When to go to 4 hourly feeds?

My twins are 4 months old, and today i have tried 4 hourly feeds, its been friggin caotic to say the least.

Should i keep persavering with the 4 hourly feeds or do they eventually do it on there own?

When they were 3 hourly they would only stay awake for an hour have a crappy sleep then be really chuck by the end of the day!

Im just at a loss as to what to do! So if anyone has anyadvice please tell me!

Thanks Shelly.

Firstly Shelly, congrats on the twins.

Are they breastfed or are they bottle fed? If they are breastfed, i wouldn't be insisting they go to 4 hourly feeds just yet. My 8 month old still rarely goes 4 hours between feeds. He is having 2 solid feeds a day and snacks on the breast whenever he wants.

I suppose with two of them, its a lot harder to take the 'whenever they want it' approach, as you would constantly be feeding one of them.

Good luck with it, but at this age, i wouldn't be rushing it. They will eventually get to that stage on their own.

Hi Shelly

I only have one DD so I'm not really sure how it all works with twins. My DD is just about 5 months and she basically put herself on to 4 hour feeds. She gets up about 7am and will stay awake for a couple of hours and then sleep for another couple of hours. In the afternoon she will sometimes have a feed 3 hourly but in the morning it is always 4 hours.
So basically I just let her tell me what she wanted. I'm not sure if you do that with twins or you have to be more scheduled.