Eat/play/sleep with EBF baby 5.5 months old???

Question

My 5.5 month old is EBF and both sleeps and eats roughly every 2 hours. We are working on stretching her wake windows. She can stay awake for up to 2 hours and 15/20 minutes max now. She also has always nursed every 2 hours. I guess my question is how is it possible to follow eat/play/sleep if nap time and a feeding fall around the same time ?!??
Currently I am feeding her upon waking, and then a little feed before her naps to tie her over and ensure she won’t wake up earlier than normal from hunger. 
She takes two 1.5 hour naps during the day and then a catnap before bed. If I don’t feed her before the nap then she would go almost 4 hours without a feed. Is that normal? Would she not wake up from hunger? It would be nice to cut down on some feedings but I’m not sure how. 
I’ve always fed every 2 hours. I’ve never tried really to see if she can go longer between feeds. But whenever I offer she eats so I don’t feel I am overdoing it lol but I don’t know. 
***she sleeps all night (11-12 hours, only one feed at around 3 am then back to sleep)*** I am just worried that if I cut down on daytime feedings she will start waking up at night to get her calories and/or she will wake up from her naps out of hunger.***
Any thoughts? 🤷‍♀️

Answer

My children, both ebf, always fell asleep nursing so they were always eat sleep play. They are fine. Don't stress so much, just let them eat when they are hungry and sleep when they are tired. It'll all be fine when they ween and eat solids.

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I was wondering the same about my 4 month old and read that eat/play/sleep is only really suitable for newborns, and doesn’t work once their wake windows and naps start to extend. As long as you don’t feed to sleep and leave maybe 20 mins between feeding and sleeping, you shouldn’t create a sleep association. I’m now generally feeding on demand whenever that may be in his wake window but make sure he hasn’t gone too long before a nap, and it’s working better for us. It means first wake window he normally feeds twice (when he wakes up then before his nap), then second wake window he might feed around half way through, depending on when he’s hungry.

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I’ve always done eat play sleep from the very beginning as much as possible. Also did sleep training for my kids at 5.5 months so they slept all night (10-12 hours) without a feed. They’re fine

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If she goes longer, then let her.

Eat/play/sleep with EBF baby 5.5 months old???

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