Hi Amystoker
My ds was upped to 8oz when I was cutting back on his df, he also has 4 bottles and 3 feeds a day which sounds about right... I wouldnt try and stuff anymore formula into him during the day but you could always add an extra oz to his bedtime bottle after a few days of cutting him back on his df. I dropped an oz and a 1/2 an hour every 3 days until I reached 2oz at 8.30pm (his bedtime bottle is 7pm) I tried to give this 2oz but it really unsettled him, so the next night I just put him to bed at 7pm and he slept until 8.30am
Is you ds taking a big df? My ds was taking 7oz at df, then got 1oz added to each of his 4 daytime bottles so he is only down 3oz of formula everyday. Its really hard to start to drop the df as your afraid it will upset the routine or babs will be awake in the small hours looking for food, but no, once you start and things are going well you'll be on top of the world. The only routine affected will be mammies and daddies, I didn't know what to do with myself I was able to open a bottle of wine and kick back and relax without watching the time for a df... and this was only when I was moving it earlier in the evening. Ds has only gone 3 full nights without the df and he is still sleeping like a baby, sorry for the pun!
Good luck with it and let us know how things go, Taylor