minicazzybee
Mummy to baby Alexander
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Hi there,
I need some help and advice regarding bottle feeding/weaning. Alex has never been a great sleeper and very rarely sleeps for me than a 3 hour stint, but recently he got quite a bit worse. I heard about the dreaded 4 months growth spurt, but recently he is taking 5-7oz feeds every 2-3 hours.
On an average night (in the last 2 weeks) he generally has 6oz at 7pm when we put him to bed, then he'll be up at 10pm and have 5oz, then up at 1-2am, 4am and 7am having about 4-5oz on each occasion.
I know this is going to sound really selfish, but I'm going back to work in 3 weeks and would really like him to start lengthening the gap inbetween feeds during the night, as I'm not sure how I'll cope with the sleep deprivation. I would not consider it otherwise, but I was wondering if giving him a little baby rice before his last feed might make him sleep a little better? I'm finding that he is becoming ratty and grizzly a lot more easily recently during the day which I can only think is because he is not getting a good length of sleep at night.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I do not want to start weaning him if it is not neccesary, as he has only just turned 4months, and I personally think it's a bit too soon.
Thanks,
Caroline x
I need some help and advice regarding bottle feeding/weaning. Alex has never been a great sleeper and very rarely sleeps for me than a 3 hour stint, but recently he got quite a bit worse. I heard about the dreaded 4 months growth spurt, but recently he is taking 5-7oz feeds every 2-3 hours.
On an average night (in the last 2 weeks) he generally has 6oz at 7pm when we put him to bed, then he'll be up at 10pm and have 5oz, then up at 1-2am, 4am and 7am having about 4-5oz on each occasion.
I know this is going to sound really selfish, but I'm going back to work in 3 weeks and would really like him to start lengthening the gap inbetween feeds during the night, as I'm not sure how I'll cope with the sleep deprivation. I would not consider it otherwise, but I was wondering if giving him a little baby rice before his last feed might make him sleep a little better? I'm finding that he is becoming ratty and grizzly a lot more easily recently during the day which I can only think is because he is not getting a good length of sleep at night.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, as I do not want to start weaning him if it is not neccesary, as he has only just turned 4months, and I personally think it's a bit too soon.
Thanks,
Caroline x