Changes in baby schedules

[tkr7c9]

I am a FTM so this may be a silly question... Emma is almost 5 weeks old now and the past couple days she has dropped a few of her daytime feedings (was every 2 hours and now goes stretches of 3-4 hours) but has continued her 5 hour overnight stretch followed by a 3-4 hour stretch. How often do they change up their schedules like this? She still has plenty of wet/dirty diapers but unless I hear her make a mess I don't change her until right before I feed her again or if she is unconsolable within 1-1.5 hours after a feeding and I know she isn't hungry. 

[lasawyer91]

My lactation consultant told me that my milk will stabilize around 4 or 5 weeks pp and I will only need to pump every 4-5 hours instead of 2-3. I assume that is because the baby will only be eating that often as well. But I'm a ftm too so I don't really know either..

[shannjohnston]

It depends on the baby (especially their weight), if you try to follow their schedule or create one of your own. With DS we went from every 2.5-3 hours to every 4 hours around 6 weeks and he had dropped one of his night feeds so we were getting about a 6-7 hour stretch of night sleep. DD is only 4 weeks, and she's still every 2.5-3 hours.