Nighttime bottle - how many oz?

abbyful · October 2013

LO usually nurses before bed, I'm trying to get him completely weaned. The past couple days, I've given him a bottle instead, 4 oz. He has woken up both nights and I ended up nursing him in the middle of the night. He usually STTN, so I think perhaps 4 oz isn't enough. How big of a bottle is your LO eating before bed? Bottle is WCM.

cedenton · October 2013

I do 6 or 7, a lot of people do 8.

jillybean7582 · October 2013

We do 6oz WCM in a sippy right before bed. I plan to start cutting back gradually by 1/2 oz every week starting at 15 months and be done with a sippy at bedtime completly by 18 months.

sdlaura · October 2013

4 oz

ccam · October 2013

6oz of milk before bed.

AmySmolos · October 2013

We do 7oz in a bottle before bed. I don't know how we will ever get rid of a bedtime bottle he loves it!

thepretzelchick · October 2013

8oz, normally 4oz WCM leftover from dinner and 4oz of formula. I'm not worried about getting rid of his bedtime bottle yet.

Cheerilee · October 2013

8oz of formula here, too.

BluepointToasted · October 2013

None. Shit, am I doing it wrong?! He usually downs a 4-5 oz cup at dinner, and will sip on a few more ounces before bed while he is playing. Should I be giving him more? Or should I be happy he doesn't need it to sleep?

abbyful · October 2013

BluepointToasted - I would be happy he doesn't need it!

shakinros · October 2013

Just cut down to 4oz. Used to be 5.

babycakes · October 2013

7oz bottle of WCM at bedtime.

babycakes · October 2013

abbyful said:

BluepointToasted - I would be happy he doesn't need it!

I agree! We got rid of DS1s bedtime bottle around 1yo. It was pretty awesome. With DS2, I'm not sure we'll ever get rid of it. Its how he falls asleep and stays asleep.

Cheerilee · October 2013

Ok, I lied. DD takes 12oz between 6:00 and her 8:00 bedtime... She will take 6-8oz just before she falls asleep but 'snacks' on formula between dinner and bedtime. It's like crack to her. She screams unless she gets that much after a full dinner. She also JUST hit 19lbs so I'm guessing her metabolism is super fast.

mindymaske · October 2013

6 oz

BluepointToasted · October 2013

Ok, good. DS would never take a bottle for me....which sucked when he was 4 months old and I wanted to leave for more than 2 hours, but rocks now. He also just hit 19 lbs I think @Cheerilee, he eats like a horse, lucky duck must have his dad's metabolism.

WhtRssnGrl · October 2013

We do 4 ounces.

brandyleighxx · October 2013

None here, he has about 4-6 oz with dinner about 2 hours before bed. He's got a sensitive tummy and is on soy milk, he does better not having a full tummy at bedtime. He sleeps about 7:30-7