Hi, just wondering how many breastfeeds your bub was having within a 24 hour period at 10 months of age?
Hi, just wondering how many breastfeeds your bub was having within a 24 hour period at 10 months of age?
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I think about 6 but also on a little bit of solids. If it was just breastfeeding it would have been more
3-1 in morning 1 in afternoon and 1 before bed
up to around 6, three to four in the day (breakfast, before nap, after nap, and bed) possibly during the night if they woke.
I started solids at 5 months because he was on my breast every hour or so.
And it still feels like he's constantly attached to my boob no matter how much solids he has!
I see a midwife regularly and she helped me with advice on the solids (how much and how often) and just told me to let my son decide how often he wanted to breastfeed.
He feeds as often as he wants during the day (I'd say normally 4-6 times, and occasionally for comfort if he's upset or in pain) and still wakes me up twice every night for a feed no matter how much dinner he has!
It's stressful sometimes but I know I'll miss it when it's over so I'm enjoying it whilst it lasts. :)
He's 8 months.
Prob around 6/7 and she slept from 8pm-6/6.30 am. I didn't mind the constant day feeding as she slept all night.
Thanks for replies. Up until last week, bub was feeding minimum of 5 times - 5am, 7am, 11am, 3pm and bedtime. For the past 5 days he has been refusing and I can only get him to feed while asleep or very sleepy, lucky if it's twice a day. Worried that he was weaning himself already, but the more I read, the more I think it could be a feeding strike. He has bitten me a couple of times and I've told him no sternly, so that may have put him off a bit. Today has been better, so hopefully we're getting back to normal. I know he will stop one day, but am hoping to feed him at least until 12 months.
First baby at 10 months - approximately a million feeds per day. Second baby at 10 months, maybe 5 times per day??? Then she picked right up and I'm having trouble weaning her at 3 years. Sigh.
And to add to this (so it's actually helpful lol) I found that the number of feeds per day was influenced hugely by things like teething, hot weather, illness, disruption to daily life (like visitors staying or being on holidays somewhere unfamiliar) to name a few. When my second one discovered how much she loved food, she had such a full tummy from munching on so many things through the day that she didn't ask for many breastfeeds (and that would have been around the 10 month mark) and I thought she might wean early. But then the novelty of food wore off a bit and she turned back to breastfeeding more often by the time she was 12 months.