DS2 is 2 weeks and I'm keen to put him into some sort of routine to allow me to deal with DS1. So far I haven't bothered too much with routine, after all after 9 months in my tummy I know he's going to want lots of cuddles and that's fine but we've got to start at some point and from my experience, waiting too long isn't always helpful.
I completely buy in her theory, fill them up during the day so that they don't always ask for food at night - plus a couple of my friends have used this method very successfully. My problem is that DS2 is a real guzzler and just cannot wait 3h for the next feed - it's more like 2h or even 1h sometimes. That means that I'm struggling to follow the routine.
Has anyone experienced this? What do you reckon I should do? Feed him when he wants so that he gets plenty and hopefully can go longer at night?
I do wonder if the problem isn't his latch, I wonder if his technique isn't a bit inefficient which means he feeds often (sometimes the feeds last 45min to 1h).
He does manage to go from 8/9pm until 1/2am without waking up for food but that's after cluster feeding like mad from 5pm.
Any suggestions?
PS: I'm not interested in the opinion of people that think ASW is a witch.
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