hi my 8 month olds bottle feeds have gone a bit wonky. our easy (before 2 days ago) looked like this:
6:30 to 7 wake up
drinks 6 to 8 oz.
8 breakfast
9:15-9:30 sleep
10:30 to 11 wake up (we wake him to keep the pm nap)
drinks 4 to 6 oz of 6 oz bottle
12 noon lunch
1-1:30 down for sleep
3-3:30 wakes up
drinks 4 to 6 oz of 6 oz bottle
4:15 to 4:30 dinner
bet 6 and 6:30 drinks 4 to 8 oz of 8 oz bottle
sleep through night
we struggled to get here. Until a couple of weeks ago, we had early wakings and terrible naps. then i started feeding him solids until he stopped eating, introduced a steady supply of protein, and really focused on working out how his sleep should work and we got our sleeps back.
for the past 3 days his bottles have gone all funny with him rejecting or not drinking a lot, especially later in the day, waking in the night and drinking 5 to 6 oz, early wakings are back. He's had a bit of a runny nose (but nothing shocking) and he's basically been teething for about 4 months it feels like.
He's a bit kid with a very healthy appetite and if i can't get his milk in during the day, he always wakes at night, no matter what he eats.
This morning he drank 7 oz at about 6:30 then a big breakfast and has now just completely refused his 11 am bottle.
He's got mild reflux.
I'm wondering if i should drop the 11 am feed and just do one at 1 before his sleep? I'm really not wanting to get back into the night feed, early waking cycle that we've worked so hard to fix...
thanks for any thoughts
