I looked up notes from a breastfeeding class that I took and they say when the baby is more than 5 or 6 days old, it's ok to have an interval of up to 5 hours at night, but the target is to have 8 feedings in a 24-hour cycle, so during the day, you might want to feed a bit more frequently than every 4 hours. In fact, I remember our pediatrician telling me if you feed during the day every 3 hours, that helps the baby distinguish between day and night and helps get him on his way to sleeping through the night. I think sometimes Darren only had 6 or 7 feedings in 24 hours though, so I wanna say you should have at least 6 feedings, but check with your pediatrician. Of course I believe in feeding the baby as soon as he's crying and if it looks to be time (i.e., at least 2 hours since the last feeding.) But if he's not crying out of hunger, then the problem is usually one or more of the following: 1) he's gassy, so you'll need to burp him better; 2) he has a dirty diaper (although Darren never seems to mind that!); 3) he's hot or cold (touch the back of his neck, which is the best place to feel the baby's body temperature). There could be a couple other reasons too and I found an article for you on that in case it's helpful: http://www.babycenter.com/0_seven-reasons-babies-cry-and-how-to-soothe-them_9790.bc

We are feeding Damien with 4 hr intervals, 100, 500, 900, 1300, 1700 and 2100. I am tempted to delay the feeding time by 1 hour so that we wake up once only at night. What is your recommendation?