Spacing out feeds (breastfed)
Has anyone tried spacing out feeds (every 3 hours) in the hope that their little one sleeps better at night? Not tried it but heard it helps?
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@Jprc this has been my approach and now I’m worried she’s over feeding as some days it feels like she’s feed every 20 mins
I’ve always breastfed 3 hourly with bottle top ups of EBM if needed 30 mins after, and our little one now wakes 1/2 times in the night usually 1 or 2am and then sometimes 4am but others 6am 😌 however we did this from day one and she’s always asked for a feed 3 hourly - when we tried to change it (per advice) it really messed her sleep up and made her very fussy!
She is 5 weeks old btw 😌
I feed as much as possible during the day (whenever they want really) in the hope they will be nice and full for when they go to bed. My 7 week old has just started doing a 4-5 hour stretch of sleep when they first go down for the night x