My daughter will be 5 months old in 10 days. She doesn't eat like a meal every 4 hours. She is always snacking around. Eats 2-3 oz every 2-3 hours. Also, when she is asleep and I put her in her bassinet, she wakes up in half an hour. Doesn't take long naps. Even at night, she wakes up every 3 hours, eats just a little bit (may be just for comfort) and falls asleep. What do suggest to make her routine more regular? Also, I introduced bottle to her when she was 6 weeks old because I was going back to work. She was fine taking bottle until 3 weeks back and suddenly stopped taking bottle (till today), unless she is very sleepy. Do you have a guidance on that? Thank you for all your help. Your videos are really very helpful. Thanks, Jinal
I need help😦😕💔 my daughter turned 4 months today and still need to eat every 2 hours. Is it because my supply is to low?? I had a supply problem because she had tongue tie which has be corrected for over a month and I have still continued to do pumping everyday to have my supply. She's fussy after most feeds like she is still hungry. And if she isn't she seems very hungry an hour to 1 1/2 hours later. Could I be over feeding?? If I am able to go around 4 hour due to a nap my breast feel very full. But even after those time she still seems hungry. Lactation problem for very heart breaking 😢 I don't want to give up breast feeding but I don't want her to be unhappy and hungry 😢
It is hard to follow a schedule with my 4 month old because if I wake him up and try to feed at the set time, he will not nurse when sleepy. He sleeps off or the moment I put him down thinking he wants to sleep, he wakes up crying. Again sleeps in the nursing position. So I need to let him have his own sleep feed routine. In this situation I just have to pump and feed him but then he sleeps right after that instead of being awake after a feed. Do you have any advice?
13 weeks is pretty young to go all the way through the night, at this stage, I was getting up at least once, what time is the last feeding and when does he wake up in the morning?
Just discovered your channel and cannot wait to watch more of your videos. Going to give this schedule a try with my 5 month old. At the 11pm feeding do you recommend to completely wake them up or do more of a dream feed?
I like your advice but how do u get her to sleep for ywo hour per naps..i struggle to get her to nap longer 30mins...my girl wakes up at 7am...how do u get to sllep 2 hours for naps
Hi! How to transition a baby that is not on any type of schedule to this schedule? My baby just won't nap for that long a stretch so i can't make the 4 hour schedule
But how to stretch the time? My baby is 4 months and 1 week and he still gets hungry every single hour when I try to stretch it to 2 hours he keeps crying and I just feel bad and feed him anyways 😢
Hi there, if you can do the breastmilk, I recommend that, or pumping during this time. I found that whenever I didn't nurse consistently, it could affect my milk. Try to do it all with the breast at first until you build up good milk supply, stay in touch, xoxo M
Hi Melissa. My 5 month old is on her own schedule right now. Feeding every two hours all day and night and I put her to down for naps whenever she shows signs of being tired. She is very happy and content but I'm exhausted. How do I transition her to this schedule? I don't want to change her from being happy to miserable :(
go to my site and search under naps, I have a few videos on this. I suggest trying to put him down a tad earlier, a dark room, making sure you are doing full feedings. Has he found his thumb or fingers? That helps a lot!
My baby (my second baby) is six month old and still eats every two hours. How on earth do you stretch it out to four? No really, tell me I need to know. This waking up every two hours at night is killing me.
Hi! I start to follow this routine but when I put my baby down for a nap is with my breast, he sips a little milk. So that will be close to two hours feeding. Before I go to sleep I nurse him. He will wake up around 3 AM for a dream feeding.
Did you figure it out?? Breast milk is digested quickly. My baby feeds "on demand" and he sleeps through the night. He eats every 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours and sleeps up to 6 hours at night. I'm trying to get him on a schedule so I can go into the office a couple times a week.
Yes I do, but it's a bit of a choice... when you do that top-off feed, that can often get the baby through until a bit later in the morning... But some people don't like to wake their babies up. How is she doing during the day? I think eventually she will go all night if she is doing so well already at 4-6 months!! Way to go!!
i love your videos, very helpful. I have a 5 months baby he is vomiting and spitting up alot doctor says he is fine so long as baby is happy and gaining weight!do you have any tips for such babies. Thank you
My baby wakes up in the night but when I try to feed him it lasts not even five minutes.is he hungry or should I try to let him fuss it out? He's thirteen weeks
Hi Melissa! I have been following you before my daughter's birth..Now that she's been 4 and a half months Let me take you a week before I incorporated this routine.. So ,she was sleeping 3 times a day 30 to 45 mins naps but I used to feed her in every 2 hours or sometimes 1 and a half hour.during the day. 10 min feed from one breast only and for the next feed ,the other breast after every 2 to 2.5 hours. used to sleep through the night. A week ago, I watched this video of yours and tried to incorporate this routine! Since then, she hasn't been sleeping through the night and wakes up for feed, even if I have fed her at 12am.. :( She is now taking 6 min feed at every hour for 3 hours( 18 mins avg) and then she asks for another one after 3 hours almost, which I try to stretch to make it 4. So its like,she takes about 6 min to have a feed at say 12pm, she would ask for another 3 to 4 min.. and then again at 1 she's hungry I feed her she takes it and feeds for 3 to 4 min and again in an hour.. when she's done like this for about 18 min...then she asks for another feed at after 3 hours min What do I do,I am not used to waking up at nights :( as she has been a good sleeper since the beginning.
My 4 month old wont nap for longer than 45 mins to an hour lol, she can self settle and is put in her crib awake so she can fall asleep independently. I do wait before I go in to get her but she often wont go back to sleep for her naps.
Sarah, are you getting him to the point of being very full, and yet burped -- or is he falling asleep? Try to keep him awake and get a very full feeding!
my lo just won't go down with nursing or rocking.if we try to put him down he screams.when we try to do it earlier he tries by sucking his hand but eventually just starts crying.he also now wakes up every 2 hours at night, could this be a 4 month sleep regression?
do u recommend a formula bottle for top feed at 11 pm at night? the rest of day just breast feeding... or shud i give a full breast pumped bottle for the top feed?? plan to breast feed 100% for the first 3 months but was planning to start a top feed at night when the baby hits 4 months.. pls reply :) i hope i was clear abt what im trying to say haha
My baby naps 3-4 times per day, but she only sleeps for about 45 minutes at a time, meaning she eats about every 3 hours. This was fine as she was sleeping from 7:30pm through to 7:30am every night from approx 3 weeks old (she is 4 months old now). But recently she has started waking frequently during the night and I'm not sure what's wrong. Her nap schedule is still the same, but night time sleep is shot to pieces. I think she needs to nap longer during the day, but don't know how to get her to sleep longer. :/
omg my baby does that on his own lol but sometimes he doesnt sleep at 8 n sometimes he does 😑. how do i get him to sleep n stay asleep? o yea he is actually not quite 4 mths he is 3mths n 2wks. He is developing on his own fast 😊. There is stuff i haven't even taught him n he just does it out of no where lol
around twelve I feed him and he stays asleep.after eight in the morning he starts to stay up after eating.in between some times he wakes up once, some times every two hours, but mostly at 3 and six.he's very inconsistent at this time.but when he does eat its no longer than five minutes.I try to switch breasts to wake him up and maybe he'll eat but usually he just wants my breasts as a pacifier and he doesn't like fake ones
Hello! Thanks for the video! Our little one is EBF and is just about to turn 5 months old. He is on a similar schedule to the one you have here. The only thing is, he doesn't nap more than .5 hour to 45 minutes at a time. Any advice on this? Thanks in advance!
Has it gotten any better Yas? My boy is 4months and can go 2.5/3 hours during the day and can sleep 8 hours at night. My problem is getting him to sleep at night lol
@@yasminhorn_ He won't go down at night without being rocked. Then wakes as you try to set him down. I need a time machine to fast-forward a few months lol
@@netm203 oh my goodness, I’m so sorry!!! I remember those days!!! We would put our baby down and she would popped back up 🤦🏻♀️ like as soon as she would feel being put down. After a while, I would honestly just walk away 😅 She eventually would fall asleep within 10min or leas just fussing & crying wears them out. Plus most of the time they are already tired, they just want mommy 24/7, so They just fight sleep lol but at 4mon it will still be a little struggle - it does get better for sure! At 4mon, I felt like a zombie with little sleep, baby waking up frequently, it was awful! Hang in there!
Nicole Fant try to feed him longer! More burps in between! Sometimes it seems like they've finished eating but they're trying to increase your milk production /going through a growth spurt. Hope this helps xx
this is a joke! why not just feed on demand?? a baby of 4-6months should just be with their mom not taught when to sleep and woken up to feed, on what planet is it ok to wake ur baby to force feed her so she sleeps longer for YOU?
ATReade I'd assume it would be this planet considering we don't have regular contact with other planets? Unless you do? If so, have they told you they hate eating? Have they tired this method & it has caused them psychological damage? Because I know if the person I love woke me up with cuddles offering me my favourite meal, I'd be happy! Sounds like you needs a better nights sleep 😊
When putting them down for a nap do you nurse them to sleep? Because that's the only way my little one will fall asleep -_-
My daughter will be 5 months old in 10 days. She doesn't eat like a meal every 4 hours. She is always snacking around. Eats 2-3 oz every 2-3 hours. Also, when she is asleep and I put her in her bassinet, she wakes up in half an hour. Doesn't take long naps. Even at night, she wakes up every 3 hours, eats just a little bit (may be just for comfort) and falls asleep. What do suggest to make her routine more regular?
Also, I introduced bottle to her when she was 6 weeks old because I was going back to work. She was fine taking bottle until 3 weeks back and suddenly stopped taking bottle (till today), unless she is very sleepy. Do you have a guidance on that?
Thank you for all your help. Your videos are really very helpful.
Thanks,
Jinal
I started watching your videos when I had my first daughter. I love watching them and remembering those times
I need help😦😕💔 my daughter turned 4 months today and still need to eat every 2 hours. Is it because my supply is to low?? I had a supply problem because she had tongue tie which has be corrected for over a month and I have still continued to do pumping everyday to have my supply. She's fussy after most feeds like she is still hungry. And if she isn't she seems very hungry an hour to 1 1/2 hours later. Could I be over feeding?? If I am able to go around 4 hour due to a nap my breast feel very full. But even after those time she still seems hungry.
Lactation problem for very heart breaking 😢
I don't want to give up breast feeding but I don't want her to be unhappy and hungry 😢
It is hard to follow a schedule with my 4 month old because if I wake him up and try to feed at the set time, he will not nurse when sleepy. He sleeps off or the moment I put him down thinking he wants to sleep, he wakes up crying. Again sleeps in the nursing position. So I need to let him have his own sleep feed routine. In this situation I just have to pump and feed him but then he sleeps right after that instead of being awake after a feed. Do you have any advice?
13 weeks is pretty young to go all the way through the night, at this stage, I was getting up at least once, what time is the last feeding and when does he wake up in the morning?
Just discovered your channel and cannot wait to watch more of your videos. Going to give this schedule a try with my 5 month old. At the 11pm feeding do you recommend to completely wake them up or do more of a dream feed?
my son 4 months he eats 6 oz 6 am 9 am 12 pm 3 pm and last feed 6pm and doesn't wake up until.the next day is that ok ?
Wow I still feed my 4 month old every 2 to 3 hours during the day and once or twice at night.
Same! It’s normal every baby is different mine is four months and he eats every nap time usually every two hours and two or three times at night
Me too
Same
My schedule is almost like this... But my baby skips the 11pm and will wake up around 5am. Do you think she'll eventually skip that one too?
I like your advice but how do u get her to sleep for ywo hour per naps..i struggle to get her to nap longer 30mins...my girl wakes up at 7am...how do u get to sllep 2 hours for naps
April I have a video on this -- baby not taking long naps -- it is on my site. xo
This is a great schedule, thank you!
What do you do if your baby doesn't sleep for 1.5 hrs during the naps??? How would I implement this??
I do almost the same thing but the final 11 pm feed is way too late. We have a final 9:15 feed and he sleeps until 8:15. He is 4 months
Hi! How to transition a baby that is not on any type of schedule to this schedule? My baby just won't nap for that long a stretch so i can't make the 4 hour schedule
But how to stretch the time? My baby is 4 months and 1 week and he still gets hungry every single hour when I try to stretch it to 2 hours he keeps crying and I just feel bad and feed him anyways 😢
After three and half month vaccination my baby taking less feed is it fine when I offer feed she crying a lot
Hi there, if you can do the breastmilk, I recommend that, or pumping during this time. I found that whenever I didn't nurse consistently, it could affect my milk. Try to do it all with the breast at first until you build up good milk supply, stay in touch, xoxo M
Hi Melissa. My 5 month old is on her own schedule right now. Feeding every two hours all day and night and I put her to down for naps whenever she shows signs of being tired. She is very happy and content but I'm exhausted. How do I transition her to this schedule? I don't want to change her from being happy to miserable :(
Having same situation... I'm not sure if my lo can wait 4 hrs to be fed!
Yeah I’d rather feed my baby every 2 hours than 4. I’d be worried baby wasn’t getting enough.
not sure if this question has been asked but does this still apply if you're giving breast milk by a bottle?
thats something I can only dream about :)
go to my site and search under naps, I have a few videos on this. I suggest trying to put him down a tad earlier, a dark room, making sure you are doing full feedings. Has he found his thumb or fingers? That helps a lot!
My baby (my second baby) is six month old and still eats every two hours. How on earth do you stretch it out to four? No really, tell me I need to know. This waking up every two hours at night is killing me.
me too
Hi! I start to follow this routine but when I put my baby down for a nap is with my breast, he sips a little milk. So that will be close to two hours feeding. Before I go to sleep I nurse him. He will wake up around 3 AM for a dream feeding.
Did you figure it out?? Breast milk is digested quickly. My baby feeds "on demand" and he sleeps through the night. He eats every 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours and sleeps up to 6 hours at night. I'm trying to get him on a schedule so I can go into the office a couple times a week.
Yes I do, but it's a bit of a choice... when you do that top-off feed, that can often get the baby through until a bit later in the morning... But some people don't like to wake their babies up. How is she doing during the day? I think eventually she will go all night if she is doing so well already at 4-6 months!! Way to go!!
i love your videos, very helpful. I have a 5 months baby he is vomiting and spitting up alot doctor says he is fine so long as baby is happy and gaining weight!do you have any tips for such babies. Thank you
Even my baby is suffering with same problem
You feed him extra.thats why.
My baby wakes up in the night but when I try to feed him it lasts not even five minutes.is he hungry or should I try to let him fuss it out? He's thirteen weeks
Hey melisa thanks for all the good videos
what if you work and dont have a set schedule?
Hi Melissa!
I have been following you before my daughter's birth..Now that she's been 4 and a half months
Let me take you a week before I incorporated this routine.. So ,she was sleeping 3 times a day 30 to 45 mins naps but I used to feed her in every 2 hours or sometimes 1 and a half hour.during the day. 10 min feed from one breast only and for the next feed ,the other breast after every 2 to 2.5 hours. used to sleep through the night.
A week ago, I watched this video of yours and tried to incorporate this routine! Since then, she hasn't been sleeping through the night and wakes up for feed, even if I have fed her at 12am.. :(
She is now taking 6 min feed at every hour for 3 hours( 18 mins avg) and then she asks for another one after 3 hours almost, which I try to stretch to make it 4. So its like,she takes about 6 min to have a feed at say 12pm, she would ask for another 3 to 4 min.. and then again at 1 she's hungry I feed her she takes it and feeds for 3 to 4 min and again in an hour.. when she's done like this for about 18 min...then she asks for another feed at after 3 hours min
What do I do,I am not used to waking up at nights :( as she has been a good sleeper since the beginning.
That sounds pretty good to me! Congrats!
how many ounces are you feeding your baby in the 4 hour window?
My 4 month old wont nap for longer than 45 mins to an hour lol, she can self settle and is put in her crib awake so she can fall asleep independently. I do wait before I go in to get her but she often wont go back to sleep for her naps.
Sarah, are you getting him to the point of being very full, and yet burped -- or is he falling asleep? Try to keep him awake and get a very full feeding!
my lo just won't go down with nursing or rocking.if we try to put him down he screams.when we try to do it earlier he tries by sucking his hand but eventually just starts crying.he also now wakes up every 2 hours at night, could this be a 4 month sleep regression?
do u recommend a formula bottle for top feed at 11 pm at night? the rest of day just breast feeding... or shud i give a full breast pumped bottle for the top feed??
plan to breast feed 100% for the first 3 months but was planning to start a top feed at night when the baby hits 4 months.. pls reply :)
i hope i was clear abt what im trying to say haha
I am currently implementing this and its a game changer.
Yay! I'm glad to hear it!
My baby naps 3-4 times per day, but she only sleeps for about 45 minutes at a time, meaning she eats about every 3 hours. This was fine as she was sleeping from 7:30pm through to 7:30am every night from approx 3 weeks old (she is 4 months old now). But recently she has started waking frequently during the night and I'm not sure what's wrong. Her nap schedule is still the same, but night time sleep is shot to pieces. I think she needs to nap longer during the day, but don't know how to get her to sleep longer. :/
Babies go through a normal sleep progression around 4 months old. It won’t last forever! Hang in there mama!
How many ml each feed
Hat's off that sounds like a great schedule!
oki thanx ill do that exactly :)
omg my baby does that on his own lol but sometimes he doesnt sleep at 8 n sometimes he does 😑. how do i get him to sleep n stay asleep? o yea he is actually not quite 4 mths he is 3mths n 2wks. He is developing on his own fast 😊. There is stuff i haven't even taught him n he just does it out of no where lol
Here's a schedule that worked for me for a breastfed baby who is between 4 months and 6 months!
How long should i fead him ? So it starts at 7 and ends at 8 ?
Alhanouf Alfalah how old is your baby? I would try to feed until he is awake and rejecting more milk, but keeping them awake is a challege! xo
Thanks!! I'm going to try this!
We're almost to schedule but I don't wake up for "Top Up", going to start today!! Thanks for the video!!
Thanks for watching!!
I don’t know which baby you have, but my baby wants to eat every 40 min -1,5 hours during the day.
This pretty much happens without trying, she told me what was up. Only she sleeps from about 7p to 7am.
around twelve I feed him and he stays asleep.after eight in the morning he starts to stay up after eating.in between some times he wakes up once, some times every two hours, but mostly at 3 and six.he's very inconsistent at this time.but when he does eat its no longer than five minutes.I try to switch breasts to wake him up and maybe he'll eat but usually he just wants my breasts as a pacifier and he doesn't like fake ones
Good luck, beautiful photo...
My baby is 5 weeks old and still nursing every two hours. How do I get him to stretch it to the 3 hours between feedings?
Hello! Thanks for the video!
Our little one is EBF and is just about to turn 5 months old. He is on a similar schedule to the one you have here. The only thing is, he doesn't nap more than .5 hour to 45 minutes at a time. Any advice on this?
Thanks in advance!
Yeah my little won’t take long naps either. 45 minutes to an hour if I lay with him, or 10 minutes if I lay him down in his crib.
@@CinnaBlaez same my boy turning 5 month soon, does exactly same
This was more of a “this is my schedule” than a “how to create a schedule” like the beginning of the video implied.
I have school run with the other children at 3pm
Is 8.30 not too late a bedtime for a baby of this age?!
11 PM final feed of the night
My baby at 4months feeds every 2hrs she is exclusively breastfed 🤱🏻
Has it gotten any better Yas? My boy is 4months and can go 2.5/3 hours during the day and can sleep 8 hours at night. My problem is getting him to sleep at night lol
@@netm203 yes! Much better! She’s one now and can sleep through the night, my struggle now is to get her to eat food, she just wants to be nursed lol
@@netm203 I think the sleep cycle gets better as they get older. My baby started sleeping through the night til she was almost a year 😭
@@yasminhorn_ He won't go down at night without being rocked. Then wakes as you try to set him down. I need a time machine to fast-forward a few months lol
@@netm203 oh my goodness, I’m so sorry!!! I remember those days!!! We would put our baby down and she would popped back up 🤦🏻♀️ like as soon as she would feel being put down. After a while, I would honestly just walk away 😅 She eventually would fall asleep within 10min or leas just fussing & crying wears them out. Plus most of the time they are already tired, they just want mommy 24/7, so They just fight sleep lol but at 4mon it will still be a little struggle - it does get better for sure! At 4mon, I felt like a zombie with little sleep, baby waking up frequently, it was awful! Hang in there!
My baby wants to eat every 2-3 hours... I wish he would do this....
Nicole Fant try to feed him longer! More burps in between! Sometimes it seems like they've finished eating but they're trying to increase your milk production /going through a growth spurt. Hope this helps xx
lol oops i feed my 6 month old every 2hrs still. shes a pig
This works on your child. That's all. Child may be awake because of different reasons not just because of hunger. This advice is ridiculous
this is a joke! why not just feed on demand?? a baby of 4-6months should just be with their mom not taught when to sleep and woken up to feed, on what planet is it ok to wake ur baby to force feed her so she sleeps longer for YOU?
ATReade I'd assume it would be this planet considering we don't have regular contact with other planets? Unless you do? If so, have they told you they hate eating? Have they tired this method & it has caused them psychological damage? Because I know if the person I love woke me up with cuddles offering me my favourite meal, I'd be happy!
Sounds like you needs a better nights sleep 😊
Seriously. Are u dumb or what