Baby schedules and routines

[motownthrowdown]

Oct 10, 2015 20:06:37 GMT -5 ajetter said:

How many have babies who regularly go four hours between feedings during the day (we're breast feeding, not sure that matters). My pedi discouraged it, but at almost 11 weeks and 13+ pounds, if she seems to trend toward that I should just go with it, right? Most days it's only once that she'll take a long nap and push the four hour mark, sonetimes twice, but I'm always waking her at four hours. This is after a 2-2.5 hour nap. Waking her to eat every three hours would just be rude right?

She was 6lb14oz at birth, 6lb5oz at discharge, 12lbs13oz at 2 months. Clearly she is not lacking in calories. She said it would help her sleep better at night but we've started getting a 6-7 hour stretch. So just go with my gut, right?

We were on a very strict, every 3 hours regimen. Then a couple weeks ago she started to refuse to eat when we woke her up. If we let her sleep until she woke up on her own, she'd suck that bottle dry. So I let her go a couple days, feeding when she woke up and wanted it. It averaged out to every 4 ish hours, and she's been completely finishing her bottles (almost 4 ounces) since this change.

As long as weight gain stays steady and there isn't another reason to wake them up (we had to because preemies have trouble realizing they are hungry), I say go for it.

[kaeguri]

Oct 10, 2015 20:06:37 GMT -5 ajetter said:

How many have babies who regularly go four hours between feedings during the day (we're breast feeding, not sure that matters). My pedi discouraged it, but at almost 11 weeks and 13+ pounds, if she seems to trend toward that I should just go with it, right? Most days it's only once that she'll take a long nap and push the four hour mark, sonetimes twice, but I'm always waking her at four hours. This is after a 2-2.5 hour nap. Waking her to eat every three hours would just be rude right?

She was 6lb14oz at birth, 6lb5oz at discharge, 12lbs13oz at 2 months. Clearly she is not lacking in calories. She said it would help her sleep better at night but we've started getting a 6-7 hour stretch. So just go with my gut, right?

E doesn't go more than 3 hours during the day between feeds, but she sleeps 9-11 hours at night without eating. The ped says she's fine, she's up 5 lbs from her birth weight and having enough wet diapers so letting her sleep is good.

I don't have a schedule and don't plan on introducing one til maybe 5 months or so. But a schedule seems to have emerged anyways. She wakes up around 8, then it's eat/play/sleep til her last feeding around 10pm, then I nurse her to sleep and/or rock her to sleep by 11 and she's out til morning. She doesn't usually nap more than an hour during the day.

[oopsiedaisies]

Oct 1, 2015 17:43:31 GMT -5 @mrspanpan said:

Am I the only one who has no schedule whatsoever during the day?? Sometimes it's 3 hours between feedings, sometimes it's 1, sometimes it's 4! Sometimes he takes a lot of naps, sometimes he barely naps. It's driving me fucking batty!

Luckily his nights have become somewhat regular.

We have no schedule. We try to follow his patterns but with an older kid it's not always possible.

[hiimjamie]

Jake definitely doesn't have a schedule. He eats on demand and naps when he's tired. We play in between. Daycare will be a rude awakening, sweet boy.

[sunshinelady15]

No real schedule plans until December. Would be great to get him in the bed earlier, but hubs gets in late and wants to spend time which I completely get.