How to get him to stop snacking?

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How do i get my 2 month to stop snacking and take longer naps? I know he’s capable of eating 5-6 ozs at a time, but he only wants to eat that much after he wakes up in the morning after sleeping for 7 hours. Otherwise he’ll only have 3 ozs before refusing to eat, which means he’ll only nap 30mins before waking up to eat again. By the end of the day he’s so tired, he won’t eat more than an oz after his bath and falls asleep for 7 hrs, making him staving when he does wake up, and the cycle starts all over again. I just want to get him on a schedule of eating 5-6 ozs and sleeping 1.5 hrs each time

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He may be too young for a “schedule”, but a routine is perfectly fine. You can encourage good eating hAbits from day 1. I never let my kids become snackers, everyone thought I was crazy for encouraging them to finish bottles (not let them fall asleep mid-way and if they did I woke them up to finish eating). I fed them on a schedule, I didn’t wait for them to cry because they were hungry, they knew they’d always be fed. They were also on a nap “routine”. Both my kids were sleeping 10-12 hours a night by 9 and 12 weeks. They’ve also always been really great nappers. They are now 2.5 years and 10 months, and still take a nap from 12:15-3:15. I’m a very schedule oriented person, and my kids like to be on a routine too. Try encouraging your baby to finish bottles. Stretch out times between feedings so he’s hungrier, within reason obviously. Whatever works for you and baby!

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your little one is going to be okay! I know it is probably stressful to have them screaming from hunger when they wake up but they are fine once you feed them. it's great that your baby is sleeping so well at night! they will eventually get on a schedule but It seems like you have a pretty good one for now. (:

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I can’t speak for 2 months old,  but at our three month check up our LO was still doing similar things and our doctor had us start pulling feedings further and further apart. For instance one week I was not supposed to feed her more often than an hour and half apart, then the next week 1:45 apart, then two hours apart, then the next week 2:15, until she was eventually grew accustomed to eating a bit more at once and not trying to snack every hour; even at 3 months it was hard at first and there are still days when she wants to eat every two hours(at 7 months) but it helped for us. That being said I have heard some debate about doing this because baby stomaches are so small. I would wait til your LO is a bit older and talk to your doctor about ways to help when he’s ready.

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hes to young for a schedule

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Just so you know, some babies that start taking longer naps, trade off by sleeping shorter night stretches....

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he's not old enough for a scheduled.

How to get him to stop snacking?

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