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just out of interest.
If your little ones are feeding every 3 or 4 hours do you count that when they start the feed or finish the feed as Alfie can take 40 mins for 6oz which is fine but then i don't know whether to start the 4 hours from when he started or finished as i have heard they are not meant to go longer than 4 hours during the day.
Charlene and Alfie
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Charlene and Alfie
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DD goes 4 hours between feeds now too, takes 6oz
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As much as i was in two minds about gin=ving up breast feeding its so much easier knowing when they are going to need feeding and how much they have had. I feel i have made the right decision now.
Charlene
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Luen was drinking 6 but he been poorly so he taking between 4 and 5 but he is still goin about 4 hours in day and hoping 5 hours at night xxx
e.g if he fed from 1-1.40 and he fed next at 5.40 that is 4 hours from the end of the last but 4.40 from the begining of the last if that makes sense.
Alfie was fine with this and now i have started doing it from the beg of the feed he doesn't seem that hungry at the next and is only taking 3-4 ozs. What should i do as i heard they should not wait longer than 4 hours during the day or ahould i go back to the way i was doing it as he was taking 5-6oz each time then?
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in hospital i was told by my mw to time feeds from the FINISH of one to the start of the next. my baby was born small so she was not allowed more than 3 hours between feeds day nd night for 2 weeks and this is how i was told to time them. i have been doing this from day 1 and dd is happy with this and has been putting on at least 10oz a week so it can't be doing her any harm. if it's working for you then keep with it.
dd takes at least 6 oz every feed and feeds every 3-4 hours in the day and sleeps fr nearly 7 hours at night.
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