to continue DF or not for 3 1/2 month old

[makka]

My lo is nearly 4 months and is on a 3.5 hour easy typical day

7.30am wake
8.50 sleep
11am wake
12.30pm sleep
2.30pm wake
3.45pm sleep
6pm ish wake feed
7-7.15sleep
10.30pm DF
stirs around 3am goes back to sleep and then wakes at 4am feed
7.30am wake, sometimes 8am

when he takes the df he takes about 150-200ml, then wakes again around 4ish and takes 150-200, but then when he wakes at 7.30amish he only takes about 100ml which is frustrating and sometimes wakes early from first nap due to only taking in a small feed. When we didnt have the DF about a month ago he would feed at 7pm and then wake around 2.30am (habital i think) which is why we introduced the DF, but would feed much better at the 7am feed and take in a fuller amount. We have had a few nights with doing the DF that he has woken at 6am, but then gone back to waking around 4ish. i dont see him stretching it out much more than before we did the DF as he would wake at 2.30am and iwth DF at 4am.....sometimes i think that he doesnt really need the 4am feed but would love it if he woke at least around 6ish.

what should i do should i try and cut the DF out, or leave it and just try to resettle at the 4am wake up?

thanks kirsten

[makka]

might do that, as last night DF at 10.30pm and woke at 2.30am...., the night before was 4am, and now im struggling with the 7am feed he only takes 100ml i think because he is getting so much at the DF and then at 4am and wont take much in the morning. so you think the DF to cut out? would be good if he didnt have DF and just woke at 4am i would be happy with that

kirsten

[makka]

ok so we dropped the DF last night and the night went like this

6.30pm feed
7.30pm sleep
12.30am woke up and stired for about 40 min off and on then went back to sleep
4am wake feed
8am wake feed

so when we were doing the DF at 10-10.30pm he would still wake at 4am, so i think after a few weeks it wasnt working in a way that it would stretch out....i mean 6.30pm to 4am is pretty good

when they say growth spurt at 4 months do you count that as in weeks so now he is 16 weeks old, he is 4 months? as 4 months is on the 19th Oct, so when the growth spurt hits is that now?
thanks kirsten

[makka]

okj so just an update we stopped the df a few days ago and our nights are like this

7pm feed, bed by 7.30pm
wakes around 4am has feed then wakes at 8am

now that i can see he sleeps from 7pm till 4am thats 9 hours...so why cant he do 9 hours from a DF of 10pm till 7am, when i ws doing the DF he would still wake at 4am...should i re introduce it and then just try to re settle my lo back to sleep at 4am, cos i know he can do it till 7am, he consumes over 30oz of formula a day and is a big boy. cos i would really love tocut out this 4am feed and just do the DF, or shouldi just leave it as it is? doesnt BW say to cut out NF at 4 months?

thanks kirsten

[Hilz_W]

Hi,I had the same problem with my LO. he is 13wo.we started to df to see if we could get rid of 4 am feed. He was taking a full df of 140 ml but still woke at 4 am and took a full feed, though didn't seem as hungry as usual.then he wasn't interested in his morning feed at all.I ended up giving up the df. he's started waking up so much from 3-6 am that it seemed a bit pointless to continue it.
Hil x