Nighttime Feedings: 24 Hour
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Feedings
Asked by H.F. from Chicago
on October 16, 2009
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I have three girls who just turned 8 months. They currently eat every 3-4 hours, four ounces of formula, and they continue to get up twice through the night. Except ...
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- H., Congrats on the triplets! It sounds like you're doing a great job. My twins just turned one year old. Both of my babies were breastfed, so I always wondered ...
- My preemie never ate much at one sitting either. I believe the night thing is something some of us endure with our preemies ;) Exhausting isn't it!?
- Hi H. Your triplets peditrican advice is the best one. In time they'll be eating more. So if they're gaining weight, they must be getting enough. Maybe if it's okay wi...
Feedings in a 24 Hour Period
Asked by N.S. from San Francisco
on April 1, 2008
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My son is almost 5 months old. He usually eat every 3 hours a 7 ounce bottle and an 8 ounce bottle before he goes to bed. Lately he is going 4 or even 5 hours without ...
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- Hi N., Sounds normal, whatever normal is! My son was doing the exact same you describe and was fine. In fact, he graduates high school with honors next year. If ...
- my doctor always told me infants will eat when they are hungry and not to be concerned when eating habits change.
- I have three, ages three and under and they all went through spurts of that. I have noticed that it is either teething in which their stomachs didn't feel great, a co...
Frequent Night Time Breast Feedings
Asked by J.B. from Dallas
on November 13, 2010
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Thanks in advance moms for your help. My daugter is about to be 3 months, and started going thru a growth spurt last week. She was cluster feeding during the day. Tha...
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- Would you consider bringing her into bed with you until the growth spurt is over. When my son has growth spurts I just bring him in bed and sleep while he eats. I do t...
- she is just snacking! there is no reason she needs to be eating that much at night. Once she is 10lbs she can sleep 6 to 8 hours at night without eating. Should be get...
- I have a 10 month old he is 100% breast feed dont sleep through the night at all. Just latch her on at night time let her suck and go to sleep. Unlike bottle they hav...
At 18 Months, Is Breast Feeding Reason to Withhold 24 Hour or Longer Visitation?
Asked by C.M. from San Francisco
on February 23, 2010
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Hey mom's, I'm a dad.
I have an 18 month lil'boy and I enjoy nothing more than spending time with him and taking him to museums, parks, beaches, play dates, play gr...
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- To me it sounds like her objections are all about control and inserting herself into your time with your son. She should pump for him if she's so worried about him ge...
- Hey! First I want to commend you on your desire to be so actively involved in your son's life despite no longer being involved with his mother. Kudos to you! To add...
- I find myself doing a slow burn reading some of the replies. "Interference parenting"? "Manipulative"? "Controlling"? Really people. I think some understanding is ...
Milk Supply and Sleeping Through the Night
Asked by M.P. from New York
on October 26, 2009
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My baby started sleeping through the night when he was 3 months old (he is now 4 months). At first I would wake up feeling engorged but now I don't. I am worried tha...
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- I would not wake the baby. Pumping at night, maybe before you go to sleep at night, is a good option. In my house, the kids are in bed anywhere's from 1 to 2 hours bef...
- Milk production is basic supply-and-demand. You refill when you are empty, so if you don't empty at night you will not refill. Same with mid-day feeings. When I wen...
- milk supply is based on how much and how often baby feeds. if you are not feeding in the night anymore, then there is no demad for mild, so the supply will decrease. ...
Does Your Baby Sleep at Night?
Asked by L.S. from Atlanta
on November 17, 2009
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Just wondering what others are experiencing as far as their baby's night time sleep/feeding schedule. My daughter is 5 months old. For the most part, she was sleepin...
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- start feeding her breakfast and dinner with either rice or oatmeal cereal, or both. she probably is hungry! at 5 months she needs to eat, especially since she is at ...
- Have you started solids yet? When my daughter was five months old, we were in the same position. Then, I slowly started her on solids, like on jar per day and it hel...
- My 4 month old son has been a good sleeper from the start, like your daughter, but the uninterrupted length of his sleep can be erratic. He has been known to sleep 9 1...
Too Much Sleep at Night Too Soon??
Asked by J.B. from Detroit
on September 6, 2008
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I have an infant son that is just shy of a week old. For the past two nights, he has been sleeping in 3-4 hour stretches, not waking up to eat. In fact, last night I...
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- Awww! I would absolutely let him sleep. Expect him to be very hungry when he wakes up, but definitely sleep!!!
- Never wake a sleeping baby!! lol He will wake when he is hungry! If your nursing and breasts become full, try to pump a few ounces to freeze.
- I have to agree... Never wake up a sleeping baby in the middle of the night. Babies know when they are hungry and will wake up and want to eat when they are. It is ...
11 Week Old Going 5 - 6 Hours Without Eating at Night.
Asked by H.H. from Las Vegas
on May 15, 2008
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I am a third time mom. I have a 7 year old, 3rd year old daughters and a 11 week old son. My question today is regarding my son. He was 6 weeks early and weighed 4 lbs...
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- Now that he is healthy, your baby knows better than anyone else how much he needs to eat. And you know the rest of us moms are cursing you because you are getting so ...
- I would REALLY check with your Pediatrician first... being he was premature, and per the specific instructions you received about the frequency & amounts of feedings h...
- Stop freaking yourself out. First of all he went from 4lbs 10 oz to 11 lbs in 6 wks. He is obviously getting the nutrician he needs to grow. My daughter is 14 mnths ol...
8 Month Old Has Never Slept Through the Night
Asked by Y.C. from Los Angeles
on June 5, 2008
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Okay, this is for all of you out there who have had babies who wake up every thirty minutes to two hours throughout the night. I have read lots of requests from mothe...
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- I really love the book called Babywise... they have great suggestions on sleep and eating. It's worth a try and may come in handy continually as it has for me. AM
- My cousin had this problem with all of her babies. Turned out that there was a food allergy. She would eatg soy and it would go through to her breast milk. I would f...
- Hello, I tried a lot of the books, none of them worked. I was no longer functioning as a human so I called Kathy Sinclair at http://www.babysleepsolutionsla.com. ...
7 Week Old Not Sleeping Well at Night
Asked by C.T. from Spokane
on January 14, 2010
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Hello mama's,
I have a 7 week old and she sleeps pretty well during the day but was waking up at 12:30 am til 2:30- 4:30 am scream/crying off and on since she was abo...
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- It sounds like she's having trouble distinguishing her days from her nights which is very common in babies. I'd ask your pediatrician for advice on how to get her bac...
- From birth to three months the natural sleep cycle of an infant is 4 hours of sleep, then 2 hours of various stages of alertness/wakefulness, repeated for the entire 2...
- You don't have to be awake when your daughter is at night as long as she is safe in her bed. I have 2 kids, the youngest is almost 5 months old and both slept through ...
