Hi, can anyone help?! I've just bought the baby whisperer book and haven't yet read it all, I've just got the general gist at the moment. My little boy is big for his age, he was born 8lb 9oz, and ever since has been on the 91st percentile line. He's around 14lbs now. Our problem is he snacks and catnaps. Most of his bottles are only 2 or 3 ounces(60-90mls), we make up 5 ounce (150ml) bottles as occasionally he will take 4 or 5 ounces (120-150ml). When he stops feeding there is no way we can get the bottle back in his mouth, he presses his lips together and if we manage to get through his lips, he jams his gums together - quite comical to see actually! The idea of a dreamfeed is out of the question. Because of the way he feeds, he doesn't sleep long, usually only 1 and half to 3 hours. Between the hours of 11pm and 5am I feed him 3 times then my boyfriend takes him downstairs at 5am and gives me a couple of hours undisturbed sleep.
Can anyone suggest anything? I feel all our problems would be solved if he just started taking more milk.
In addition, our daytime routine is non-existent. Feeding and sleeping totally random from one day to the next. Today I've started to keep a record of EAS but I'm sure there's no pattern.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks.