Post by cincodemayo on Jan 22, 2014 12:35:25 GMT -5
Well, when my 4 month old DS was 3 months, he ate 3-4 times a night still. Sometimes I knew he didn't need it though, but it was the fastest way to go back to sleep. On his good nights he usually ate twice, at about 11:30 and again at 3:30. We are still on a similar schedule other than the rare nights he goes 5+ hours between eating.
He gets up usually twice per night ("night" being between 7pm and 5am). For one of those times, I BF so I have no idea how many ounces he actually eats; the other we FF and he typically takes 3-4 oz.
Post by ilikedonuts on Jan 22, 2014 12:57:43 GMT -5
Last night DD2 (will be 3 months on the 30th) ate 6 oz at 9pm, 4 oz at 1am and 6 oz at 7am. She had been STTN until like 2 weeks ago so I have no idea if this will be the new normal or not.
I put her to bed between 7:30-8pm. She nurses to sleep usually for about 20 minutes. She has been waking up around 8:30pm and I nurse again (5 minutes or less) then she STTN until 7amish. She still nurses every two hours during the day and every hour leading up to bedtime.
When DS was 3 mo he STTN (9p-6a). That stopped around 4 mo and he started eating 2+ times per night. There is a pretty big range of normal at that age.
Post by Velar Fricative on Jan 22, 2014 13:06:52 GMT -5
She turned 3 months on 1/1 and was eating once a night or not at all for the first couple of weeks of January. Now it's 2-4 times a night. I guess there is a growth spurt mixed in with the 4MW?
She goes to bed at 7, nursing to sleep. I usually dream feed her at 10 when I go to bed and then she wakes to nurse again sometime around 1-2 and 4-5. Last night, I sent DH in for the 5am session and he just patted her back to sleep until 630, when we're up for the day.
At that age, he was usually eating 1-2 times. We often did a sort of dream feed around 10-11pm, and then he usually woke up between 4am and 6am and would eat again.