how do you move a feeding?

dgancz

Our babies are 6.5 months and seem to be eating around 4:30-5 every aftermoon.This would not be a problem but they go to bed around 6-6:30.They do not sleep through the night and would really like to push their last feed latter-closer to bed.

Any ideas? I have tried pushing them, but one of them gets so upset that she can't eat and that just sets off a different set of issues. 

gault530

I would start with pushing them back by 15 minutes for a week or two, then another 15 for a week or two and so on. Maybe cutting it into smaller increments will work??

PurrCrasher

gault530:

I would start with pushing them back by 15 minutes for a week or two, then another 15 for a week or two and so on. Maybe cutting it into smaller increments will work??

This is what we did and it worked really well. Just take baby steps. Good luck!

PurrCrasher

gault530:

I would start with pushing them back by 15 minutes for a week or two, then another 15 for a week or two and so on. Maybe cutting it into smaller increments will work??

babycasalins

perhaps offer less ounces at 4:30-5pm and then a slightly bigger bottle at bed time... have you ever tried feeding them in their sleep? I sometimes do this with my girls if they go to bed too early.. I'll just stimulate and feed them while in their cribs laying down... You would be surprised- I stimulate the lower lip with the bottle they open right up, eat eat eat and when they are done (either they've had enough or the bottle is done) they go right on sleeping... 

I look forward to hearing what you tried and how it worked out... 

 

 

melissaRW27

What does the rest of their schedule look like for the day? Are they getting solids yet? If so, maybe you could give them solids at 4 or 4:30 to hold them over until 6 pm? I fed my kids at 7am, 11, 3, 7 pm, but around 6 months my boys were so hungry they couldn't make it to 7 pm, I resorted to giving them what I called an appetizer bottle ( a 2 oz bottle at 5 pm) .. This held them of until 7. I eventually replaced this with solids.