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zak · 02-03-2006, 06:50 PM

Thanks ladies. I just thought - hmmm, I wonder what happens when the child is actually *asking* (not that they aren't asking by sucking hands, rooting, crying, etc) if the parent just gives them what they want when they want it.

There have been many Ezzo followers on a birth club board I frequent whos children have been eating every 4 hours for many months (our babies are all 10-11 months old now). So, some of these kids are/were nursing/bottle feeding 4 times a day. So it made me wonder... I eat "meals" - but I also snack. And if I'm hungry, I eat. My son nurses every 2 hours on average still. Day and night.

I'm sure they think I'm crazy. What? Nursing your child 12 times a day? AND hardly any solids?

I could talk in circles until I'm so confused about these thoughts... I was just curious about toddler "parent directed feedings" and if there was such a thing.

So crazy to control food like that...

Thanks for the input.

02-03-2006, 06:50 PM	#6
zak Administrator Friend of the Fellowship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The South Posts: 33,212	Re: feeding schedules - a question Thanks ladies. I just thought - hmmm, I wonder what happens when the child is actually asking (not that they aren't asking by sucking hands, rooting, crying, etc) if the parent just gives them what they want when they want it. There have been many Ezzo followers on a birth club board I frequent whos children have been eating every 4 hours for many months (our babies are all 10-11 months old now). So, some of these kids are/were nursing/bottle feeding 4 times a day. So it made me wonder... I eat "meals" - but I also snack. And if I'm hungry, I eat. My son nurses every 2 hours on average still. Day and night. I'm sure they think I'm crazy. What? Nursing your child 12 times a day? AND hardly any solids? I could talk in circles until I'm so confused about these thoughts... I was just curious about toddler "parent directed feedings" and if there was such a thing. So crazy to control food like that... Thanks for the input. __________________ -zak Wife to MrZak Mama to the ZakKids - 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2017 Dedicated GCMer since 2003 Administrator and Moderating Cradled, Babes, Breastfeeding, Beautiful Mothers and Circumcision

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