Should A Newborn Be On-Demand Or On A Schedule?

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Anonymous wrote:I did E-A-S as the “schedule” and capped daytime naps in the beginning because the ped said to. But otherwise on demand (so I guess fed always after waking but also for any hunger cues during cluster feeding? It’s kind of a blur. Certainly I always fed the baby if she seemed hungry at all. And I started the nap process based on wake window length but that always came with sleepy cues too.

E-A-S and wake windows really helped me to just have a handle on the day but I wouldn’t call it a “schedule” and it was still responsive to the baby. It just helped me to have a sort of plan. It worked great except for the witching hour, but I guess that was also on our “schedule” and I would just plunk down on the couch with snacks and TV on mute.


If this is like “eat, play, sleep” then we did the same thing.


Yeah, “Eat, Awake, Sleep” same thing.
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