This sounds stupid bc I have a 5-month old who has been exclusively BF since birth so I should know, LOL.

It was really easy to tell when she was hungry when she was a newborn bc she would do that head bobbing thing and open her mouth looking for booby. But I find it harder to tell at this age when she doesn't do that anymore but can't tell me she's hungry yet. I generally feed her every 3hrs during the day bc she seems to like a 3-hr feed-play-sleep schedule. But I don't see any signs she's hungry coz she doesn't cry for it or anything and sometimes we've been out or something and she hasn't had a feed for 4 hrs and is fine. The only thing she does is when I lay her down across my lap getting ready to feed her she gets all impatient and starts to whinge.

So sometimes I wonder if I'm feeding her too often coz she doesn't ask for it. Or are there subtle hunger cues I'm missing??