage eat play sleep every time.

He has 2 proper wake windows a day usually, where he will be active and chatty and smiley. We feed on demand day and night and don't worry about a schedule

Cuddle, skin to skin, feed on demand and rest. Thats all you need to do. I'd avoid schedules until at least 12 weeks. I never bothered in the end.

Definitely feed on demand. 5 weeks is very little and there will be times when she will want to cluster feed. Breast milk is all about them staying hydrated and getting comfort as well. I never had my baby on a feeding routine she started to go into her own routine when she was about 5 months and then even more so when we started solids.

I can’t give advice on pumping as i used to just pump if she missed a feed or when my boobs felt full