When can I stop timing feeds 2-3 hours apart (for newborn)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello All. OP here.

Thank you ladies. Your feedback is very helpful. I implemented it last night and the baby slept as long as she needed until she woke for a feed. Rather than I keep waking her for a feed. It’s just frustrating when at the pediatrician they always ask what is the timing between feeds. We go in for the 2 month checkup this week and I will inform them we are doing long durations during night time now.

I have three kids and I've never been asked that after baby regained birth weight.

[Anonymous]

4.5 month old eats 6oz every 2.5 hours but sleeps 11 hours straight at night so I don't mind during the day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re talking about just during the day right? You’re not waking baby up at night to feed every 3 hours at two months, I hope? If you’re doing that you can/should stop immediately. Every 3 hours during the day, baby should be eating ~5-6oz per feed at this point so should only need 5 or 6 feeds (7 if you’re my DS who has always had the fastest metabolism known to man - my girls were much less hungry.)

What??? 5-6 oz per feed? That’s insane.

Starting around 2 months, yep. My three all did. Oink oink

[Anonymous]

At 2 months old you should focus on the total number of feeds in a 24 hour period, not the spacing. Enjoy some extra sleep!!

With my second son, I'll be honest that I didn't ever wake him to feed even as a newborn. He gained weight fine - I just focused on getting 8 feedings in a 24 hour period. Some newborns sleep so much that getting in 8 feedings per day would be impossible - those are the ones that need to be woken up and that is usually very temporary!