Is it a morning or night feed

[ronnie1234]

Between 4-6 am do you class as morning or do you class as night feeds?!

 

[MrsButterfly]

Anything before 6am is nightime in my book!

 

[MindUtopia]

Does baby go back to sleep after? If you feed and get up after then I would consider it morning, but if you all go back to sleep after and get up for the day later, I would consider it nighttime, though I don't really think the distinction matters that much.

 

[ronnie1234]

Well I fed & we both went back to sleep so night time I guess.

Dd1 was up 6.10 though so I didn't sleep for long!

LO woke 7.45 then which is fine in holidays....but no good when we got school run lol!

 

[ronnie1234]

Anything before 6am is nightime in my book!

It was 5.15 this morn but as I've got to get dd1 somewhere for 1 have treated it as morning 😫😴

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

Before 6 then I say night.

 

[xdxxtx]

I use that as our first feeding of the day because my baby sleeps 5+ hours (a full night of sleep for a newborn) before that feed. After that feeding, she goes back to sleep for another 3 hours and then starts our day, so I COULD count it as the night before, but it wouldn't look good in our schedule that way. My baby's feeds for the day are - 5am, 8am, 11am, 2pm, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm. If your baby has made a schedule for themselves, what does it look like? Where does the feeding fit in the schedule? Does it make a difference, or could you just count it as whatever you felt like, and it wouldn't really matter?

My favorite site for baby sleep considers it a night feeding. Here's a link -
https://www.babysleepsite.com/tag/newborn-schedule/

 

[jessmke]

What do you mean when you ask if you should treat it as a night feed? What is the difference between a day feed and a night feed other than the time on the clock? I might be missing the reasoning behind why this distinction matters. I guess if you go back to sleep afterward then it would a night feed, but if you both get up for the day then it would be the first day feed.

 

[ronnie1234]

Well I guess it doesn't make a difference other than time on clock. It's just getting our morning into a routine with DD1 also.

Our days are a bit like this feeding wise:

5.00 a.m - 140 ml
8.45 a.m - 160 ml
12.00 p.m - 140 ml
4.00 p.m - 150 ml
6.30 p.m - 170 ml
1.15 a.m 120 ml

She generally goes to bed between 8-9 then goes to 12.30-1.30 so gets her block of sleep then then a night feed then up around 5

 

[WackyMumof2]

If it's still dark it's back to sleep for me. Bugger getting up before the sun.

 

[ronnie1234]

I know what you mean. It's still just light at 5 at the mo in U.K. I could vary it each day depending if we need to be up for Day or not but think that may confuse?

 

[ronnie1234]

She woke 4.45 this morn so I fed & put back down & went back to bed myself for a bit till dd1 woke. LO still sleeping!