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lelliott
08-16-2010, 06:50 AM
My little guy just started opening his eyes yesterday, yay!

I was reading a site this morning that said at this point, he no longer needs night-time feedings - is that correct? I've been getting up at night for feedings every 3-4 hours and if I don't need to do that any more, I'm sure my boss would appreciate my ability to stay awake at work. :-)

I don't mind doing it for a bit longer though - at what age can you stop those? Because I work, right now the schedule is 8:30am, 1pm, 5pm, 8:30pm, 12:30am, 4:30am. Unfortunately gaps vary, but I'm thinking a mother squirrel wouldn't be sticking to regimented feedings every four hours either.

Would a schedule like this work now: 8:30am, 1pm, 5pm, 8pm, 11pm?

CritterMom
08-16-2010, 07:25 AM
He is about 5 weeks old, then. I waiten until 6 weeks before I started feeding at 4 hour intervals and 7 weeks before I was willing to leave him overnight without a feeding - but others have a lot more experience than me.