5am feed...thinking about formula for 12.5mo

[Claudiamummy]

hey everyone...

so I am tired, beyond tired...so forgive me if this gets a bit rambly/emotional

so DD is 13m next week...(wow!!) we still have rubbish naps and after her 5am(ish) feed, she will often not settle backl in her cot, so I snuggle her and she will resettle.

fine in itself, but I am not going back to sleep...(how do people co-sleep with a wriggly/snoring lo??? ) so in addition to NW and sturrgling through the day I could do with a bit more sleep...

Anyhow, DH and I were talking and I was thinking of letting him try to give her a bottle of formula at her 5am ish feed...I always struggled with expressing and I dont really want to get into it.
She is definatley still needing this as last night she fed ealier at 3am and didnt wake until 6.30am. I reasured me this IS hunger not a habbit

she eats solids really well (although has her off days like most of us)

has anyone tried introduing formula at this late stage?

[becj86]

I haven't tried formula at this age but wondering if you could just do cows milk? Still up to DH, though

[Fiver]

Personally, I don't think I'd bother with formula at this stage.  Could she be a bit thirsty rather than hungry per se at around 5ish?  Do you think she might object to water?  Or cows' milk?

[Claudiamummy]

Hi ladies,

I guess we could try both options.... Very scared about 5am turning into a disaster!!!

I was hoping to let dd drop this feed..... Is that likely, or do I need to encourage her?
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[Fiver]

My DD dropped her NFs by around the stage that you are at.  Any way a routine tweak might help with the EWs? (not that I'm any sort of expert there!!)

[becj86]

Could be an EASY tweak needed... is for my boy at the moment

[Fiver]

How's it going, Claire?

[Claudiamummy]

Hi Amanda,

Things veeerrrry bumpy last night so we haven't had chance to tackle it.... She didn't eat much for tea was massively ot by bt so we had a nice 2hr nw!!!!!! During this we did water and nappy and she " asked" for a feed.... She then skipped 5am and wu for day 6.30...

We are off to Portugal  in 10 days so think we might need to tackle it then....

Thanks for checking in
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[Claudiamummy]

Bec, dd is jumping a time right now so do think that a contributor as well .... Sigh....

[Claudiamummy]

Hmmmm tried just water at 5.45am and she took a tiny bit but still cried for milk...(bt was 7.50 with a drink at a brief 12pm nw)

Is there a point where I say enough???.... She is still eating her solid breakfast ok

Puzzled...

[Fiver]

Would it be worth having a post on http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?board=34.0 to see if the ladies there can give you any tweaks that might help with the EW?  I'd try, but seriously I'm useless at that stuff!!

[Claudiamummy]

Lol.... No worries

Tbh  she is pushing her own A times right now, so will let her lead on that for a bit and see what happens...

[Fiver]