bath before bedtime or before evening feed?

[shira1206]

hello,
My baby is 13 weeks old and for several weeks i have been giving her a bath after her evening feed, which is also her last feed for the day (around 18:30 to 19:30, it shifts).
so it's food, bath and then bedtime. I heard that it's important to separate food and bedtime - but for how long? is there a time where bath can be before last day feed?
my baby sometimes cries hard after she gets out of the bath, not sure why - and i know it's not the best thing to say, but if i give her a bottle after the bath she won't cry as much. but maybe that's a wrong way of  solution to a problem, right?
any tips would be great, thanks.

[jessmum46]

Hi Shira,

I've always done milk after bath with both of mine, although I was breastfeeding rather than bottles but I don't think that makes a difference.  DD fed to sleep for quite some time at bedtime, DS never did but he was the one who developed habit night feeds but basically as they have got older I made more of an effort to keep them awake during the feed, then did a short story or something followed by into the cot awake.  I think a feed after bath time is a great way to wind down, my two get completely over-excited by the bath!  So if feed after bath suits you both better then I'd say go for it x

[*Ali*]

I agree with above. Some people do a little milk before the bath and a little after if she is too hungry to wait until after.  It's fine to feed right before bed, especially if you are putting baby down awake afterwards.

[Haribo2012]

I did a split feed, half of bottle 30 mins before bath then rest after bath. Used to make DS a lot calmer that way x

[shira1206]

thanks everyone i will try it out and see what fits for us best