Feedings/Sleep 3-30 to 4-15

I have been keeping track of when Colby eats. Here is the day of week, time and for how long in (). Breastfed babies are supposed to eat at least 8 times a day. I was having a problem with him being awake enough to do that at first. As you can see, that is no longer a problem. He would sometimes eat for 30 minutes at a time. Now, I can barely get him to eat for 15 minutes. I only nurse one side at a time unless he goes over 20 minutes on 1. He never empties one side.They say not to let him go over 5 hours at night without eating. Also to aim for every 2 hours during the day. I don't see a pattern to when he eats or sleeps at all. I know I have to do something about that for when I go back to work.


3-30 through 4-1

Fri- 9:00, 12:30, 3:00, 6:00, 9:30
Sat- 12:00, 4:00, 7:00, 9:00, 11:45
Sun- 3:15, 8:00, 11:45, 3:00, 5:15, 7:00

4-2 through 4-8

Mon- 12mn,4:00,6:45,8:45,11:45,5:30,7:15,9:30
Tues- 1:00,4:15,7:00,9:15,11:45,3:00,4:30,7:30,11:15
Wed- 3:15,6:30,10:00,12:45,3:45,5:45,7:30,10:45
Thurs- 2:30,5:15 (10),7:15(15),10:15(10),1:15(20),5:15(20),8:00(20),11:00(15)
Fri- 3:30(20),7:30(20),9:30(20),12:30(15),4:30(bottle),7:00(20),10:30(25)
Sat- 2:15,6:00(20),8:30(20),9:30(15),12:30(15),2:15(20),2:45(10),5:30(25),8:30(25)
Sun- 12:30(25,4:30(20),6:00(10),8:30(15),10:15(20),1:15(10),3:45(20),5:15(45),7:30(25),9:30(20)

4-9 through 4-15

Mon- 1:45(20), 4:15(20), 7:30(25), 10:15(20), 12:45(10), 2:30(15), 4:30(15), 7:15(20), 9:45(30), 10:45(10)
Tues- 3:15(20), 7:15(40), 9:00(20), 10:00(15), 12:30(15), 3:30(15), 6:30(25), 9:15(25), 10:15(10)
Wed- 1:30(30), 2:45(10), 5:30(30), 8:00(30), 12:30(10), 2:30(15), 4:15(15), 5:30(10), 8:45(10)
Thurs- 1:15(20), 4:15(10), 7:00(15), 8:30(10), 9:30(15), 12:15(10), 3:00(10), 5:00(15), 7:00(15), 9:00(15)
Fri- 12:45(25), 5:15(20), 8:15(10), 10:15(15), 12:15(15), 2:45(15), 4:45(20), 6:45(30), 9:30((10)
Sat- 2:30(20), 7:00(20), 9:15(15), 12:45-(20) ,2:45(15), 5:15-(15), 8:30(15), 9:30-(10)
Sun- 12:30-(15), 4:30-(20), 7:00-(10), 8:00-(10), 12:45-(15), 3:15-(20), 5:15-(10), 6:15-(15), 7:30-(10), 8:45-(10), 10:00-(10)

My Sleep Hours

Again, no pattern to this. Sometimes it takes an hour to finish a feeding and getting him to stay in his bassinet. I was curious so I started keeping track of how much sleep I get. I'm usually good enough so I don't have to take afternoon naps with him now. He usually just cat naps and wakes up hungry anyway. He doesn't sleep long enough for me to fall asleep (as soon as I lay down I hear him moving). Why? Because he will be hungry again. I'm trying to get him to eat longer so he'll sleep longer. But, sometimes eating makes him so sleepy that I can't wake him up to eat more. Of course he'll wake up in 1/2 an hour after that. Keep in mind that this is not how long I sleep. It is the times I got into bed to the time I woke up to feed him. So, it takes me about 12 hrs to get about 8 hrs of sleep. There is no way I could have functioned like this before Colby. God must make it to where you don't need as much sleep after having a baby. Before I was pregnant, I'd go to bed at 10:00 and wake up at 5:45. When I was pregnant, I'd go to sleep at 8:30 and wake up at 5:45.

Thurs (4-12)- 9:30-12:45 pm
Fri- 1:30-5:15 am, 6:40-8:00 am(from 9:30 Pm to 8:00 am= 8hrs, 20 min), 9:20-10:00 am, 2:15-2:40 pm, 9:45 pm-2:15 am
Sat- 3:15-7:00 am, 8:30-9:00 am (from 9:45 pm to 9:00am=8 hrs, 45 min), 10:15 pm-12:30 am
Sun- 1:45-4:15 am , 1:45-4:15 am, 5:35-7:00 am, 9:00-10:30 (from 10:15 to 10:30=7 hrs, 40 min)
Sun night- 10:15-1:15, 1:30-3:30, 5:00-7:30, 8:00-9:00 (from 10:15 to 9:00= 8.5 hours)

Hopefully next time I post there will be more of a pattern.