Feeding on demand?
How’s everyone feeding there baby?waiting for them to wake up by themselves or timing it every 3-4 hours?
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I feed him when he wakes up if he's giving hunger cues (which is pretty much always)!
My baby is nearly 5 weeks and I’m just waiting for her to wake for feeds
Waiting for them to wake 😊
I feed on demand. Normally you'll have cues: looking around, chewing/sucking hands, grunting noises, finally as they get hungrier they'll cry.
My twins I feed every 3 hours in the day and then at night whenever they wake up they usually do one 4/4.5 hour stretch. My first I did on demand but did increase day feeds slightly when she started sleeping through (10pm-6am) around 5 weeks x
I time it so i prepare the bottle snd know if she cried within this hour shes hungry but give her the breast for comfort at any time
Thank you everyone, my health visitor says that I should be waking him up every 3-4 hours for a feed but in the night I’d rather let him wake up himself if it means I get a little extra sleep x
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