She was weighed a week after she was born & had lost only 200gm (birth 4485gm, 1 week 4265gm) and then she's going to be weighed again on Monday. She has heaps of week & dirty nappies, so no concerns there.
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She was weighed a week after she was born & had lost only 200gm (birth 4485gm, 1 week 4265gm) and then she's going to be weighed again on Monday. She has heaps of week & dirty nappies, so no concerns there.
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Sounds great to me Sarah. Enjoy that sleep - your bbs will adjust soon and you won't feel so full. FWIW J did the same thing - a long overnight feed and cluster feeds during the day. Didn't do him any harm!!
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Sarah in the 1st week that DD was born and I was able to BF I did demand feeding with her and she would have 1 really big nap somewhere in 24 hrs so she would want to cluster feed after that big nap. Sounds like you are going well.
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My older two girls were great sleepers right from day 1 (another story with DD#3....). anyway, they always slept good chunks in the night, therefore in the day i seemed to always be feeding them - i guess they were stocking up for the night....ive always fed my girls on demand, and never let them go longer than 2 hrs.....
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Sarah, Izzy was sleeping 8-10 hours from 6 weeks, a bit later than Juliette but still, and then i would demand feed her during the day. She would cluster feed from about 4-7 most nights, almost like she was stocking up for her nice big sleep and I didn't really mind. During the day she would go around 3 hourly or so. As you said, if she is having lots of wet and dirty nappies and seems to be gaining weight I would enjoy the sleep!!!! When she was a bit older, about 10 weeks, I would let her sleep because it was working for us and I would express either before I went to bed so my bb's wouldn't kill, or else I would wake up and do it in the night. I preferred to do it at around 10ish before I went to sleep though just in case I expressed at 3am and she woke up at 4!
Good luck working it out but sounds like your princess has it all worked out!
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Oh wow, Sarah, I missed your announcement! Congratulations on the birth of Juliette - she is just gorgeous!
I too think it sounds great. I used to wake Natty up for feeds at night, but given my time again I wouldn't. I suppose it is just about what you feel comfortable with. If you are happy doing the cluster if it means you and Juliette get a good block of sleep, then by all means do it. I would agree with you that she's just using the time after the big sleep to 'catch up' by feeding more often.
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Had a bit of a shocker yesterday / last night. She cluster fed in the morning, then cluster fed in the evening as wel. Problem was that there was just nothinng left for her in the evening - she kept puling off & screaming but wanted more. I ended up giving her an 60ml EBM bottle that she guzzled. She then did her 10pm-6am and all was good again. Just waiting for her to wake now.
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