Okay so when Noah was born he had a tendancy to sleep lots in the day and at night wake up for feeds loads. The midwife said to try to wake him for feeds every 3 hours during the day so he would go longer at night. So we tried this and found that he would also wake every 3 hours at night. So I started getting him to hang on and feed every 4 hours, this worked great and at night he woke for feeds at 12, 4 and 8! However this was short lived as yesterday when he had his 8o'clook feed in the evening he drained his bottle and still seemed hungry so I gave him an additional 30ml, which ment he didn't finish his midnight feed so he woke at 2:30 for a feed and didn't go back to sleep after!!!! I HAVE ONLY HAD ABOUT 3 HOURS SLEEP!!!
Sticking to a routine is hard as sometimes I have to 'distract' him by bouncing him in his chair for like an hour, after last night I dont want to 'top up' a feed again if it has the same affect but I also dont want to risk him going hungry. So I was wondering what other people do about feeding, do you feed on a shedule or on demand, do you try to feed lots during the day so they go longer at night????
Tell me your tactics!!
Sticking to a routine is hard as sometimes I have to 'distract' him by bouncing him in his chair for like an hour, after last night I dont want to 'top up' a feed again if it has the same affect but I also dont want to risk him going hungry. So I was wondering what other people do about feeding, do you feed on a shedule or on demand, do you try to feed lots during the day so they go longer at night????
Tell me your tactics!!