I've been advised by a BF counsellor not to let my 3 week old DD go more than about 3 hours between feeds (during the day). Usually she feeds more frequently than this anyway, but there have been a couple of days when she's had a long nap so it's ended up being a bit longer as I hadn't been waking her up, which I am now doing.
My first question is a bit basic but I thought I should double-check - I've been assuming that when people say "x hrs between feeds", they're counting from the start of one feed to the start of another - is that right? So if she feeds from 2 till 3, I should make sure I offer another feed by 5?
But sometimes DD feeds on and off more or less constantly for ages(she can fuss a lot - I think sometimes it's wind and sometimes the flow seems a bit fast for her - so she can bob on for 5 mins then off for 10 etc) - how do I distinguish between feeds then and know whether/when to wake her up for another feed? the other day I fed her at 6pm, off and on until about 8.30pm, and then offered her another feed at 9ish, which she took quite happily. However, she was then copiously sick about half an hour later - was this too much, should I have waited a bit longer, eg until she seemed hungry?