Q about Nursing Schedule...

I am hoping as breastfeeding gets better, I can put DS on some sort of a schedule the next few weeks.

Do you nurse your DC every 3 hours over the course of 24 hours?

Or do you vary between day & night?

At point, can you go 4 hours at night?

My DS is only 11 days but his doctor's appointment went really well today. he has gained more weight than they expected and don't think I need to supplement with formula anymore.

Re: Q about Nursing Schedule...

Thats great he is gaining weight well, good job mama! I didn't really go by a schedule---I just BF on demand when DS was hungry---a lot of the time in the beginning it was every 3 hours, but sometimes more, sometimes less---I didn't wake him up to nurse, he let me know when he was ready! GL, trust me, it does get easier!!!!!

Re: Q about Nursing Schedule...

Good news he is doing well!

They put themselves on a schedule. Soon you should notice that he will need less at night. I know around 3 months DS started sleeping through the night more often. I never really paid attention to when he was eating during the day. I just fed him on demand. (But I also pumped, so that gave me more freedom to go out.) All I cared about was him sleeping at night. Glorious!!!!

Good luck!

Re: Q about Nursing Schedule...

I always BF on demand. As a newborn, DS typically ate every 2.5-3 hours unless he was going through a growth spurt. By 3-4 months, he began eating every 3-4 hours. Sometimes he has longer stretches during the night, but other times he wakes frequently to nurse.

Re: Q about Nursing Schedule...

I EBF pretty much on demand.. when DD was a newborn, she would eat every 2-3 hours during the day and every 3-4 at night. At 4 months, she now eats every 3-4 during the day and night time is still a little random usually a 5 1/2 hour stretch and then another 3-4 hour stretch. Ofcourse during growth spurts she ate every hour or so... this only happened twice though.