Sleep!

Hi, my LO is 8 weeks today and finding we’re down to 1 feed, but we’re aiming for 5 bottles during the day - more calories in the day means less at night generally, so we’ve woken her in the day to get the milk in , the days we don’t we’re up twice. We are feeding around 9pm then down in her cot by 10 til 2, another feed & back down by 3 and up between 6-7am.
I think it’s normal for a feed change burping to take 45/60 mins… xx

thank you! how many Oz are you giving at each feed?

We give between 4-5oz per feed. 6 a day. It works out roughly 26-28oz on average. Could you try smaller bottles but more often during the day to get the cals in? Xx

I give 6oz 6 times a day (roughly every 4 hours) so she seems to be getting the calories in x

My little boy sleeps from 7pm -5am then down again til 7:30am, he has 5/6 bottles a day and he’s on
210ml however he is a big lad. He has his longest wake window before bed and plenty milk and naps in the day

I think an issue I have is my LG fights naps during the day then will have a 3 hour nap right up to bedtime! X

Controversially I don’t change his nappy during the night unless it’s dirty or bothering him. We do a nappy change and last bottle abojt 9.30 and he’s in bed for 10, he will wake about 2 or 3 for another feed but before he wakes fully, I do a dream feed so he’s not wakening up fully, then I sit him up for a little burp and he sleeps until about 6 which is when I do a nappy change, if he goes back down after that, that’s a bonus to me lol! X

do you track her wake windows? My EBF baby is super reliant on me keeping up with her wake windows (45mins to 1hr ish) at 8 weeks old otherwise she fights her naps so much.

I try to put her down when she shows sleep cues. She’s currently napping now and has been asleep for 2 1/2 hours x

brilliant! Wake windows for our aged babies are 45mins to 1hr so sometimes I find catching my daughter before her wake window ends, offering her food and doing a nappy change if needed, she then fights the nap less!

it’s best to be proactive isn’t it! I worry her naps are too long and then she isn’t tired at night! Xx

could you try doing that every 3 instead? Like 7,10,1,4,7,10 and then hope for the best? X

absolutely! I think at this age personally they just need to sleep as much as they need in the day. I let my daughter sleep as much as she does and often she still sleeps well at night. She will go to sleep for bedtime around 9/10pm and give me a stretch till 1/2am, feed then sleep another 2/3hrs, feed and then same again!

try what sorry? X

I meant try feeding every 3 hours in the day for a longer stretch at night?

I’ll give it ago!!