conflicting advice from different health visitors. what do you think?

[ilovefirelighters]

my dd has been gaining weight well and both hvs are impressed and thought she was ff because of the rate she was growing. she is 10weeks today and has been sleeping through the night for just over 2 weeks for 12 hrs a night. 1 hv says if she was hungry she would wake and that im doing just fine the other says shes not getting enough and that i have to feed her every 2-3 hrs in daytime to make up for it. after i saw 2nd hv i felt so guilty and so fed her more often as suggested. then a very emotional exhausted me saw the original hv and asked why dd poo is turning green with what looks like spinach in it!? she said its because shes over eating and to believe in myself and dds wet nappies and weight gain to tell me shes doing just fine. what do you think?

Ack my maths skills have disappeared.. for 120 please read 240 mins

coldtits, you say "at 10 weeks old even a neglected one will open its gob and scream at the first twinge of hunger."

Not true.

hello i have been watching dd all day yesterday and and today. she is very contented with no signs of hunger other than sucking hand once before i then went to feed her. i do not wait for her to cry before then feeding and she does not feed four hourly on the dot, its usually nearer 4 than say 3.5 hours sometimes nearer 3 if thats what she wants. her weight gain is fine she was 6.9 at birth and is now roughly 13.3 (not weighed on baby scales). she rarely whinges/cries all day.
i think i will now just trust my own instincts as i am the 1 person who knows her best.
if she wants to sleep all night and feed 4 hourly ISH, is having plenty of wet/dirty nappies and is gaining weight i suppose i should relax and be thankful shes so good!

Sounds good

Well maybe. but if weight gain is fine, supply is fine - why wake the baby up?

ilovefirelighters that is probably absolutely fine. she may just be a contented little thing. for now . enjoy it!

OP, My third DC is like your baby. She only nurses every four hours and rejects the breast if offered more frequently. She has slept through since she was 3 weeks old, despite co-sleeping with us. I had to wake her up in the mornings to get her ready for the school run, some mums at school have only seen her awake a handful of times in the past 5 months.

Bit of a shock for me after the first two children nursed every 1/2 hours day and night for the first 20 months.

I think it is rare to have a baby wanting to go so long between feeds, before I had my second daughter I would not of believed it myself.

But she is growing like a weed, alert, active, sitting up at 5 months, grasping food off my plate (which I take back off her, too young to wean in my book) Plenty of wet/dirty nappies here too.

That was 1 or 2 hours between feeds for my oldest children, not half an hour. ;)

I'm with HV1 - if your baby wasn't gaining weight/was losing weight, then I'd be concerned. But her weight is fine, so I'd thank God for small mercies! She's a great sleeper who's getting enough food during the day to sustain that sleep. Well done you!

My first baby didn't go more than 2 hours between feeds ever, second baby 3-4 hours during the day and slept all night, well up until about 7 months when she decided sleep is for the weak.

Sounds like you are doing well, if baby putting on weight, wet and dirty nappies etc no way would I wake at night, never wake sleeping babies in this house. :-)

ha ha we did tell her while i was pregnant she would be very welcome if she likes her sleep!! oops maybe she took notice!!

Dd1 was like this. When I tried to feed her more often her weight gain stopped as she was just getting the foremilk. Whilst it is rare, some babies are like this and you don't need to feel bad. Enjoy it! I hardly ever fed mine more than 5 times a day. They weren't crying all the time, and no hungry cues. They ate now 2 and 3 and very healthy girls. Dd2 did feed for ages when she fed though to male up for it.