How did you know when it's time to switch from 3 to 4 hour stretches?

MeL2185 · June 2011

Our girls are eating 5 oz every 3 hours, so 5 - 5oz bottles a day.

They are not always finishing the whole botte, some they do and some they don't. Keep in mind they were preemies weighing 2 and 3 lbs and now weigh about 12 1/2 and 13 1/2 lbs so they have never had more than about 5 1/2 oz at a time. I am just wondering if them not eating all the bottles is a sign that we should try bigger quantities every 4 hours? They eat 2 purees a day mixed with rice cereal at lunch and oatmeal cereal at night.

What do you ladies think?

TIA!

mrs.cam · June 2011

We switched at about 6m i think, for a couple of reasons...mostly bc of naps though, going from 4 to 3. We did babywise so eat, play, nap. The four hour feedings just worked better. Now we are down to 2 naps so we wake at 6, eat, play, nap 8-10, eat at 10:30, play, nap 12-2, eat a smaller bottle at 2:30, play, dinner at 5:30, bed at 6. If yours can do 2 hour waketimes and a two hour nap this would work for you!

kafunder · June 2011

We switched to a 4-hour daytime schedule around 7 months b/c they weren't eating finishing their bottles and because their naps were really crappy. But, we still give 5 bottles (5am--so DH and I can get ready for work but we may stop this), 8am, 12pm, 4pm, 6:30pm--bedtime bottle).

meldoo2002 · June 2011

We never did switch to every 4 hours. We kept with every 3 until we transitioned to sippy cups.

keg · June 2011

meldoo2002:
We never did switch to every 4 hours. We kept with every 3 until we transitioned to sippy cups.

Ditto

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