https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:44:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1637910 Thu, 15 May 2014 19:04:39 +0000 fussygal 1637910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: @Mrs. Champagne: we've been doing a loose version of EASY lately with success. Naps are much better now that I'm more in tune with how long she can stand to be awake. We're still at 2-3 hour stretches at night, but at least it's consistent at this point! Naps are supposed to consolidate around 6-8 weeks so I'm looking forward to that! Hopefully it brings better night sleep, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1637613 Thu, 15 May 2014 17:17:48 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1637613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: I think it's helped with night sleep! Keeping awake for a couple hours before bed has been good I think! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1637580 Thu, 15 May 2014 17:05:49 +0000 Dandelion 1637580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: yeah M's naps are short usually. He also is still waking up every 2-3 hours at night even though he goes right back to sleep after.</p> <p>I'm gonna try a loose version of EASY and see if it helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1637528 Thu, 15 May 2014 16:48:06 +0000 Meltini 1637528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't attempt to stretch out feedings until we started purees. Up until that point I fed on demand. Now we are on a schedule during the day and I feed at night on demand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1637509 Thu, 15 May 2014 16:42:47 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1637509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: i think its going ok ----- A hasn't been napping the best though. he falls asleep good, but doesn't nap for long. Yesterday his last couple naps were only 30 mins or so and he had a major melt down like never before around 830 :( .Today this has been his eating times (below). Including eating and activity he is up for about an hour or a little more.. closer to an hour today (he has a cold and isn't feeling good! :( ) After that he sleeps until next eating time. So his naps are 1 hour usually at most.</p> <p>330am feed, right back to sleep after eating<br /> 651am feed, up until about 8:15<br /> 932am feed, up until about 1030<br /> 1156am feed, up until 1250<br /> 203pm feed, up until 3<br /> 4pm feed, up until 510</p> <p>So basically we aren't getting to the 3 hours between feedings, but mostly 2-2.5 hours. He is sleeping about 930 or 10pm to 330-4am ish though, so that's been great. We don't let him nap much after 7 or 8. He is sleeping right now.. will probably eat at 6 or so and then be up from his last nap around 8 I would guess. We try to keep him up as late as possible.. when he starts to get fussy he has a bath and then bottle of pumped milk and then bed. He usually falls asleep in minutes once swaddled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1637042 Thu, 15 May 2014 14:37:35 +0000 Dandelion 1637042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: has easy still been good for you? M is just a pain about napping and I would love to get him going more regular during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1600000 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:50:10 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1600000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@fussygal: haha gotta love the extra E! Ours is sometimes like that too.. or the S part is sooo short and he is ready for E and I never got any Y.. ;) lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599992 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:48:22 +0000 fussygal 1599992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: I was doing EASY (very loosely) a few weeks ago and it was really nice. Actually it was more like EAESY, but it was good! I wish she'd get back into that groove!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599970 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:41:40 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1599970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been doing a sort of EASY type schedule with my fellow, (6 weeks) and it's going pretty well. I'm not strict with it by any means, but usually he eats, stays awake for a total of 60-90 mins (including eating time) then I swaddle him turn on some white noise and he naps. Sometimes his nap is only 30 mins, but usually we can get to almost three hours from the start of one feed to the next.</p> <p>I like doing it like this because when he wakes up from a nap and is fussy, I know he is usually hungry. And once he eats and is up for a while and starts to fuss, it's usually because he is sleepy!....</p> <p>Obviously sometimes though he eats every hour or something random when he is growing and the schedule flies out the window, but for the most part its helpful! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599969 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:41:36 +0000 fussygal 1599969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: I feel ya! I tried to bouce her and walk around to distract her for a few minutes and it just wasn't happening. I guess she knows what she wants when she wants it! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599960 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:38:49 +0000 Grace 1599960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's a huge growth spurt at 6 weeks. Perhaps she hit it early? Also, mine was a snacker. I just went it. I'd try waiting an extra 15 min but it just made everyone miserable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599950 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:36:50 +0000 fussygal 1599950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ShootingStar: yep. She used to always take both, but the past few days she sometimes only takes one. The shield weaning has her a bit more frustrated when eating and she frequently pops on and off, shakes her head trying to latch, etc.. I wonder if she's just too exhausted to go for the second? She has lots of poopy/wet diapers and is gaining weight though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599939 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:33:14 +0000 kiddosc 1599939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try keeping her awake at the breast to see if she will eat a little bit more. We were told to strip him down to just his diaper, keeping him cool would make him stay awake a bit more. Or to try flicking his feet, or putting a cool washcloth on him. Hopefully if she can get a bit more in one feeding she will stretch them out a bit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599929 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:30:20 +0000 ShootingStar 1599929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you offer both sides already? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599761 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:49:54 +0000 fussygal 1599761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.SK: By goals do you mean the length of time I hope to breastfeed overall or something more specific? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599757 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:48:39 +0000 fussygal 1599757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.SK: I know that her snacking is eating, it's just how I refer to it since it's for such short periods of time. :) I keep doing everything on demand because I definitely don't want to diminish my supply and I know that she's just letting me know what she needs to establish that supply, but I just wonder if there is a way to stretch them out a tiny bit? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599750 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:46:34 +0000 Ms.SK 1599750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BTW - what you are describing is completely normal for a breastfed baby :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599744 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:45:19 +0000 Ms.SK 1599744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In my opnion and for the safety of your supply I would keep doing what you are doing. 1 month is to early in my opnion to limit their intake. All this "snacking" is really eating and every bit counts as you establish your supply up to the 8 week mark. </p> <p>But please consider your personal goals as my above advice may not apply to your specific situation. If you would like to share your goals I may be able to help more (all this coming from a Mom who still EBF her 21 month old twins to share my goals with you). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-lengthen-time-between-feedings#post-1599739 Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:41:34 +0000 fussygal 1599739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is a month old today (what?!) and the past week has been snacking alllll day. During the day she's eating every 45 mins to an hour (before napping and after). She did this around three weeks and I attributed it to a growth spurt, but now it's back in a big way. Its too early to implement a strict schedule and I'm still feeding on demand, but wondering if there is a way to lengthen the feedings out a bit. She seems genuinely hungry each time and shows plenty of hunger cues so I would feel bad to not offer her the boob, but perhaps I'm a bit too eager to always offer it? Also, we're still in the process of weaning from the nipple shield. That's a whole other story, but maybe that has something to do with it, too?</p> <p>Her sleep is also taking a hit from the snacking because she only sleeps for 30-45 minute spurts, and it always has to be in my arms (not complaining about that part, but sometimes I do need to eat or something :P ). I'm not sure if she's waking up because she's hungry (sometimes she only eats from one side before passing out) or what, but I need a remedy for both her short sleeping and snacking! I know she's young yet, so I'm still trying to still do everything on demand but it's also exhausting! </p>