Feeding Your Baby

For newborns, best to feed them at intervals of maximum 3 hours. In the very early days, feeding is slightly more important than sleep. Babies can also be sleepier if they have jaundice and they need to drink more to flush it out via pee and poop. When things are more established, can switch to feeding on demand instead (I.e. Feed when they cry). I learned from my board certified lactation consultant :) My baby had jaundice and slept up to 5 hours in the first week, I was told to wake her for feeds. Her feeding regulated by the end of first month. Different babies have different rates of adjusting though! Tbh newborns are highly driven by basic needs, so their crying is a way of telling their caregivers they need something met. I don't subscribe to the old beliefs that a baby (esp in their first year) can be spoilt by soothing them when they fuss.