Magda The 5 hours or more basically refers to experienced moms that let their babies sleep. 8-12 feedings per day in the early weeks may not occur if they expected the baby to wake up and ask for a feeding. Sorry for being vague. Sharon *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html