Does my 12 week old need longer between feeds?

[pag2020]

Hi everyone

I've been feeding my 12 week old every 3 hours (or earlier if he was hungry) since he was about 6 weeks old. For the last 2 weeks the amount he takes each time is getting smaller. Is this a sign that he needs longer between feeds? Thinking maybe he just isn't hungry enough after 3 hours these days to take a full feed? Any advice or shared experience appreciated! 😊

Bump

Very possibly does need longer between feeds yes, but at this age a lot of babies are still feeding on demand.
Attached is the routine I followed for all three of mine however. They now eat me out of house and home!

@mumjustmum oh thank you for this! Going to give it a try! His hunger cues aren't so obvious anymore!!

Hope it works out for you both!

If it does, attached is the rest of the routine we followed.

Sorry, 5-7 months is missing but you can kind of work it out from the 7 month one.

I always did 4!hourly feed with a drink of water in between but I don't think they advise water now for some reason !

@pag2020 routine as follows 🙂. 5-7 months is missing, so we pretty much jumped straight to 7 months. The nice thing by doing this was that by six months all three of ours (including premature twins) were eating three small meals a day, and now eat me out of house and home.
Don't expect them to eat a lot when you first start, a teaspoon of food followed by milk is an excellent start. Annabelle Karmel books were our go to for recipe ideas, and our kids will eat most things now. We used her recipes, rather than her times as we stuck to the routine that worked for us. Still using it, kids now 3, 2 and 2.