Hi I am not sure if I should post here or on bottle feeding board so will do both...
Our wee AG 8MO/4weeks prem (has been having issues with her bedtime bottle. We recently (2weeks ago?) introduced dinner at 5pm...
Her day usually looks something like this (there are of course variations if naps go longer/shorter etc)
E-7am (bottle)
Solids 8am
A-till 9.30pm
S-till11am (if she is feeling co-operative, she often wakes at 45mins but most of the time goes back to sleep,
though sometimes not and then our day is REALLY up the whops!)
E- 11.30am (she will refuse if we offer it any earlier!)
A - till 1.30pm (practise with finger food (not much acutally consumed) at 12.30pm)
S - till 3pm (if lucky! more often than not it's 2.15pm)
E - 3.30pm (latest this feed ever happens is 4pm if later start to day or the odd longer nap in arvo)
A - till 5pm or 7pm
Solids 4.50pm
S - 5pm-5.45pm (IF rubbish nap in arvo)
A - till 7pm
E - 7pm
Bedtime routine
S - 7.30pm
E - DF 11pm (ish, we have been letting her go longer lately if she wants to but need to review this decision...)
Lately AG has been refusing or taking only a very small bottle feed at bed time. I worry I am giving her too much for dinner but am only giving her 1 ice-cube of veges with about 30ml of formula and a teaspoon of baby rice mixed in. If I try and give her less she bursts into tears when it's gone and I giver her our "finished" sign...
Is there anything else that could be causing this? Am I wrong to be concerned about this? Any and all ideas gladly welcomed!!! thankyou
