I'm possibly going to be unpopular here...
Whilst i don't agree that routine feeding is a wise idea, nor appropriate for a ten week old baby, four hourly is IMO, not all that uncommon.
Alexander has demand fed four hourly with a six-eight hour break overnight since birth (until recently where he has been feeding on average three hourly instead). All of his own accord. He has had excellent growth & weight gain, so I don't see the problem.
& consider the fact that many premmie babies are set to four hour feeds before they leave hospital and have to be showing weight improvement before they leave I don't understand the fuss.
Like I said, I don't agree that setting a routine is a wise idea until bubs has put themself in one, but I don't see why four hour demand feeding is unacceptable, especially if baby is deemed to be growing healthily.
ETA: My bad, i just reread part of it and i completely misinterpreted. No, it's not a good thing to encourage new mums to expect their bubs to go four hourly, & considering the majority of bubbas tend to feed at least 8-12 in 24 in the first few weeks, it's probably not something they should be "promoting" to new parents.
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