BF'ers - bedtime bottle?

minipyro

EBF'ers - do you give your LO a night time bottle? If so, how much do they take? We just started this to help determine if his nighttime waking was related to being hungry. We started out attempting a 5 oz bottle. Tonight I had pumped 8 oz earlier so I just decided to offer it to him. He gladly accepted and took it the same as a 5 oz. Seemed like a lot to me. But what do I know - LOL. Wondering what your experiences are!

TYIA 

mrsxoxo1598

his last feeding (nursing) is at 9pm and he only eats for 3-5 mins (usually 8-10). he sleeps 10hrs straight. Some mornings, after sleeping 10 hrs, he'll wake up and play (talk) in his crib for 15-20 mins, so for my ds, i think he's fine going without eating for so long.

i know i didn't answer your question, sorry, just hoping this is helpful. 

Twin.Peaks

yea.....no bottle here but the last feeding of the day is what I call the marathon feeding for both of them. Then they are good girls and sleep 11 hours

Jenn02nyy

we do a 7-8 oz bottle of pumped bm right before bed and he sleeps through the night for 11 hrs!

HeyyRed

We are experimenting. Luke EBF's throughout the day and night but we've been trying a bottle of formula before bed which seemed to help him sleep for longer. He's not a great sleeper.

Tonight though, we didn't. I have a bad cold. He's coming down with one as is DH.  I'd rather he get bm so I nursed him for a few minutes as he went to bed and after he woke 1.5 hours later.

Hopefully, he'll be down now until 1am where I may give him a top up if he wakes up and then put him back down.

He's never really slept longer than 3.5 hours (as of this week) and likes to nurse every 3 hours regardless.

The good news - it's helped me to lose 70lbs. The bad news - month 6 of sleep deprivation. The crib sleeping is helping though. 

margeincharge2

No nighttime bottle here. DS is just fine with my lower milk supply in the evening. He sleeps 8 straight hours.

ashdash5

We do-- 6 oz. of pumped bm between 10 and 11pm. He usually eats it all, or only leaves an oz or so. He doesn't sleep great, but this allows dad to feed him so I get a break!

shellbell256

We don't do a night time bottle. I Bf DD  normal she will sleep about 10 hours everynight.