can't get away from 4 hours...

[cosmicangel007]

DD is just shy 7 months.
during the day we are on the 4hour easy bottles
AND at night too.... yikes
i can't get away from it - or i should say she won't let me...
BT bottle is anywhere from 6:15-7:00
then she wakes between 11:00-12:30 so sometimes we get a little more time
but the middle of the night is 4 hours later.
iv'e attempted to put her back to sleep and sometimes i can stretch her 30 minutes but she won't go back down without the small bottle,which she'll fall asleep on.
Its a different time every night so I'm not in that 'habit' of looking at the clock and seeing the same time.

i've been giving her a little breakfast
and dinner
so it may look like this

5:45 to 6:15 wake up
7:00 bottle
some kind of breakfast, oatmeal, toast, yogurt and fruit  or this can happen after 11:00 bottle
8:30-10:00 ish sleep
11: bottle
12:30-2 sleep
3 bottle
CN at some point unless afternoon nap was pushed back
5:30 or 6:00 dinner or i should say picking at our food
BT routine

is it bad that we r stuck on this 4  hour even at night?  I don't want a habit forming...

oh and we have a 23 month old who i don't want to wake at night so trying to keep her cry's at bay!!

thanks

[Lolly]

How much milk is she having in each bottle? Any digestive issues? How long does it take to have the bottle and what flow teat is she on?

Laura

[cosmicangel007]

she has 7 oz per bottle and the middle of the night is 5oz
size 2 teat
finishes between 10-15 minutes
and occasionally spits up even as long as an hour and half after bottle but she is never phased by her spitting up.
some nights she wakes screaming and i think its her belly,  i rub some essential oils on her belly and she feels better.

her poop has changed some since starting solids (BLW) and has blow-outs...  if that helps any.

[Lolly]

Do you limit her bottles to 7oz or is that all she will take?

It may be that she won't stretch or drop the nightfeed until she is on 3 good meals a day.

Laura