I thought that babies need to eat throughout the night nutrutional wise?

Question

I asked a question when can babies stop feeding at night but i thought that babies have to eat throught out the night until like 3 months for the nutrion. I am breast feeding and I am curious

Answer 1

New babies have tiny tummies and need to eat often. Breastfed babies digest their food more easily and quickly and need to eat more often than bottle-feeders. In the early days breastfeeders will need to eat every 3 hours but they will gradually be able to go a longer spell (4/5 hours) by 3 months.

Mine is 100% breastfed and can go 6 or 7 hpurs at night. She's 14 weeks.

As long as your baby is thriving and gaining weight you can start to cut back on night time feeds.

Answer 2

If your baby wakes in the night feed him/her.
If they are not hungry they will sleep thru.
As a mother of 3 it is much easier to put the kid on the breast for 15 minutes than to struggle with an hour of crying. Always offer the breast, if they are not hungry they will not suck.
Remember to keep night feeds dark, Try not to turn on lights
and don't talk to them , just feed them and put back to bed so they learn that nothing happens at this time it is just a feed.

Answer 3

Your baby will let you know if they need to eat at night. Normally if the are sleeping through the night, you would not wake them to eat unless instructed to do so by your doctor. In some cases it is recommended to wake baby to eat on an hourly schedule, including through the night... but for most healthy babies, it's not necessary. Good luck!

Answer 4

Babies eat really often because their bodies aren't mature enough and because they grow too fast and need energy. I think kids are really wise, they eat exactly what they need to eat, you'll see when your baby gets older... you can't force a child to eat more, even if he/she hasn't eaten "anything" (moms have very different concepts of what "enough"is, children have their own"

If you're breastfeeding just let your baby tell you what he/she needs. I know it's hard, but you'll learn to understand what your baby is "saying" and then you'll know when he/she is hungry at 3 am and when it's just about love and about not being alone.

Answer 5

It really depends. When the baby stops waking up at night, then they don't need to eat at night anymore. As babies get older, their formula need slowly decreases. So more than likely they're getting all they need during the day.

Answer 6

I breastfed my son too and he always slept through the night. From the time we brought him home he slept all night! I called his doc because I was worried that he wouldn't get enough nutrition, but the doc said let him sleep, no one else gets to do that this early. So we did, it clearly didn't stunt his growth as he is in the 96 percentile for height. As my milk came in I felt fuller and fuller, but that stablized itself as we stayed on the same routine. But if it gets to be too painful for you pump a little early in the am and give him that for his first feeding.

Answer 7

I was told by my pediatrician that babies younger than 15 weeks should not be left to sleep more than 6 hours at night. After 15 weeks you can leave them for 8 hours. If you let them go longer than recommended it can cause damage to their stomachs.