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LO dropping her last feed of the night eeeek!!!
« on: May 25, 2006, 09:12:14 am »
I wasn't sure if I should post on the bottle feeds or the EASY part.
The last two nights in a row my dd has not wanted her 6.30pm feed.  This is the most important feed to me and I don't know what to do.
I recently changed her from 2x formula's a day (one for breaky and one for dinner) and the other feeds were breastmilk.  Now she is fully formula fed.
She still has two night feeds one dreamfeed at 10.30pm which I started two nights ago, and one at 2.30am which she wakes up for.  Before being on formula she would wake at least 4 times a night for a feed.  She also wakes up lots in the early morning from about 4 am onward (always has) but I just put her dummy in (over and over and over again lol)
She is on a three hour easy. Starting at 6.30 or 7.00am and going every three hours from the first feed.  She is hungry at the three hour mark. (except for the 6.30pm one)  ::)  Last night I got 40mls into her before she was squirming and getting cranky at me. And tonight she went for her 5.00pm sleep and shes out for the night!!! 
There is no waking her when she goes into the first sleep of the night, she sleeps very deeply for about 4 hours and you cant feed her or wake her during it.
Im very aware of getting her to sleep as soon as she shows tired signs through the day.  If she doesn't drink much at a feed, I always burp her and wait and offer it again.  And will try to cluster feed her if she hasn't taken much.  Teats are the right size etc.
I want to get on top of this before she gets into a routine of it.  She is three months old.
Please help!!!!!!
Tash

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Re: LO dropping her last feed of the night eeeek!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2006, 00:12:57 am »
Are you cluster feeding her before the 6:30 feed? At 3 months I stopped cluster feeding my LO becuase then she wouldn't take any formula at her 6:30 feed. I stuck straight to the 3 hours. Feeding at 6:30, 9:30, 12:30, 3:30 and 6:30. We also had the issue with the dummy. It never really went away until she learned to replace it herself.  ::) Let me know if you cluster feed and how the dream feed has been going for you.
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Re: LO dropping her last feed of the night eeeek!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2006, 11:13:02 am »
Thanks for your reply, no I dont cluster feed her.  The dream feed is going ok, Im not sure what to expect from it.  It is causing her stir when its due though.  And she is still waking lots through the night.
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Re: LO dropping her last feed of the night eeeek!!!
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2006, 01:34:06 am »
Give the dream feed a few days or so and if she still wakes as many times during the night as she did before the dream feed, I would go back to not dreamfeeding. At this age, one night feed is perfectly normal. The other wakings are most likely due to a pacifier addiction. My DD did the same thing. She would wake every 20 minutes from 4 onward some days. You have two options there - wean the paci or just keep sticking it back in until she can do it herself. I took the second choice and it did get easier.
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