Feeding on demand or to a schedule?

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Birminghambabe · 20/07/2023 17:55

Just wondering what works best for you? Thank you!

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FudgeSundae · 21/07/2023 06:47

Goldencup · 21/07/2023 06:42

Best tip I got from midwife… never wake a sleeping baby

Sorry I think this terrible advice after the first 2 weeks. It is common sense if you let a baby sleep for 4 hours between say 2pm and 6pm then they won't do another 4 hours stretch @ 8pm or 10pm when you want them to.

Yes and mine both weighed 5lbs and were sleepy and tiny. If I hadn’t woken them to get milk into them it would have been very dangerous.

to the question: schedule for my sanity!

TropicalTrama · 21/07/2023 08:38

AmbleInAnnBoleyn · 20/07/2023 22:21

My brother and his wife refused to feed their baby sooner than scheduled. It was painful to be around a wailing infant being jiggled and shushed because the next bottle was not due for 45 minutes.

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Wow that’s awful, and just why?? If you’re doing a schedule surely you want baby to have as much milk as possible during the day so they sleep through at night! Otherwise what’s the point?

Tulips2507 · 21/07/2023 08:45

I know some people on my mum's group get obsessed with their 'schedule'. Then as their baby grows or goes through a phase and their sleep/eating pattern changes they get stressed because they don't know what to do anymore when their schedule gets thrown off. Just go with the flow. The only fixed times we have is for bedtime routine.

AmbleInAnnBoleyn · 21/07/2023 09:18

TT I don't know why they did this. It was bizarre. Poor baby. This wasn't decades ago, either, my nephew is just 10 .

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