Need some advice on feeding LO

Ashlee B x · Mar 28th, 2012, 06:34 AM

Wether or not to drop her last feed...

So to give some back ground, she has a pretty good routine of feeding, every 3-4 hours n usually at set times. She has a feed at 7pm of 4oz which is a full feed for her, she'll then sleep at around 8pm n wont wake up, like its a full on sleep not a nap lol. me n OH will go up at around 10pm n ill offer LO her last feed, well usually she'd wake up or scream blue bloody murder for her bottle at 10 lol, but just lately, maybe 4-5 days now, she's stayed asleep and we literally have to try n wake her to give her that 10pm feed n she only takes like 2oz at a push n it takes around half an hour for her just to take that. She'll then wake at about 2-2.30am n again at 6-6.30am.

So my question is, if she really isnt interested in that 10pm feed do i feed her at say 8pm instead with the risk of she may wake at 12 n again at 4?? Once a night to wake up i enough for me lol so twice wud kill me as im up at 6 every morning anyway.

Some advice would be great on how to go about this

Mamoosca · Mar 28th, 2012, 06:38 AM

Personally, I would drop it and just feed on demand. My LO normally feeds every 4 hours but sometimes in the evening she will go from 10pm - 6am without a feed and then has a bigger bottle in the morning.

trixie79 · Mar 28th, 2012, 06:49 AM

my LO is now 10 weeks and he has his last feed at 7.30 and wakes at 2.30ish for anothe then sleeps till 7. do the bath bottle bed routine and your LO should start sleeping for longer periods and try and up an oz at 7pm xxx

Ashlee B x · Mar 28th, 2012, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by trixie79

my LO is now 10 weeks and he has his last feed at 7.30 and wakes at 2.30ish for anothe then sleeps till 7. do the bath bottle bed routine and your LO should start sleeping for longer periods and try and up an oz at 7pm xxx

Its hard enough gettin the full 4oz into her lol its usually 3 n half but ill try it. Sounds like a gd routine u got tho.

evasmum · Mar 28th, 2012, 07:17 AM

This is exactly how my LO started to sleep longer. She stopped weakening for the 11pm feed (we feed 3hrly roughly).

She would wake at maybe 2 but this slowly got longer and longer.

My approach has always been just to feed her when she wants overnight and she will start to go longer periods.

Ashlee B x · Mar 30th, 2012, 02:09 AM

So we tried out a new routine n well lets say its not worked out the way i wanted it to lol

She feeds at around 4pm n has 4 1/2oz n then will stay awake for 2 hours then fall asleep around 7 till about 9-9.30 n has a 5oz bottle. we'll put her to bed after which is around 10pm n she'll wake up at 1-1.30 for a feed n then again at 5, i then get up at 6.30 as my oldest wakes up then. im soo tired now, shes gone from just 1 night feed to 2 n ive only adjusted her last feed by half an hour

now wot do i do lol

Squirmsmum · Mar 30th, 2012, 02:27 AM

Continue to feed on demand! Your LO is doing amazing to only wake twice in the night at such a young age, mine wakes more than that at 6 months! Xx

Lil_Pixie · Mar 30th, 2012, 02:27 AM

Tbh I don't think that sleep is bad at all for a Baby of that age. My son is 3 months old and if i could consistently get nights like that I'd be one happy mummy!!

Her change might have nothing to do with changing her feeding time by half an hour, from what ive seen with my son you just can't predict it! He'll sleep really well for a few days, maybe waking twice. Then he'll wake every hour from 10pm for a week!

Personally I think if you let your baby feed through the night when she wants to, she'll start to stretch out the feeds on her own when she's ready. But you could always go back to how you were doing it for a few days to see if her sleeping goes back to wha it was?

HayleyZahra · Mar 30th, 2012, 03:12 AM

Hey

How are you ITS BEEN AGES!
I would drop the feed if i was u! One night Kendra had a feed at 10.30pm than slept till 6am i woke up expecting to feed her at around 2ish and honestly she went till 6am without a feed sleeping, i didnt wake her up i took this op to SLEEP! Tho its never happened again back to waking up every 3-4 hours! But if she sleeps i wouldnt wake her for a feed!

xxxx

Ashlee B x · Mar 30th, 2012, 05:44 AM

Yeah she is a pretty gd sleeper tbf lol i cant realy complain lol but im only gettin like 6 hours sleep a night n thats broken

n then i gota keep up wiv housework n dinner, washin etc while entertainin a 3yrold lol hard wrk i tell ya lol

her evening eatin habit has changed, where she was havin a 7pm feed shes now totally missin it lol n she has 5 1/2oz sum feeds too n every 3 hours :/ should she be havin that much? its not every feed jus 1 or 2. its usually 4oz

Hey Hayley, ive left u msgs but not herd back lol. Hope ur both well

xx

Mar 28th, 2012, 06:34 AM	#1
Ashlee B x Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: wiltshire, uk Posts: 3,168	Need some advice on feeding LO Wether or not to drop her last feed... So to give some back ground, she has a pretty good routine of feeding, every 3-4 hours n usually at set times. She has a feed at 7pm of 4oz which is a full feed for her, she'll then sleep at around 8pm n wont wake up, like its a full on sleep not a nap lol. me n OH will go up at around 10pm n ill offer LO her last feed, well usually she'd wake up or scream blue bloody murder for her bottle at 10 lol, but just lately, maybe 4-5 days now, she's stayed asleep and we literally have to try n wake her to give her that 10pm feed n she only takes like 2oz at a push n it takes around half an hour for her just to take that. She'll then wake at about 2-2.30am n again at 6-6.30am. So my question is, if she really isnt interested in that 10pm feed do i feed her at say 8pm instead with the risk of she may wake at 12 n again at 4?? Once a night to wake up i enough for me lol so twice wud kill me as im up at 6 every morning anyway. Some advice would be great on how to go about this

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Mar 28th, 2012, 06:38 AM	#2
Mamoosca Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: North West, UK Posts: 1,112	Personally, I would drop it and just feed on demand. My LO normally feeds every 4 hours but sometimes in the evening she will go from 10pm - 6am without a feed and then has a bigger bottle in the morning.

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Mar 28th, 2012, 06:49 AM	#3
trixie79 Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,194	my LO is now 10 weeks and he has his last feed at 7.30 and wakes at 2.30ish for anothe then sleeps till 7. do the bath bottle bed routine and your LO should start sleeping for longer periods and try and up an oz at 7pm xxx

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Mar 28th, 2012, 07:17 AM	#5
evasmum Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 2,283	This is exactly how my LO started to sleep longer. She stopped weakening for the 11pm feed (we feed 3hrly roughly). She would wake at maybe 2 but this slowly got longer and longer. My approach has always been just to feed her when she wants overnight and she will start to go longer periods.

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Mar 30th, 2012, 02:09 AM	#6
Ashlee B x Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: wiltshire, uk Posts: 3,168	So we tried out a new routine n well lets say its not worked out the way i wanted it to lol She feeds at around 4pm n has 4 1/2oz n then will stay awake for 2 hours then fall asleep around 7 till about 9-9.30 n has a 5oz bottle. we'll put her to bed after which is around 10pm n she'll wake up at 1-1.30 for a feed n then again at 5, i then get up at 6.30 as my oldest wakes up then. im soo tired now, shes gone from just 1 night feed to 2 n ive only adjusted her last feed by half an hour now wot do i do lol

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Mar 30th, 2012, 02:27 AM	#7
Squirmsmum Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Leeds Posts: 775	Continue to feed on demand! Your LO is doing amazing to only wake twice in the night at such a young age, mine wakes more than that at 6 months! Xx

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Mar 30th, 2012, 02:27 AM	#8
Lil_Pixie Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,904	Tbh I don't think that sleep is bad at all for a Baby of that age. My son is 3 months old and if i could consistently get nights like that I'd be one happy mummy!! Her change might have nothing to do with changing her feeding time by half an hour, from what ive seen with my son you just can't predict it! He'll sleep really well for a few days, maybe waking twice. Then he'll wake every hour from 10pm for a week! Personally I think if you let your baby feed through the night when she wants to, she'll start to stretch out the feeds on her own when she's ready. But you could always go back to how you were doing it for a few days to see if her sleeping goes back to wha it was?

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Mar 30th, 2012, 03:12 AM	#9
HayleyZahra Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Malta BUT originally from the UK Posts: 2,140	Hey How are you ITS BEEN AGES! I would drop the feed if i was u! One night Kendra had a feed at 10.30pm than slept till 6am i woke up expecting to feed her at around 2ish and honestly she went till 6am without a feed sleeping, i didnt wake her up i took this op to SLEEP! Tho its never happened again back to waking up every 3-4 hours! But if she sleeps i wouldnt wake her for a feed! xxxx

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Mar 30th, 2012, 05:44 AM	#10
Ashlee B x Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: wiltshire, uk Posts: 3,168	Yeah she is a pretty gd sleeper tbf lol i cant realy complain lol but im only gettin like 6 hours sleep a night n thats broken n then i gota keep up wiv housework n dinner, washin etc while entertainin a 3yrold lol hard wrk i tell ya lol her evening eatin habit has changed, where she was havin a 7pm feed shes now totally missin it lol n she has 5 1/2oz sum feeds too n every 3 hours :/ should she be havin that much? its not every feed jus 1 or 2. its usually 4oz Hey Hayley, ive left u msgs but not herd back lol. Hope ur both well xx

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