Sentences with phrase «fed on strict schedules»

Many babies who are fed on strict schedules or quickly removed from the breast or bottle as soon as active feeding is done will seek a thumb or finger to suck on or take to a pacifier.

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For LAM to work, the mother should be feeding the baby whenever he needs feeding, not placing him on a strict schedule.

If you are trying to keep your baby on a strict feeding schedule, she may not be getting enough milk when she needs it; try feeding on demand;

Especially during the first few weeks, it is usually best to feed your baby on demand every 1 1/2 to 3 hours and not on a strict schedule.

Spock's Baby and Child Care 1946 (with revisions in nine editions up to 2012) sold over 50 million copies and advocated feeding babies on a strict schedule.

Now, for the last five days, we've been on a strict 3 hour schedule starting at 8 am: 8, 11, 2, 5, 8, then start bedtime routine at 930 and feed last bottle at 10 pm, then put down for night at around 1030.

The best - known advocates of parent - led scheduling — author Gary Ezzo and British maternity nurse - turned - childcare expert Gina Ford — say their advice is a middle ground between the strict four - hour feeding schedules of yesteryear and the on - demand feeding and baby - led schedules of today.

''... The Ezzos state that colic, or extreme fussiness, is «vary rare» in babies who are put on strict feeding schedules, but is «intensified» in babies who eat when they wish.

Parents were advised to put their babies on strict feeding and sleeping schedules and love was seen as a weakness.

Feeding a baby on a strict schedule every three or four hours is now considered rather old - fashioned advice.

Here are a few other reasons it's a good idea to feed according to need (or breastfeed on demand) rather than adhering to a strict breastfeeding schedule:

Myth: It's critical to keep your baby on a strict feeding schedule.

Putting your child on a strict feeding schedule could make it difficult for her to get all the food she needs to grow properly.

In the days after she came home from the hospital, she was too weak to eat, and the doctor made me force feed her with a bottle on a strict schedule showing me how to hold her head so the food would go down.

I've also seen wacky recommendations for breastfeeding: feed your newborn on a strict schedule, no feedings after 6 pm through 6 am, stop each feeding at 20 minutes exactly.

Staying on a strict feeding schedule was important for their daily routine, but it was definitely grueling.

Programmable feeders are a good choice for cats needing to be on a strict feeding schedule for health reasons.

To get the full benefits of cyclosporine, your dog must be on a very strict feeding and dosing schedule.

Place your puppy on a strict schedule by feeding him and taking him outside at specific times.

If you are serious about training, then you must withhold all treats during the day, put the dog on a strict feeding schedule (no ad lib feeding) and adhere to this during the training period.