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On Becoming Babywise
by Gary Ezzo
Eat. Play. Sleep. Keep the baby's activities in that order. Start the first feeding of the day at the same time. This is what I pulled from the book.
Some people complain that the book promotes a very strict schedule-based feeding, and puts the baby's growth and mother's milk supply at risk. The book generally says to feed the baby every 2-3 hours (from start of feed to start of next feed). That's a pretty typical routine for all babies, I've found. At one month, I started tracking when the baby asked to be fed, and it fit within those parameters anyway. It also says if baby wants to eat every 1.5 hours, go ahead and feed him (lots of growth spurts). My son adjusted well to the 3-hour feedings. He never cried from hunger, so I never had to let him cry it out (which I'm not a fan of, anyway). I never woke him at night when he slept longer.
I do believe that when the baby feeds at longer intervals, his actual mealtimes get longer, and therefore he is getting more of the filling hind milk. I have some friends who were nursing 10-12 times a day for months. Their babies were not gaining weight faster than my son. I speculate that it is because they are jsut getting a lot more of the watered-down, less caloric fore milk, even though they are eating nonstop. But who knows, every kid is different and my next one might be more of a grazer...
I switched to "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" around 10 weeks. My son was sleeping about 6-7 hours at night by 10 weeks, and 10-11 hours (YAY Charlie!!!) by 12 or 13 weeks.
Some people complain that the book promotes a very strict schedule-based feeding, and puts the baby's growth and mother's milk supply at risk. The book generally says to feed the baby every 2-3 hours (from start of feed to start of next feed). That's a pretty typical routine for all babies, I've found. At one month, I started tracking when the baby asked to be fed, and it fit within those parameters anyway. It also says if baby wants to eat every 1.5 hours, go ahead and feed him (lots of growth spurts). My son adjusted well to the 3-hour feedings. He never cried from hunger, so I never had to let him cry it out (which I'm not a fan of, anyway). I never woke him at night when he slept longer.
I do believe that when the baby feeds at longer intervals, his actual mealtimes get longer, and therefore he is getting more of the filling hind milk. I have some friends who were nursing 10-12 times a day for months. Their babies were not gaining weight faster than my son. I speculate that it is because they are jsut getting a lot more of the watered-down, less caloric fore milk, even though they are eating nonstop. But who knows, every kid is different and my next one might be more of a grazer...
I switched to "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" around 10 weeks. My son was sleeping about 6-7 hours at night by 10 weeks, and 10-11 hours (YAY Charlie!!!) by 12 or 13 weeks.