Won't keep eating after burping (or any break)

[SueLou]

I have tried to move to the 4 hour EASY. However, once he burps he'll take a full feed...at the moment he was too tired to eat at 5 pm. So I tried again to feed him at 7 pm when we put him to bed. He took an oz, fussed and I let him go to sleep, hoping a nap would help. He has woken up 2.5 hrs later very hungry. He has guzzled down his food so had to burp. It took a while and he then had some more. But now he has fallen back to sleep, can't get the burp up and he has only had 4 oz now since 2 pm. 

[SueLou]

ha ha, we've moved to 4 hr EASY - and he is feeding much better.

The morning is still a bit hazy though as he sleeps from 7 pm, has the dream feed and then the last two nights has woken at 5 am. The first night I let him feed as much as he wanted to and he took 6 oz, then of course at 7am he wasn't hungry so we ended up feeding him at 8.30 am..which sort of puts the evening out then.

So this morning he woke at 5 am and I tried to get him back to sleep but he was obviously hungry so I gave him 2 oz and he went back to sleep until 6.40 am. Much better. but then he wouldn't eat until 8 am still....

What should I do?
1) Let him eat as much as he wants at 5 am and hope it'll sort itself out
2) keep trying just giving him a little?
3) try and delay the feed more and more until we get to 7 am? but will he sleep till 7, or keep waking up at 5 am  but 'wait' till 7am?

thanks
Sue

[Lolly]

Sue - if the small feed was enough and he got back to sleep I would try that and see how it works out. I know it messes woth the EASY a bit but if he won't settle properly without the feed you will end up with an OT baby.
 
You may find he starts sleeping through a bit more soon.

Laura

[Mom-of-boys]

SueLou, I am in the exact same boat!  DS wakes up at 5 hungry so I'll feed him and he'll fall back asleep. Then when we're ready to start the day, he won't eat, and our EASY is quickly messed up for the day.  Maybe I'll try the same thing as you're doing, just giving him a small amount to tide him over until 7 am.  I'm also trying to get a 4-hr EASY going, but sometimes by the time I've kept him awake longer, he seems hungry again just when I'm trying to get him down for a nap.  Maybe it's a growth spurt... 

[SueLou]

We left Jack with my MIL last night as we went to a wedding. She said she gave him a little bit at 5 am but he didn't take much and fell asleep until 6.45 am and then finished the bottle!! I'm hoping it's not special nan hands that did this, hopefully he'll do the same tomorrow and eventually he'll sleep a little bit longer....oh I hope so!!

I'd love to know how you get on and if you crack  it!! Good luck.