Mom's of babies around 8 weeks old

What kind of schedule is your DC on? How often are they feeding and how much formula and/or breastmilk are they taking? How long are they sleeping at night?

DD is eating about 4.5 - 5 oz every 3 hours or so during the day, and is going about 5 hours at night. I just want to see if that is similiar to other babies her age....

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My son is 13 weeks but was 10 weeks premature, and is on basically the same schedule. We just upped his formula to about 5 1/2 oz. every 3 hours and he is sleeping about 5 hours a night. Glad to hear that his schedule is similar to others

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ds is just about 6 weeks old and drinks anywhere from 4-6 ounces about every 3-4 hours during day and usually takes 6 unces around 10:30-11:00, sometimes goes until 3 , sometimes until 5....we are hoping he starts going longer consistently. He is bottle fed. Our typical day:

5:30-6:15 am- eats, goes back down

8:30 am -wakes up like clock work at this time for another bottle-sometimes stays up and we read or watch baby einstein videos or will go back to sleep

11:30- another bottle and then stays up, we play on the play may, tummmy time, go for a walk, toys, etc...

3:30 -bottle, down for nap

6:30 or 7:30- pm- another bottle and a bath, stays up with daddy, play s in swing ,bouncy, wtches tv in his arms

10:30- another bottle and down in swingto start and then crib

This is fairly typical

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Posted by jes81276

My son is 13 weeks but was 10 weeks premature, and is on basically the same schedule. We just upped his formula to about 5 1/2 oz. every 3 hours and he is sleeping about 5 hours a night. Glad to hear that his schedule is similar to others

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My son is 10 weeks, and he is not the most regular little guy at least with feedings. He sleeps about 5 hours at night now (6 or 6.5 on occasion), so that's the longest stretch he goes without food. The amount he eats varies depending upon when he eats--it can be anywhere from 2.5 to 6 ounces. Usually, he will eat every 3 hours during the day, sometimes every 2 hours, and he'll have at least 4.5. People have suggested I feed him more all at once so he doesn't need so much so often (he's a bottle baby), but he has a mind of his own and will not eat more than he wants to eat.

He generally goes to bed at 10:30, but the last few nights he has been conking out around 9:30. I was hoping for this--now a little more time with DH in the evenings. He usually gets up around 8 and stays up until 12. I usually have to take him for a walk or a drive to get him to nap. Later in the afternoon, around 4 or 5, he might take another nap. We don't bathe him every day since his skin is dry, but I do wash his face and hands through the day.

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Posted by cjik


He generally goes to bed at 10:30, but the last few nights he has been conking out around 9:30. I was hoping for this--now a little more time with DH in the evenings. He usually gets up around 8 and stays up until 12. I usually have to take him for a walk or a drive to get him to nap. Later in the afternoon, around 4 or 5, he might take another nap. We don't bathe him every day since his skin is dry, but I do wash his face and hands through the day.

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I started trying to put him down around 9 recently and set up a bedtime routine (bath if it's that night, change PJs, sit in his room in the rocker where it's quiet, bottle). I don't know if it helped or not--the first few nights there was no difference. But the last 4 nights or so he has gone to bed at 9:30, which is great.

We had him in the living room with us, and I wondered if that was keeping him up, with the lights, tv going, DH and I talking, etc.

He has also been less colicky--I don't know if he was just overtired or if his new formula took effect, but he seems much happier overall.

His doctor said it is very hard to force a baby his age into a schedule, but it doesn't hurt to try and get him into a bedtime routine.

Good luck! You have a very cute baby btw!

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