Hi again!
I've been wondering a lot lately... I don't know what the problem is, or if there is any... and I don't know where to start... Please give me input.
DS has been waking around 9:00 - 10:00 lately. As I looked back tonight, I realized that it is always almost 3 hours from his last feed before bedtime. What could this mean? Sometimes we are able to resettle him, other times not. We usually do a DF between 10:30-11:00. Although I am starting to think that he is waking out of hunger... and have therefore started feeding him when he wakes at that time.
Also, I used to pump to give him is DF and would average 4 oz and that is still what I can express (I know not necessrily a real indicator of production). But we recently started formula for the DF to be able to store a little of my milk to eventually only go back to BM. We have slowly increased the amount and tonight, he was able to take a whole 8 oz!
Could I not be feeding him enough during the daytime if he needs to take in that much? Is he waiting out in the day to compensate at his DF? Is it a supply issue?
Last night my mom was watching him and we decided we didn't want to complicate things for her and told her to just feed him when he woke. Well, he woke 3 hours from his last feed and she gave him a bottle (9:20pm) and when we got home we also gave him a DF!!
So he ended up eating 2x 160ml (a little over 5 oz)!
DS had also been waking in the night, we used to go in to resettle and same thing, sometimes it worked, other times not... We thought it might have been a self soothing issue, so taught him to go down w/ o paci. Well, he kept waking but would usually resettle himself within 5 min. Well, last night w/ that unusually full tummy, we didn't hear a single peep!
DS is on a 4 hour easy that was going great the 1st week but then started going off on us... The first week was perfect! up 2 hours, down about 2 hours, and then, suddenly he couldn't stay up the full 2 hours... If it would have been only a day or so where he is more tired it would have been fine and he would have slept untill his next feed, or close right? But no! he would sleep 1h10 and then wake up and be hard to settle!
If I think about it now it might have been 3hours or 3.5 after his last feed... Could it be a GS? This is soooo hard to tell since we still deal w/ 45 min naps and sometimes the 45 min. mark coincides w/ the 3 hour mark... Sometimes he will resettle (especially the 1st week we were on 4 hour easy) but now more often than not he wont resettle... (more so in the afternoon). And for the past 2-3 days, we have been having a hard time putting him to bed for the night. He shows tired signs but then won't go down for 30-50 min.
I'm a little confused right now and don't know what to do... What do you see in all this? Should I try feeding a little more often during the day to increase my milk supply and see if all he needs is more calories? If so, should I go about it by going back to 3 or 3.5 easy thus messing up our 4 hour routine or could I go to a kind of 2 hour E but keep the 4 hour routine (ie: EAES-EAES-etc...)?
By the way, sorry this is soooooo long!