Showing posts with label feedings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feedings. Show all posts
Eat/Wake/Sleep Routine (EWS or EASY)
Tips to keep sleepy newborns awake during feeding
Ah, I remember this only too well. My oldest son was the sleepiest eater. He'd wake up starving but after a short time of eating be off to dream land. Then I'd wake him up, he'd eat furiously again, but be asleep once again in just a couple minutes (if not a couple seconds!). This went on for 3 months. Apparently my breastmilk had a lot of sleep inducing chemicals in it. That or my son was extremely soothed by sucking.
Full Feedings
Encouraging a baby to take a full feed, especially a very sleepy newborn or a preoccupied older baby, can take a lot of work and require a lot of perseverance. So why keep at it? Why does it even
Timing Morning Wake Time with Night Time Feedings
Timing your morning wake time can get a little bit tricky when baby wakes close to when he would normally be getting up. Since I hate mornings and I'm half delusional at that time anyway, I have to make a plan beforehand of what I will do depending on when baby wakes up otherwise I'll be tempted to wake up at
Parent-Directed Feeding (PDF)
There are many feeding methods out there--demand feeding, hyperscheduling, cry feeding, demand schedule, self-regulating schedule, clock feeding, natural feeding, rigid feeding, cue feeding, responsive feeding. Which to do? Is demand feeding the only way to fulfill your baby's needs? Will scheduled feedings dry up your milk supply if you are breast feeding? With all the choices out there and so many people telling you to do this or that it can be
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