EASY tweaks to get us through the night please

[brandybutter]

Hello. I am new to the forum, but have been following EASY for a couple of months now. My LO is 11 weeks old and loves the EASY routine. It suits her (and me) perfectly. Here's the routine (ish):

4am feed (5oz)
4.20am Sleep

7am feed (5oz)
7.20am activity
8am nap

10am feed (5oz)
10.20am activity
11am nap

1.30pm feed (5oz)
1.50pm activity
2.30pm nap

5pm feed (5oz)
5.20pm activity
6pm nap


10.30pm feed (6 oz)
10.50pm activity
11.30pm sleep

I know I should be adding an 8pm feed, then dream feeding her at around 10.30pm

I would like to drop the 4am feed ASAP if possible.


My questions are:

Should I be changing the amounts I give her in the day and giving her larger quantities at night?  How much? How do I go about starting to up her feeds?
Should there be activity time after the 8pm feed?
Tried dream feeding, and her eyes opened wide right at the end of the feed. Then she wanted activity until she started feeling tired again. What works with dream feeding?

Many thanks in advance

[nevinsmama]

Hi there! As your question pertains to mostly help with Bottle Feeding, would you like your post moved over to our BOttle Feeding board? For an 11 week old I would expect, for some time to come, that LO would need at least 2 NFs. I would not do A time at the 8 oclock feeding, just feed and lay back down. 

[brandybutter]

Well it was more the timings of EASY and what to do when, as well as bottle feeding. Happy for the post to be moved if it's in the wrong place. Thank you.

[nevinsmama]

Ok, I am sorry about that. I cannot advise about Bottle feeding. How long is that 6 pm nap? If she is waking for the day at 7 than I would be keeping that 6pm nap as a CN and then trying for BT around 8ish. That should work out well for a 10:30 DF. I would expect a 4AM feed as well as LO has a pretty tiny tummy still. HTH!