Day feeds

Hi, i was told to feed my 4 month old 2 hourly during the day to help get longer stretches at night, bubs is exclusively breastfed.. someone else said to stretch the feeds to 3 or four hours so bubs takes a full feed and sleeps better at night.. this sees to be when hes hungry..

Does anyone have any experience with this? Does offering more boob help or does it encourage snacking which increases night waking,

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I’m in the exact same situation with and would love to hear what other mums say too. I tried stretching her feeds from 2hrs to 3hrs and I can already tell my baby prefers 2hr feeds cause she just prefers small volume frequently as we’ve always done. I’m trying to slowly get her to 3hrs-4hrs though so she is emptying the breast to get the hind milk.

Just go feed by demand. Breastmilk is more easily absorbed and formula takes longer to digest hence why formula fed babies have longer stretches, your baby feeds to what they need for their growth. I have a baby in the 90th percentile for height 50th for weight. He feeds 2-2.5hrly in the day and stretched his feeds out at night by 4- 6 hours and he's formula fed, maternal health nurse was like oh no he should be fed five times a day at 180-240. He doesn't take that and I'm not ready to pressure him into it either. He takes 100-140 every two hours and is happy! So why change it. Same
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