When to extend feedings

chloeval

At what age do you start to extend feedings ? My 3 month old eats about 6-7 oz every 3 hours during the day so 5 bottkes. He sleeps through the night. When you extend to every 4 hours it will only be 4 bottles so less food. So I'm confused on how you extend ?

LisaLisa1980

When their stomachs get bigger & don't need to eat as much.

chloeval

So they will eat less? Meaning for example 4 7 oz bottles instead of 5 7 oz bottles? Doesn't seem to make sense lol

LisaLisa1980

Sorry, maybe I misunderstood your question

ASmallWonder

You don't have to extend them.  When baby starts draining the 7 ounce bottle and is looking for more, you'll add an ounce.  That ounce will probably allow them to go a little longer before their next bottle.  But some babies max out with how much they can eat at one time.  There's nothing saying you have to transition to more ounces in fewer bottles.

chloeval

Ok so is it normal to still be feeding every 3 1/2 hours when baby is say 5 months old ?

Ballet513

Just follow your babies cues, my daughter recently transitioned to 4 bottles a day. She eats 7-8oz 4x (7:30am, noon, 4pm and 7:30pm) and she sleeps 11-12 hours a night. My niece never transitioned to just 4 bottles she was still eating 5-6 bottles a day at 11 months. Every baby is different. 

kristinyoung111

Yes it is normal. =]

chloeval

Thanks everyone !