We've been having the hardest time lately with M taking his bottles. We decided to just drop his 2nd bottle of the day and add an oz to his other 4 to see how that went. He did much better yesterday, finished all his bottles and was content all day. So now we're at 4 8oz bottles a day. He also gets 3 meals of solids a day and eats about 3 oz's a meal. He also will only let me hold his morning bottle, all other bottles he likes to hold himself and lie on the floor!
How many bottles are you giving LO and how many ozs?
Re: Has LO dropped any bottles lately?
this weekend i tried to get him to drop a feeding... we were at 5-5oz bottles and 1-7oz, then on daycare days he usually ate an extra 4oz (so 36oz... 24 BM 12 F).
now i make him an 8oz for bed, then a 3oz for his wakeup (between 415 and 630), then 4-6oz. he gets 4oz of solids 2x/day
Fastest year of my life.
I was just thinking of this over the weekend, I was having a hard time getting A to eat all of her bottles.
She's currently getting 3 7-8oz bottles (plus she nurses in the morning and before bed - though I may have to switch to bottles for those soon too, she's losing interest in nursing and I wonder if my supply isn't keeping up). This weekend, she would only drink about 6oz of each bottle instead of downing the 7-8 like she usually does. So I've been wondering if she'd rather have two 8oz bottles on top of the morning/night feedings (which would likely be two more 8oz bottles if I do stop BFing)
LCT - 5.15.14 ~ 9lbs, 22.5 inches
BFP #2 - MC Aug 2012 - D&C w/ complications
I'm so glad that someone posted about this - I didn't realize that not finishing feedings means it's time to play with amount/frequency! I was perplexed all weekend that suddenly LO was leaving 1-2 ounces in every bottle. Maybe it's time to drop a feeding.
Here's my question though...since he's leaving milk uneaten at every feeding, his night waking seems to be increasing. He hasn't woken through the night consistently in months, but now suddenly he's up at 4! Did anyone else experience this after dropping a feeding?
Sorry if this is a thread highjack...
BFP #2: 8.31.16 Dx w/ GD @ 28w DD Born @ 36w: 4.21.17