Thanks for that. Sometimes you just wonder what you are doing right/wrong etc etc. I did just that today, I fed her and about 15min later, I put her down for a nap. She actually slept 2.5hrs would you believe? I guess a full tummy helped. I guess the main thing is that she isnt falling asleep on the bottle, therefore not relying on it to get to sleep. She still gets herself to sleep as she doesnt have the dummy.
She is only 3 months and I know lots of people tell me that she should be on a 3hrly routine, however the nurse advised me to feed her four hourly for a few reasons:
1. She tends to puke up heaps of milk for a long time when fed 3hrly and I thought this was reflux, however when changed to 4hrly this stopped.
2. She is drinking enough milk each feeding to drink approx 5 bottles in a 24hr period, therefore it works out to roughly be every 4hrs.
3. When I trialled the 3hr routine, she only drank 1/4 of the bottle and was full without finishing, therefore becomming hungry sooner for the next feed. It was like she was snacking?
So I thought id at least keep the feeds 4hrly as her sleep tends to be somewhat better using this idea than when I tried the three hourly EASY. I can only think that when she does reach the 5month old stage that her naps will get better as she does nap longer sometimes, so she knows how to re-settle but I guess the days that she cat-naps, she has had enough sleep??? Who knows? Sometimes she is content, other times she doesnt last long for her waketime but its always different and very mind boggling. hehe.
Anyway thanks for your advice, I appreciate it as now I dont feel so bad putting her down not long after a feed if need be.
