Stephanie,
I have had the same problem with Ollie although it sounds like you must be bottle feeding since you know the number of ounces. For me, if I try (and most of the time I am unsuccessful) to wake Ollie at the 3 hour mark...he'll eat for five mins and then there is nothing I can do to get him interested...however, I a wait and allow him to wake on his own , usually closer to the 4 hour mark post feed, he'll wake up fully and eat for at least 20 mins..which seems to fill him. So, after talking to my sister (mother of 2 and introducer to the EASY method) she said, "what are you crazy!!! Let him wake up when he wants to" so, yesterday that is what I did. When I had been trying to wake him he went thru a stage where he was up 2x thru the night even with the DF prior to that he was eating only once around 4am'ish...last night after allowing him to wake...again he slept thru til 4 am'ish. So, my thoughts are...perhaps as he too is over 11 lbs now he is satisfied with his every 4 hour feeds and I am probably worsening his night sleep because as the Book mentions a well rested baby eats and sleeps better. I have also found that he is in a much better mood when I let him wake on his own.
So...long story short....let you lo wake up when they are ready...that way your not interfering with their sleep needs and you are not trying to force feed a disinterested baby.
Ok...the doctor in me has to respond to the sleeping on belly thing! Your pediatricians recommend the "Back to Sleep" mantra solely because a huge study looked at risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome and belly sleeping suggested increased risk. This does not mean however, that every baby that ever died of sids was on their belly nor, does it mean that sleeping on belly=SIDS....however, having been the doctor on call now x2 when a babe came in that couldn't be resuscitated...I am not going to take any chances...furthermore, if (God forbid) this ever happened and I knew that the belly thing put my lo at increased risk then I am not sure I would be able to get over that....having seen parents go thru this...we always try to blame ourselves when something goes wrong. Anyway, I am not saying it is wrong to let your little ones sleep on their bellies, Ollie loves his belly time too, however, if you are going to do so, then at least be informed and aware...
off my soapbox now!!
to the mum battling thrush...just make sure you use the medicine until at least 48hours AFTER you see resolution of the white plaques (at least)!
Thanks for your moral support everyone...
Rachael