DD has always cluster fed in the evenings. At six months we started putting her to bed as too alert to be with us all evening as she basically likes to sleep and no longer found that easy with telly and chat etc. But she still semi wakes every half hour for a top up so I'm in the bedroom half the night. Some days if we're out and about she'll have tiny snacks (probably 15 mins worth of bf all day) then several very long feeds in her sleep throughout the evening. Other days she'll have more reasonably length daytime feeds then shorter feeds in the evening, still generally at half hour intervals. There's obviously also a bit of a sleep/comfort/can't self settle thing going on, but I'm thinking if I can crack the feeding stuff then it'll be easier to address her sleep stuff.
So, this week I'm staying at home much more so there's less excitement to put her off her feeds. And I thought I'd give her some expressed milk in a cup as she is loves drinking this way - proud of new skill etc. I'm hoping this way I can get her to drink more in the day. Does this sound reasonable and is there any reason why it's a bad idea to supplement her bfeeds with ebm in a cup?
(Sorry to those who've heard this story before - I've started a couple of other threads in the last month or so as the need to have an evening has grown stronger and am in the process of trying various suggestions on the sleep stuff...)
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Still cluster feeding at 8 months - have new idea...
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NoviceKnitter · 18/02/2008 12:38
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