6mo still feeding 2 hourly?

[~Kaz~]

That's hard work Sloane but well done you!

My DS wasn't feeding 2 hourly round the clock at that age but he was feeding 2 hourly all afternoon (from lunch time to bedtime) and sometimes into the evenings too.

I went with it for a long time cause I figured he knew what he needed better than me and I was happy to feed him that often even though lots of other people thought I was mad. My DS was a shocking sleeper in the daytime though, all he did was catnap all afternoon, getting progressively more tired as the day wore on. After a while I thought it might have been related to his frequent feeds so I spaced them out a little bit, gradually and he gradually began to sleep for longer than 40mins and to go down without being fed to sleep (sometimes!) so we got into a 3-4 hour cycle during the day rather than a 2 hour one. It seemed to work for us.

I reckon that if you're happy, bubs is happy and he's sleeping fine then its all good. FWIW, my DS still wakes 2 hourly sometimes at night and feeding him back to sleep is what I do.

[sloane]

thank you everyone it makes me feel a lot better to know that this is a fairly standard feeding frenzy!

kaz - that's really interesting because DS is a catnapper as well. i've been trying to extend his sleeps to a second sleep cycle by patting him through it but maybe i could try extending the feeds a little.

[Liviam]

I feed DS back to sleep overnight because it is just so quick plus he doesn't really wake up properly either - works for both of us. During the day I settle him in his cot and then keep settling him t the moment so that I can help him extend his sleeps. These little ones sure are keeping us guessing. Even with my second I'm still as clueless as with DD, LOL!!!

[sloane]

they sure do like to keep us on our toes! we had about a month of one 5 hr stretch at the start of each night & then just when DP & i got used to having dinner together & some quiet time in the evenings, DS decided it was time to change again!