Great thread, Moon
Once I knew DS was really getting the food in (and oh, is he), he dropped a feed in the day and now goes around 4 - 5 hours between bf's, as opposed to every 3 hours. I now bf totally on demand and, and although the times may seem a bit weird, I think DS has been pretty cute at asking for his milk in-between his meals.
Very very rarely feed to sleep unless the middle of the night.
We go something like this, though all a bit of a movable feast depending on wake-up time/teething/feeling unwell/there being a moon in the sky
5am (when he wakes, generally, though will sometimes go back to sleep with a bf until 7am)
8am breakfast
10amish nap
Occasionally have a bf here, generally ok with a rice cake/snack, depends on what time woke up
12.30 lunch
1.30/2 nap
3pm bf, always
5pm tea
6.30pm bf
On a good night, feeds at 11/midnight and again at 5am (with a nappy change), down again until 7am.
On a bad night - like last night - woke every 2 hours and I fed 4 times between 9pm and 6am.
Seems like we're all pretty normal, tbh, in the sense that no one baby is the same!
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