4.5 easy or 5 hour easy

[AnnaBenwell]

Can some please show how the day sould work if i changed my DS over to the 4.5 or 5 hour easy. He is really not interested in the 11am feed and i feel he is ready to go longer. I'm 1 of those mums who hates change! Thank You in advance. Anna

[rebecaq]

Hi Anna, 

How old is your lo?

- Beca

[AnnaBenwell]

6 months

[jumblebox]

Anna...
I think if you post your existing routine, with feed amounts (and if bf/bottle), someone can probably help you. Have you started solids? Do you still have any nightfeedings, or dream feed?

[AnnaBenwell]

Thanks lisa! Day goes like this although we are having a hard time with naps!

6.30AM WAKE PLAYING
7AM 8OZ BOTTLE
8AM BREAKFAST
8.30 AM WALK TO SCHOOL
9AM SLEEP(Sometimes 45 minutes sometimes 1.5 hours)
11AM 8 OZ BOTTLE(Getting less interested everyday) Plus lunch(Eats this fine)
12/12.30 Sleep Sometimes 2 hours sometimes 3
3pm 8 oz bottle
4pm dinner
No catnap won't go down for this
6pm Bath and winddown
6.30 pm 8oz Bottle and then Bed(Goes down really well) No Dreamfeed(never done this)

No night feeds! I think i will try and move him to 4.5 hour easy, but don't know how it will work, So thats why i thought i would post on here. Open to any advice. Thank You for reading. Anna

[* Paula *]

Anna,

If your lo is really showing no interest in the 11am bottle, I would try and decrease the amounts of solids at breakfast a bit and see if this makes any difference.

It is not uncommon for a lo at 6 months to drop down to 3 bottles a day, you just need to ensure that you have tried all the options.  Our DS did this at 6 months.

Are you on a fast flow teat?  Is this the only bottle that he is not showing interest in? Could he be teething?