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blu6385
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Re: Missed growth spurt
Posted by Jugglemom
I wanted to comment on ths because I never fed my children on demand. My kids were both on 3-4 hour schedules from the beginning and it worked beautifully for all of us. I see way too many people (family and friends) that every time a baby cries they throw milk at it and it obviously soothes the child so they calm down. During a growth spurt my kids usually ate more at each feeding. If they cried in between feedings I always made sure that it was not another issue - bored, tired, wanting to be rocked etc. sometimes a simple change of scenery was all they needed. Obviously, if nothing worked, I would try a bottle, but more often then not there was another reason for the crying. I did not let them CIO but tried to find other solutions other than milk.
To the OP - don't worry, if your baby was hungry they would definitely let you know. 
basically this. DD was on a 3-4 hours feeding scheudele. She was in NICU for a week and there they fed her every 3 hours. My ped told me during the day to wake her every 2-3 hours to feed/play and at night to let her sleep till she woke up.
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Re: Missed growth spurt
Posted by Jugglemom
I wanted to comment on ths because I never fed my children on demand. My kids were both on 3-4 hour schedules from the beginning and it worked beautifully for all of us. I see way too many people (family and friends) that every time a baby cries they throw milk at it and it obviously soothes the child so they calm down. During a growth spurt my kids usually ate more at each feeding. If they cried in between feedings I always made sure that it was not another issue - bored, tired, wanting to be rocked etc. sometimes a simple change of scenery was all they needed. Obviously, if nothing worked, I would try a bottle, but more often then not there was another reason for the crying. I did not let them CIO but tried to find other solutions other than milk.
To the OP - don't worry, if your baby was hungry they would definitely let you know.
Feeding on demand isn't stuffing a bottle in a baby's face every time they cry. It is feeding them when they cry AND are showing signs of hunger (rooting, hand sucking, etc) that isn't at a "scheduled" time.
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gina409
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Re: Missed growth spurt
Posted by Katareen
Posted by Jugglemom
I wanted to comment on ths because I never fed my children on demand. My kids were both on 3-4 hour schedules from the beginning and it worked beautifully for all of us. I see way too many people (family and friends) that every time a baby cries they throw milk at it and it obviously soothes the child so they calm down. During a growth spurt my kids usually ate more at each feeding. If they cried in between feedings I always made sure that it was not another issue - bored, tired, wanting to be rocked etc. sometimes a simple change of scenery was all they needed. Obviously, if nothing worked, I would try a bottle, but more often then not there was another reason for the crying. I did not let them CIO but tried to find other solutions other than milk.
To the OP - don't worry, if your baby was hungry they would definitely let you know.
Feeding on demand isn't stuffing a bottle in a baby's face every time they cry. It is feeding them when they cry AND are showing signs of hunger (rooting, hand sucking, etc) that isn't at a "scheduled" time.
  
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Jugglemom
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Re: Missed growth spurt
Posted by Katareen
Posted by Jugglemom
I wanted to comment on ths because I never fed my children on demand. My kids were both on 3-4 hour schedules from the beginning and it worked beautifully for all of us. I see way too many people (family and friends) that every time a baby cries they throw milk at it and it obviously soothes the child so they calm down. During a growth spurt my kids usually ate more at each feeding. If they cried in between feedings I always made sure that it was not another issue - bored, tired, wanting to be rocked etc. sometimes a simple change of scenery was all they needed. Obviously, if nothing worked, I would try a bottle, but more often then not there was another reason for the crying. I did not let them CIO but tried to find other solutions other than milk.
To the OP - don't worry, if your baby was hungry they would definitely let you know.
Feeding on demand isn't stuffing a bottle in a baby's face every time they cry. It is feeding them when they cry AND are showing signs of hunger (rooting, hand sucking, etc) that isn't at a "scheduled" time.
These "reflexes" are often misinterpreted as signs of hunger when they are not always so. The rooting reflex can be activated by stroking the cheek etc.
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