? For Moms of 7-8 Month Old EBF Babes

[TSomm]

How often and for how long does your EBF 7-8 month old babe eat? My almost 7 month old seems to really be going farther in between feedings and not eating nearly as long (about every 3 hours and 5-10 min). She's been given BLW foods but rarely ingests anything, so she's not getting food there. During the night she sleeps a solid 8-10 hours before she wakes to feed, so she's not eating all night long either. I'm not worried as she seems to be growing fine, just curious how she compares...

[flavorfull1]

DS eats for naps and about 5 times overnight. He has gotten a lot faster- around 10 min or less. So he can go a really long time during the day without eating. He naps maybe two times a day and sometimes forgoes eating for the first nap since it is within two hours of waking up. So maybe 8-10 times a day and several of those seem to be comfort nursing to get back to sleep overnight rather than sustenance. Since he has started crawling everywhere it has gone up a little but he will just ask for a snack, eat for like 3 minutes and then go back to playing! Oh, and nice on the solid sleep at night, go baby girl! I am hoping that starts back up for us some time soon, we haven't seen more than two hours since a little before four months!

[4Blessings]

DD is 8.5 months. No table foods and just a bit of water here and there. So far today she's nursed 5 times in the last twelve hours. She only sleeps in two hour stretches at night. Nurses on one side maybe 5 minutes and goes back to sleep.
We were out and about today so she went about 4 hours between her first feeding and the second but wanted to nurse more frequently in the afternoon. Usually she will want to eat every 2.5-3 hours.

[TSomm]

Thanks for your replies, mamas! It just felt so odd to be going so long between feedings after planning my day around her eating.