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needing more daytime milk?
« on: August 14, 2011, 09:03:07 am »
For the last 2 nights DD has only needed one feed between bedtime at 6.30pm and wake-up 6-7am. This is great of course but today she has seemed starving!
I fed her on waking 6oz and less than 3 hours later she was crying for more - another 6oz which she drained. Should I be offering her more? Seems like quite a bit in one go?
Do you think this is because of essentially dropping a feed?
It feels like a gs but only in the day iykwim. Lots of 45 min naps, hard time settling for them and being hungry???
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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2011, 09:07:28 am »
I would say it's a growth spurt - she's around 12 weeks ish right? If she is hungry then just feed her, it should only last a couple of days if it is a GS. Maybe she's not waking at night so much because she is shattered from the 45 min naps so is making up for it in the day rather than waking more at night (I know which I'd rather!)

If she is draining those 6oz bottles you need to put another oz in there too - there should be a bit left at the end of a bottle feed so you know they have stopped because they are full and not just because the bottle is empty!

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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2011, 09:11:55 am »
thanks laura - yes she is 10.5 weeks. I am very happy about the nights obviously but wondering why the days (yesterday and today) are much worse....will make sure I put an extra ounce in now.




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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2011, 12:15:32 pm »
so 1.5 hours after her milk she was crying. Offered and she drank another 5oz! Has not slept well all day - does that sound like a GS?




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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2011, 13:42:32 pm »
I think just go with the flow for a few days and see what happens. 5oz is a lot for a comfort suck - if she wasn't hungry she wouldn't take all that or bring it back up again.

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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2011, 14:28:08 pm »
With DD her GS were obvious by her behaviour. Grouchy, would not sleep and just whined all day long like she was uncomfortable in her own skin. Never woke more through the night though.

 It does sound like one to me.  ;)


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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2011, 17:40:56 pm »
hmm well after the 45 min nap day from hell maybe that is it. She has been more whiny and needed the dummy to settle for every nap which is a bit of a regression. :(




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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2011, 18:25:22 pm »
sounds like my kids in a GS as well, Becky. Always loved them for not waking in the night but again, they were whacked from eating every 1.5 hrs in the day ;-)

Emma did begin to wake again for a 3am feed at the 12 week GS (she'd been doing 7-7 with DF from 10 weeks) and by 13 weeks we were back to STTN. Oscar still hadn't gotten to STTN at 12 weeks but his 5am feed moved back to 3am and then gradually forward again till we were STTN iykwim.

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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2011, 05:34:45 am »
hmm well yesterday was back to normal but last night she woke twice for a feed and then was up early too. I did not think it was hunger but after dummy etc not working gave her one and she drank 5oz so something is going on...




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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2011, 05:57:45 am »
another night with 3 feeds - 11.30pm (5oz), 2.45am (5oz) and 5.35am (3oz)

Hope it is a GS as we seem to have regressed a bit?




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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2011, 05:59:51 am »
laura - do you think it might be an idea to start a df?




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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2011, 06:40:29 am »
You can certainly try one. It can take a good week for them to get used to it and to see if it works, but if she is waking around 11.30 anyway I would give it a go.

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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2011, 07:26:23 am »
I will try and see how the next few days go. If she is still waking 3 times then I may need to look more at the routine i.e. maybe she needs to go to a 3.5 hour routine? I am already giving 6oz feeds in the day so 7oz seems a lot for a lo of her age?




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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2011, 09:08:02 am »
I know what you mean, but if she is taking the whole feed and keeping it down then it's likely what she needs. I seem to remember one of my friend's LO taking what seemed rediculous amounts of formula around this age but it lasted a few weeks and then eased off a bit. Have you had her weighed recently, if she is sticking to her growth curve (or at least not making huge jumps up) you know it is what she needs.

If she is draining those 6oz bottles you should add another oz and see how she does.

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Re: needing more daytime milk?
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2011, 04:30:01 am »
It does seem like a lot of formula but as Laura said, some LO's seem to need it. My DD has never been one to break 30 ozs in a day, but I have a friend whose DD would hit 40 ozs some days!