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advice on feeds
« on: January 30, 2012, 20:28:09 pm »
Can someone give me some advice as I am in a mess.
My lo is 32 weeks old and has silent reflux. Until recently we went through a few months where he would not drink much milk in the day and was only drinking 24 oz over 24 hrs. Now he has started drinking full bottles, thank goodness but he will only drink them when he is going to sleep. So he wakes and will not drink then has a little breakfast and a drink of water then a full bottle when he goes for his nap. The pattern then continues, a little food and water after he gets up and another bottle on his nap. He then drinks his bedtime milk. He has a DF at 10:30 pm but often doesn't drink much. He wakes between 4 am and 5 am and I have having to give him another bottle and he drinks 5 or 6 oz, I am only making 6 oz. I am not sure how to turn things around and stop the night feeds and make him eat more in the day. How much should he be drinking at this age? How many bottles should he have in 24 hrs?
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Re: advice on feeds
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 22:12:16 pm »
It sounds to me like the 5am bottle is pushing the first day bottle to before the nap because he's not hungry and then that's setting the routine for the day. Is he feeding to sleep or are you able to put him down awake?

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Re: advice on feeds
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2012, 15:19:09 pm »
I can put him down awake but I think he likes feeding to sleep, it is the sucking I think. He was very adicted to his dummy before we went cold turkey with it as well. The sucking helps the reflux. He also sucks his fingers and his lovey a lot.
He has only recently started the 5 00 am feed, we did have some time when he went from his DF to morning but that was when he drank all his dream feed. Infact he did it twice only the week before last on night s when he drank lots of bedtime and DF milk. He still won't drink first thing even if doesn't have milk from DF to morning.
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Re: advice on feeds
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2012, 15:23:21 pm »
Sorry, adding more.
Wondered wether to drop his DF as he is old enough. I just can't get him to eat much in the way of solids so hadn't attempted to drop it?
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Re: advice on feeds
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 20:47:16 pm »
I think you have a prop issue then, he's swapped the dummy for the bottle. How worried about it are you? If you want to break the habit and change the routine back then we can help, but if the routine is working for you both then it may not be a problem unless it's having an impact on night sleep.

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