Hi all,
Our DS is 11 weeks tomorrow but feels like he has the appetite of a 12 month old!
He was quite happily taking 4-5oz each feed in 5 feeds during the day (7am, 10am, 1pm, 4-4.30pm, 6.30-7pm) then one at 11pm ish then one or two feeds in the night or about 3/4oz each. However on reading The Baby Whisperer solves all your problem I wrote down how much he was taking over 2 weeks and averaged out the night feeds and then added that to the day feeds to try and get him to sleep longer at night (he has never slept longer than 4hrs 45mins at one time).
However since doing that his appetite appears to have gone through the roof but his sleeping has not got any better! He now takes between 6-7oz and in fact a couple of days ago took a full 8oz bottle but only slept 4.5 hours after that!
Last night was the worst, was like he went back to being a newborn! He took 25oz during the day before bed then woke at 10.30pm and took 4.5ozs, 1.45am and took 6ozs, 4am and took 2 ozs!
I feel like by offering him more in the daytime feeds I'm just increasing his appetite to take more at night...?