Cluster feeding???

[Mrs Dot]

H has for the last 3 nights started to feed really close together in the evenings, feeding at 6 ish, 8/9 ish then 11 ish. He's on 5oz and has either a full bottle or 4oz each feed.

We got to bed last 2 nights at midnight and he's slept through until 5am then through till about 8:30am.

Have had a read up on the net and think he's cluster feeding, but not sure as I thought this was only the case with breastfed babies and he's formula fed???

What do we think? Do you think he's gearing up for going a bit longer during the night?

 

[dragondrums]

I don't know about it being called a cluster feed but he is probably going through a growth spurt now and just wants more and I think around that age my son was sleeping better through the night but I breastfed him at that age so I dont know how different it would be, but hopefully he should continue sleep better like that. Hope this helps a little.

 

[suzib76]

my hv said it was cluster feeding and that although it is primarily a bf baby thing, ff babies can cluster feed too

Lana is on 6 oz bottles and in the evenings she will have 3 bottles about 2-2.5 hours between them, she goes down anywhere between 11 and 12, but her last feed could be 8/9pm then she wakes at 4/5 and is only taking 4oz so i think the night feed is on its way out x

 

[loopdido]

Mirren started doing this at about 4 weeks, she would go 3 hourly then suddenly she would have a bottle at 4pm, 6pm, 8pm, 9.30pm then sleep til 1am. Now she has 3pm, 6pm, 8.30pm (bed) then 4am, then 7.30am.

 

[Mynx]

Evie has done the same since she was about your LO's age. She'll go around 2 hours between feeds but only in the evening. She crams in her feeds cos she'll go to bed at 10ish and go thru till about 7am then have a nice big feed when she wakes up, then sleep again for another couple of hours

 

[Raven24]

william started doing this he would space his feeds out in the day and have them closer together in the evening he also started to sleep a little longer at night too but this may be a coincidence i guess

 

[suzib76]

well Lana fed last night at 5.30 (6oz), 8pm (6oz) and 10.15pm (4oz) - she settled by about 11.30pm and woke at 4am, but she only took 3oz before crashing out until 7.30am so i think she is quite close to dropping the night feed *touches lots of wood*

 

[Mrs Dot]

hope it is the case that she's dropping the night feed Suzi!
Last night he had 5 oz at 6pm, 9pm, 12.30 then slept through till 7am! then he had 5oz at 7:30am and went back off till 10.30am! with a bit of luck he might do the same tonight!

 

[mrs_rj]

i'm so glad you asked this! For the past few days my LO too has been what seems like cluster feeding in the evening - during the day she goes about 3 hours between food and takes about 4 - 5 oz but in the evening she has a bottle at 5, 7, 9 and 10.30 (ish) and then settles for the night about 11.30 but then sleeps through till about 7 usually! xxx

 

[Dream.A.Dream]

My LO seems to do this in the morning. For example this morning he had 1oz at 8.30, another 1.5oz at 9.30, then another 2ozs at 10.30. xx