how much should he be eating??

i don’t think i ever had a doctor tell me that any of my kids needed a “certain” amount of calories a day. the twins were on a high calorie formula—briefly—but they were preemies and i mostly breastfed them.

i think that up to 6 weeks old, babies are likely to sleep most of the time—-but after that, there is no “normal”—-at least not when you compare them to other children. once my kids got past the first few months, they usually did not take 2 naps a day. i usually got one 3 hour nap out of them—–and i preferred it that way. elliot, however, did nothing but cat-nap for the first year of his life!!

personally, i would NEVER wake a baby that was sleeping through the night on their own. sleep is just as important for growth as food is. my first baby started sleeping through the night at 3 weeks old. one of my sisters’ had a baby that slept through the night right from the start.

kevieb2007-4-16 11:11:48