Nursing moms of 3/4 month olds?

I'm just curious as to if your babies are on a regular nursing schedule and how often/how long they feed for now?
Also, when did you start or plan to start cereal?

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DS never got on a schedule and he's 7.5 months now. But he never wanted big meals. He still only eats from 4-5 ounce bottles, so he eats more often than most.

But he was sleeping through the night by 3 months, so we were happy. The dr said we could start cereal at 4 months, if we wanted. We started at 6 months.

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DD will be 4 months soon, and I think that's when I can start her on cereals, she has her appt soon.
As far as eating...its like every 3-4hrs still. She nurses depends it could be 20 mins or it could be or just feels like an hour. I let her eat until she comes off. Alot of times she falls asleep and I have to constantly keep nudging her to continue to nurse. She goes to a babysitter 3 days a week and gets a bottle then so she nurses less on those days.

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DD was BF'ing every 3 hours from 7 am until 11 pm at that age. She became much more efficient at eating by about 4 months she was doing 6-8 minutes per side and totally emptying each.

We were told we could start cereal at 4 months but opted to wait until 6 months.

Message edited 4/8/2008 5:38:56 PM.

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DD eats every 3 hours except after having cereal then she can go 4. She's not sleeping through the night. She was doing 10-4/5 at 6 weeks until the beginning of March. Now she's up A LOT. We started cereal at 4 months. When she does take a bottle it takes her a LONG time and she only takes about 4 1/2 ounces.

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DS wil be 3 months at the end of the week.

during the day, he eats every 2.5hrs. at night, he get up about every 4 hours to eat.

waiting for his next month's appt to talk to doctor about starting solids. if i can, i would like to push back as much as possible and just EBF (if that's better).

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DD is almost 4 months old. She eats about every 3 hours, although she goes longer sometimes too. If she is really sleepy she can go up to 8 hours!! But that is rare.

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DS is 5 months. He BF's every 4 hours. He eats cereal and fruits now. Loves every minute of it and recently now sleeps through the night.