Hi there!! My LO is 3 months old today and takes anywhere from 7- 7 1/2 oz with each feed. She is on a four hour schedule, 7, 11,3,7, and dream feed at about 10:45. She has always taken a full feed at the dream feed, but I have always really pushed the issue. She is a reflux baby and although she has never had a problem with weight gain, I was always paranoid about it and made sure she took a full feed. Now that she is older and much better with the reflux and taking such a great amount with each feed during the day, I am wondering if it is necessary to push the full feed at 10:45? It really has become difficult, I really have to fight to get her to take 6 1/2 oz which is what I am trying to get into her at the dream feed. She stays asleep thru the entire feed which is great and I don't want that to change. I use a damp cool cloth to get her to keep taking the bottle, but I also wonder how much I am disrupting her at this time and I do not want her to start waking fully or once I stop the dream feed wake anyway because it has become a habit. She has been sleeping thru the night for a little over a week. She wakes at 6:30am which is perfect for us, she has to take her dose of Prevacid 30 minutes before her first feed of the day which is at 7am. She goes to bed at night at 7:30pm and thanks to sticking with the shush pat in the begining, I only have to sing, swaddle, and put her in the crib with the paci and she is out in 3 minutes! Please let me know what you think about the feed. My biggest concern is if I cut down the amount, she will start to wake in the night, but I really would like it if I didn't have to fight so hard to get the full bottle in her. If I do cut down the amount, say to 5 oz, and she wakes in the night, how would I handle it? How many oz would I give then? She is on Alimentum formula by the way, never was breast fed. Thank you so much for the help!!!!!!
Di
