DS is 6.5 months old and nurses 5-6x a day every 3ish hours. We've also been doing solids 2x a day (bfast/dinner) for the past couple of weeks.
I've been feeding him every 3ish hours just because this has been our schedule since 12 weeks or so? when it was really on demand, now I feel like we're amping up to condense frequency with quantity and wondering when the transition should be to longer intervals with more milk?
coconut / 8305 posts
She's 14 mths & we nurse on demand still so anywhere from 3-5 times during the day depending on what's planned for the day (she doesn't nurse much when out of the house anymore). No idea when she'll start dropping daytime nursing sessions (we still nurse through the night as well).
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
DS is 3.5 months and nursing about every 2.5 hours.
I don't remember when DD started stretching it out to 4 hours between sessions, but I can't wait for that day!
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
DD is six weeks and we are nursing on demand. Sometimes it's every hour or so, and we don't go more than 3 hours during the day, 5 hours at night! I'm hoping she starts spreading out the day time session and stops cluster feeding soon! I'd love for it to be more predictable.
grapefruit / 4066 posts
DD is almost 7 months and we still EBF on demand, usually every 2.5 hours, but many days its every 1.5 or 2 when i am just home with her. when we are out and about she's more distracted so those days we have less sessions. i feed her when she wakes up from naps and nurse her to sleep going down for naps.
pear / 1570 posts
LO is 11mo and we still nurse on demand when we are together. It is about 5? times a day. We do still nurse throughout the night. Like @runsyellowlites he doesn't nurse much outside the home unless he is really really hungry. Anywhere between 3-4 hours during the day with little snack feeds sprinkled in.
bananas / 9357 posts
DS is almost 8 months and on the weekends when I'm with him all day, nurses about every 3 hours during the day and a few times during the night. so probably around 8 times in a 24 hour period.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
Hm, I don't really keep track, but I'd guess between 6-8 times a day. When he wakes up, before and/or after his 2 naps, and before bed, and usually at least once overnight, closer to the morning.
pomelo / 5720 posts
LO is amost 10 mos (6/8) and is nursing 4x/day. Morning, after his nap, after his second nap, and before bed. I stopped nursing him at night about a month ago when he started STTN on his own,. He sometimes only nurses from one side and then will nurse on the other side an hour or so later but I still count that as once. He eats 3x/day, plus two snacks, and drinks water with meals.
coconut / 8498 posts
LO is 12, almost 13, months and regularly nurses once a day. If she asks during the day I'll nurse her, but she does it only every few days.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
almost 20 months and once in the morning and once at night since 17 months. it was hard to drop from 3-2 for her. and i can't imagine how we're going to wean!
pineapple / 12053 posts
R is 4.5 months and she feeds about 6-8 times in a 24 hour period. the extra 2 times come if she wakes up more overnight or refuses to sleep when we're out and about.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
15 months and just weaning, so the last 2 weeks has been once a day. From 12-15 months it was 2-3x a day
bananas / 9973 posts
Had to check my app. 3 months old and avg about 7xs in 24 hr periods. Usually 2.5-3 hrs during daytime with a good stretch ~ 7 hrs at night. Feeding on demand.
pomegranate / 3604 posts
LO is 9.5 months & still nurses 8-10x a day. 2 of those are night nursing sessions & he gets 1-2 bottles & 1 meal of solids (usually dinner).
pomegranate / 3858 posts
6 months and every 3ish hours...I usually feed her once between 7pm and 6 am.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
8 months and about every 3 hours. she has gone as long as 5 during the day but that was because we were busy and I didn't realize it had been that long - bad mom! no wonder she was a little cranky.
she's still up every 2-5 hours at night, usually every 3.
bananas / 9118 posts
Almost 17 months and we are down to 1-2 nursing sessions a day. It rarely lasts for more than 15 minutes for both sides. I'm definitely going to miss it as we are actively working on weaning, while he may be ready I'm not sure about myself. The past few days we have been working to eliminate the morning feeding, so we are heading to only middle of the night wake-ups and bedtimes.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
LO is 9 months and nurses about 4 times during the day and twice at night.
pomegranate / 3452 posts
2 months - about every 2ish hours during the day, and anywhere from 3-7 hours at night. Generally he gets 10x per 24 hour period.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
12 weeks and about every 3 hours during the day. Although she nurses for a long time before bed. She will go 7 to 9 hours at night usually.
pear / 1699 posts
12 months - 4 times: morning, afternoon, bedtime, once during the night. I'm wanting to get rid of the afternoon nursing but he's so much happier after it...I'm ready to be done though...so it's step 1.
clementine / 773 posts
8 months - anywhere from 6-10 times. He STTN, but he has turned into a mid-day snacker.
grapefruit / 4819 posts
11.5 months and she gets four feeds per day (none overnight and hasn't gotten any overnight feeds since three months old - her choice, not me imposing that schedule on her). Up until last week, she was having five feeds per day but I'm starting to wean so I've dropped an afternoon feed. Next week I will probably drop another afternoon feed.....
Sort of sad about weaning, but also excited as we want to try for another and my cycle just seems determined to not come back properly until I'm completely done BF'ing!
grapefruit / 4291 posts
Almost eight months and nursing between eight and ten "sides" per 24 hours. That includes one or two night feedings and Miss A is only just starting to lengthen the time between day feeds (four hours yesterday!)
pomegranate / 3053 posts
I just stopped completely at 14 months, but when he was EBF until 12 months it was 4x a day with solids.
pear / 1510 posts
4.5 mo and about every two or so hours, depending on nap length. She STTN from about 9pm-8am.
pineapple / 12234 posts
12 months and 4 times a day (morning, before morning nap, after second nap, bed time). If she keeps busy, it's around 3.
persimmon / 1408 posts
Lo is almost 8 months. I'm a WOHM so during the week I BF once in the am and once before bed (she's STTN for 10-12 hours usually). She has 3 bottles a day care. Ends up being 5 x.
On the weekends I BF every 3 hours, so usually 5 x a day.
However, this weekend I had her Fri-Sat and I think I may not be making enough bc she ate more frequently and had a hard time going down. It also could have been bc dad was out of town too. Not sure!
grapefruit / 4923 posts
LO is 4.5 months, and we recently went from him eating every 4 hours to every 3 hours (at the request of daycare, who said he was getting fussy). so he eats 5 times/day.
the 4 hour schedule was working at home where he had peace and quiet to take longer naps, but that wasn't the case at daycare. it felt like taking a step backwards and i initially resisted the idea, but then i realized i was focusing on my feelings instead of him and eventually decided it was best for him to go to a 3-hour schedule.
cherry / 211 posts
LO is seven months this week! He BF's on demand with me, around 6 times a day, about every 1.5-3.5 hrs, or gets pumped milk around every 2-3 hrs with the nanny. He gets two meals of cereal/purees a day. He goes 11-12 hours at night without eating. I foresee us staying on this schedule for now.
pomelo / 5331 posts
LO is 4 months old. During the week he nurses once in the morning, once in the evening when we get home/before bed, then 2-3 times throughout the night. He gets 3 5-ounce bottles at daycare. On weekends he nurses usually 5-6 times during the day and then 2-3 times throughout the night. I'm hoping he goes back down to 1-2 feedings per night soon.
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