Deciding whether to keep your baby on a schedule or feeding
whenever the baby cries can be confusing for new parents. However, your parenting style and choices depend
on your lifestyle, personal philosophy and schedule.
We have chosen a parent-directed feeding schedule. Schedule
is a loosely used term meaning that you attempt to set the baby’s metabolic
rhythm but you always feed a hungry
baby. This is the plan I am most comfortable
with since I will need a somewhat predictable schedule with my patients, but I
don’t want to starve the baby waiting for the designated feeding time.
This feeding cycle is based on the book On Becoming Baby
Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of
Nighttime Seep by Gary Ezzo and Robert Bucknam.
We like this book because of its simple and logical
philosophy that helps get our baby on a somewhat predictable cycle. The book also describes situations when the baby
will deviate from the norm as such as nap times, sleeping through the night and
growth spurts as well as ages when you can expect change This gives us an idea
of what to expect with the understanding that every baby sets his/her own time
frame and schedule. So far we have a
somewhat scheduled day with a cycle of feed-wake-sleep and this allows us to
plan our day a little to help keep us somewhat sane.
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