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I know, but they say it’s a late cue and you should feed before it gets to that stage? It’s just so hard to manage as there’s no time to prepare, it’s just 0 to 100
Do you not offer her bottle before 3 hours or is she refusing a bottle before 3 hours? Crying is a cue and sometimes they just wake up and start crying in hunger. If you little one will take a cold bottle you can try prepping her bottles early. It significantly cuts back on the prep when your child is starving.
Mine used to start stirring first like moving his arms or slightly waking up and dropping back off to sleep
Crying as young as 5 weeks is usually the only feeding cue you’ll get. There’s normally not many other feeding cues at this stage. Babies at this age can get hungry every hour!! Please feed her before 3 hours, 3 hours is usually the maximum amount of time you’d wait without a bottle during the day for a baby as young as yours! If your baby is crying even an hour after a bottle, offer her more, they shouldn’t be put on a feeding schedule, they feed on demand!
You could try making a bottle up before the 3 hour so it’s ready when they wake up:) x
We’ve been advised to go with a 3hr plan due to her taking on more milk than she should for her weight. She spits up a lot but doesn’t tell us when she’s full
If she’s spitting up, you could try doing an oz less each time to see if she drains the bottle or not then increase as needed :) will save you wasting formulas too :)
Can I ask why you're not feeding more regularly?
@Emma In that case, give less but more frequently
They don’t know when they’re full until 4 months plus that’s why she’s not letting you know ☺️ but as others have said crying is one, stirring in their sleep is one, sticking their tongue out is another but honestly I only remember my first just waking up screaming for the first 8 weeks. It eased after that and his signals changed when he was out of that newborn phase
@Emma I guess I’m confused. You’re looking for advice on feeding cues but you’ve been advised to only feed her every 3 hours? I would probably try feeding her at minimum every 3 hours or on demand, and burp her after every oz during feeding, plus keeping them upright.
@Shelley hiya, yeah just to see what others had experienced with feeding cues. We’re on a schedule but there just aren’t the cues anyway 🤷🏼♀️ Yeah we do all that at the time of feeding 😊
@Emma ahh ok! Got it! Every baby is different. She might be giving a little cue that she’s hungry like licking her lips but then goes to crying that she’s hangry in a few seconds or maybe she really doesn’t give cues. Babies are funny. I wouldn’t stress! It doesn’t sound like you’re neglecting your daughter.
@Sophie I disagree that they don't know they're full until 4 months plus. My baby (and many others) so clear fullness cues from birth
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@Charley you can disagree all you want that’s fine. I’m just saying what’s included in their four month leap and learning they’re full is apart of that 🤷🏻♀️ it’s why so many babies sick up so much milk and get told to feed little and often instead of in large amounts especially formula fed ones
@Sophie we clearly won't see eye to eye on this, but there are plenty of fullness cues that babies show from birth: pursed lips, pushing out bottle/boob with tongue, floppy body language, falling asleep, loose hands/arms, turning head away from bottle/boob
@Charley that’s fine. I said you can believe what you want and I can what I want after going through the leaps and reading about them. I’m not here to fight or convince you otherwise unlike you are with me. Everyone’s allowed their own opinion and I don’t really care who has what one because it doesn’t impact me at all 🤷🏻♀️
@Sophie woah so aggressive 🤣 I literally said we wont see eye to eye, so I'm not here to fight or convince either
@Charley no aggression. You can’t guess tone of a stranger over text. Don’t take an app so personally ✌🏼
@Sophie I'm not taking it personally, just letting you know it's coming across as aggressive. You might not care. But it does.
@Charley as we’ve already discussed that’s fine and you’re entitled to you’re opinion and I’m not convincing you otherwise And now I have two kids to get to sleep so I won’t be coming back to the conversation either. Enjoy your evening
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