4 week old reducing her own night feeds - expressed milk

[Miss Broody]

Hi everyone,

I have no idea if this is the rigt place for this as there isnt really a place for expressed breast milk feeding, but as its via a bottle hoping you can all help me!!

My little girl is 3.5 weeks old, she has always fed every 3 hours, waking up at night at max 3.5 hours, taking a normal feed and then going back to sleep most of the time pretty well - i know lucky!!

She does have reflux so we have to hold her up after a feed for a long time which is a pain but other than that pretty good.

At 3.5 weeks she is having 100ml or 4 oz most feeds, sometimes 5oz. but she has started to wake up for night feeds only wanting 2-3 oz.

Overall she is having about 25 oz a day so i am wondering if the reason she is lowered her night feeds is just that she isnt hungry - she has also increased the time to 4 hours at night only.

I know lowering feeds at night is a sign they are getting ready to drop a feed, and i am bloody exausted so i know this should be a good thing but i am worried about the fact she is eating so much less to eat at night at such a young age!

Does anyone have any advice?!

thanks!! xx

PS just realised i really ought to update my signature on here, havent been on much since birth!!

 

[Allyson11]

As it's breast milk your giving lo it maybe better to post on the bf part or in baby club you may get more replies that way.

 

[ke29]

I would follow her lead, as you say it may mean she will soon drop night feeds. The vomume seems fine to me, my LO is around the same age and on the day I tracked it had 26oz in 24 hours.