hi wendy...thanks for the reply...to be honest i don't know what is up with him through the night...he does seem hungry but i didn't want to feed to sleep and start a whole new pattern of problems. I usually give him his dinner at 4 because any later and he wont take his whole bottle. For example, tonight he took 4 ozs...so 2 hours after going to bed i slipped the bottle in his mouth and he finished the lot. Should i be dreamfeeding at this age to tank him up? He always gets so unsettled at night and then it just carries on through the night. So, you think i should extend both the morning and midday A times making two nap times but when should those be, based on a 7am wake time?
Hi there, yes I think he should be on two good solid naps still with reasonably balanced A times. It's not usually until 9 or 10 mths that they start cutting back their day sleep and even then you do it carefully and slowly.
I would not introduce a DF at this point, but if he's waking hungry then by all means feed him. There is a growth spurt at 9 mths too and he's had an adjustment moving to formula.
How many ounces are you offering him at each feed?
So you might get something like this:
Awake 7
Eat 8 oz bottle & solids (yogurt, toast, porridge, fruit etc.)
A time = 3 hrs
Nap 1.5 hrs @ 10 - 11:30
Eat 8 oz bottle & solids (protein + grain + veg and/or fruit)
A time = 3 hrs
Nap 1.5 hrs @ 2:30 - 4
Eat 8 oz bottle
A time = 1.5 hrs then
Eat solids (protein + grain + veg and/or fruit)
A time = 1 hr = bedtime routine & bedtime bottle (top up)
Asleep by 7
You can also throw some snacks in there too, puffs, rice cakes, biscuits if he's getting peckish between meals.
4 hours is a long A time for his age so just watch for OT and short naps.
We had the same issue with the bottle and bath time so we give him his solids right before bath and then he's ok to last until his bottle.
MellyD, thanks for posting, I just want to say though that if you are having routine issues it might be best to post your own post because there is a big difference in A time between these two ages so the routine suggestions might look different for you. Is your LO still having a CN?