Transition to 4hrs...how I should increase the milk intake...please advice!!

[deliamar]

Hi,

I hope you can give some advice. My lo is 4 months next week and he is in a 3.5 hrs EASY, he takes 5 bottles and a DF; in every feed (including the DF) he takes at the moment 6.5 oz so his intake per day is 39oz that it seems a lot but he is a hungry baby...alwayssss takes full feed!!

We want to move him to a 4hrs EASY so we will decrease his intake just to 5 bottles(including DF);but my husband and I are quiet not sure if we need to slipt the full 6.5oz between the 5 bottles as this will give us around 1.3oz more per feed that, in other words we will give him almost 8oz....I we think it could be too much for this age. In the other hand he sleeps through the night so we are afraid that if we decrease the intake he might start waking up.

We have discussed the possibility to increase just to 7oz or increase the 1st and last feed to 8...but we are not completly sure.

Anyone has some experience or have somo sugestions...please

Also, to transition to 4hrs EASY which is the best way to do that??


Thank you for your help!!

Delia

[Purplecattypants]

I'm afraid I have no idea about the ff as I bf, but here's a link on transitioning 

https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=63161.0

[*Nicola*]

Not entirely sure as we BF at that stage  BUT ... I would be aiming for the same oz over a 24 hour period whether on a 3, 3.5 or 4 hour EASY. 

You could either offer all 8oz bottles and see what he takes, or offer 7oz and gradually increase them as he begins to drain them. 

Just a heads up ... both my girls took a while to adjust to the extra milk intake required per feed with the 4 hour EASY and we had an extra night feed for a week or so.  We were EBFing although I do know that the same can be true for FF babies

HTH X

[chrissie1982]

I would be tempted to make up 8oz bottles and just see how much he takes. But as Nicola said it may take a while before he ups his milk intake at each feed. I haven't got any experience about how this may affect his night times as my lo was still having a night feed up until he was 7 months old

Chrissie x

[*Nicola*]

LOL me too!