How do you know when to change feeding schedule for a newborn from 8x a day to maybe less?
We’re breastfeeding our newborn every 3 hours (8x a day). This is exhausting but necessary I know. But when does the baby or us transition to a less regular schedule? When can the newborn switch to say 4-5hrs? Is it month 1,2,3 or 6? And also around when can a newborn sleep though the night?
Well, if you feed your baby on demand, it simply isn’t an issue. Feed him/her when he/she is hungry. The intervals will stretch out gradually and naturally. You can’t define it by absolute hours and ages – it depends on your baby’s size and appetite.
Some babies sleep through the night from a few weeks old. Others don’t until well over a year. There’s absolutely no way to tell what yours will do – but IMO it’ll take far longer if you carry on with a rigid schedule day and night. Baby has nothing encouraging him to sleep longer at night at the moment. If you don’t wake him up to feed at night, keep it dark, don’t talk. don’t nappy change unless he is stinky, he’s far more likely to stay sleepy and get used to being asleep at night rather than in the daytime.
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