Feeding question

[LŠuren]

That sounds excellent  , how much does he take at night?

[yaya]

Usually about 200g

[LŠuren]

that seems quite a lot (6oz), how did you get one with adding more to each bottle he was draining? What you are looking to do is off-set the 6oz (200ml) into his daytime feeds.

[yaya]

he varies from feed to feed but took the extra oz I added...yes def want him to move nigger feed to daytime but not sure how to do this as DS isnt hot on feeding, think he's just waiting for solids, hope when we start we'll have better luck

[LŠuren]

Can you try adding an extra oz to the 3rd bottle you give or the bedtime bottle and see how you get on?  Did he drain the bottle you put the extra 1oz in?

[yaya]

I think I will try the way u do it, give him big bedtime bottle, smaller night feed, big morning bottle and smaller ones in between. Strange as he's never very hungry first bottle of the day even if he ate 6 or 7 hrs b4! Another clue that he should eat less at night?

[LŠuren]

I think I will try the way u do it, give him big bedtime bottle, smaller night feed, big morning bottle and smaller ones in between. ...... Another clue that he should eat less at night?

Definitely, but its good you have made so much progress in a few days and he is taking the additional oz's you are adding. Eventually (hopefully soon) you will get the nightfeed right down to 3oz and you can start to weaken the mixture a bit.


I am sitting here looking at Calums logs since March to try and figure out why he is suddenly waking at 6am in the morning every morning 

[yaya]

Thomas used to wake 8ish and suddenly decided to wake 7, no gradual ease into it! Now hes usually awake at 6ish but I try and get him to sleep in a little longer. have u changed anything?

[yaya]

Calum's mum,
Ur replies are being notified to me by email but not showing up on the board???

[LŠuren]

Calum's mum,
Ur replies are being notified to me by email but not showing up on the board???

Its probably when I edit something 

Now hes usually awake at 6ish but I try and get him to sleep in a little longer. have u changed anything?

Thats the problem so much changed, he dropped his catnap, etc.  He has done it consistantly since 7th March so I will need to look into his log from then.....

[yaya]

Didnt u say he used  to wake 5.30am habit? MAybe he's shifted this to 6am due to dropping catnap?

[LŠuren]

He was doing both, 0530ish then waking early...

[yaya]

Very strange....maybe he is wanting to wake 5.30ish then is tired and sleeps only a little longer? is he wide awake 6?

[LŠuren]

I am starting to think the catnap (or lack of) is the culprit, it started then     Not much I can do with that if he refuses it, altough thats normal for his age.

Going to have to keep digging to see if hes too tired and not able to sleep at the moment or getting too much sleep and that why he wakes early.

When I find out I will share with the world, there are load of us having the same problems - he won't go back to sleep AT ALL  when he wakes early 

[yaya]

was just thinking...maybe something to do with season changing? Over here in italy its very light around 5 or 6am so maybe their bio clock needs to readjust? Just a thought