4 Hour Easy= 5 or 6 feeds????????????????

[kellyhushhh]

Hello my ds is 4 months on the 4th October and i want to change him to the four hour easy.

 He currently feeds at approx 7,10,1, 4 and 7 plus dream feed. So he is having 6 bottles. 

Now for the four hour easy it would be 7,11,3,7 plus dream feed so he would be having 5 bottles.

However....... how come on page 96 chart Tracy says that they should be having 5 bottles plus dream feed? How can you give five feeds if going every four hours and starting day at 7am and going to bed at 7pm?

Also i have a feeling ds will not take anymore ounces than usual even though going that extra hour  . So really he will probably be down a whole feed and will probably start waking in the night. He currently has 6 ounces each feed so 36 ounces.

Anyone else had this problem. I know he can defintaely go four hours as i did it a few weeks ago but he wasnt ready so went back to three hours.

Hope someone can help me please.

Kelly xxx

[Mariek]

Hi Kelly

If he's going 4 hours between feeds then I'd expect him to increase the amount in each bottle. So instead of having 6 x 6oz bottles (at 7, 10, 1, 4, 7 and DF) he would have maybe 4 x 8oz bottles (at 7, 11, 3, and 7) and then 6/7 oz at DF. That would give a total of 38 oz rather than 36.

Hope that makes sense.

love

[kellyhushhh]

Hi Marie, yes i thought that would be the case but as i said in my post i really dont think he will take anymore but obviuosly i will try it and hope he will take 8 rather that 6. Its a struggle to get 6 down him at the moment!! If he still only has 6 ounces could i consider giving him some baby rice or shall i wait till 6 months. xx