transition from 3 hour easy to 4

[natalie362]

Hi all,

My baby is now 16 1/2 weeks old and i'm starting the routine to increase his feed times from every 3 hour to 4. I am following the plan created by Tracey, giving him 5 feeds plus a dream feed which will reduce to 4 plus the dream feed. currently he has 6oz at every bottle apart from the DF where he usually only takes 3 oz. Do I need to increase the amount of feed per bottle in order for him to make the transition easily? He often drains the 6oz bottle but is settled in between the 3 hour feeds.

Thanks

[*Kara*]

Hi Natalie   Welcome to BW!

I found that DD would take an ounce more fairly easily when I pushed her feeds out... 

As a general rule, if he is draining a bottle, you should be adding an ounce to the feeds anyways so maybe give that a try with his first feed in the morning - if he takes a full 7 ozs, he will likely go 3 hrs 30 mins fairly easily and then should take another 7 ozs since it's been longer between feeds, make sense?

You don't really want his total intake for the day to drop so it's a good idea to shift those ounces around a bit.