Hi,

Silly questions probably but I am going to ask them anyway

My little girl was born on the 03/03, she was a large baby and last thursday we weighed her in at 9.5 lbs. We overcame some breastfeeding issues at the start when my milk came in, and have since established breastfeeding fine.

She latched well, she has plenty of loose yellow stools and wet nappies, her temperature is fine.

Her routine has up until now been feed for 10 Mins, fall asleep (go to the bathroom in her pants) I would change her then she would feed for another 10.

There has been a couple of hot days here of late.

She has started in the last couple days to feed for 5 minutes then fall asleep, she appears to drain my breast not as well as the 10 minute feeds but well enough and often has wind and is restless.

She also appears to be feeding more often then she used too.

I am trying to establish the 6, 10, 2 routine and am a little worried and the small amounts she is taking in (even though she appears to be growing and gaining weight) is she possibly just dehydrated? Is it normal? SHould I be substituting with boiled/cooled water?

Also is there some advice that someone can give me with relation to setting up the routine and regulating the feeding, as I will be going back to work in 7 weeks and want to continue to feed her breast milk.

Thanks for your help and sorry for the silly questions.

Jaans xo