So at 4mths how many breastfeeds was your baby having?

[TheBlonde]

So at 4mths how many breastfeeds was your baby having?
I am demand feeding but there doesn't seem to be much demand today
Possibly because DD has found her thumb

Any suggestions as to how many feeds?

[moondog]

Dunno
Never counted
Just gave 'em a feed as and when it occured to me/them.

[adorabelle]

TheBlonde, my dd had fits and starts.
Some days i'd be feeding her for an hour, put her down then before I knew it she wanted another feed.

Other days she'd go a good 4 hrs, which was a marathon for her. Be led by your dd and feed her as when she wants to, by doing this you can't go wrong

[bookthief]

Hmm, at 4 months it all went haywire here as ds had a horrendous cold and basically starved himself for 2 weeks and then gorged himself for the next 2 to catch up.. but around then I think I was still feeding roughly every 3-4 hours until about midnight.

[chipmonkey]

One. Which lasted 24 hours.;

[Jackstini]

About every 3-4 hours on average
But then some days every 2 hours..
Then some days every hour and then not for 6...
Don't worry, just keep offering - how many had she had today? (depends on length of them too)

[TheBlonde]

thanks

she was having 6-8 a day but only 4 today so far

[notnowbernard]

At 4m it was still very random and 'on demand' for both of mine.

Be led by them.

[ChasingSquirrels]

umm, about every 60-90 mins THROUGHOUT the day (so 7am - 7pm) plus a couple at night.

[JoMa]

ds2 is 4 months next week, he feeds at midnight, 4am, 8am, noon, 3pm, 6pm, somtimes at9pm but sometimes misses that feed

[dazedandconfunded]

My 4m dd does 8am, 12noon, 3pm, 6pm and 7.30pm, then 4am. At least, that's what i aim for. She sometimes just refuses and goes 6 hrs or so. She will never take more feeds than this, and would happily take less, I suspect.

[Artichokes]

Somedays she was on all day (honestly, all day, she hardly lifted her head to breath). Other days she went hours between feeds.