Bedtime bottle

Kebert618 · February 2014

So I have always nursed LO before bed and she only gets bottles when we're out doing errands or staying with Gma while we go to dinner...and she always grazes on the bottle rather than drinking in one sitting.
I need to get her use to taking a bottle before bed because we have some evenings coming up where I won't be able to put her to bed.
Question- how many oz. do you give LO before bed?? Does your LO still need to be burped?

janneann1127 · February 2014

Mine is a chow hound and gets 8oz before bed. Normally his other bottles are 6-7oz every 3 hours. I will put him on my shoulder and burp him after, but he usually burps half asleep.

ETA: he is formula fed.

CourtJack · February 2014

About 5oz of BM if I'm not nursing her before bed.

EricaLee2013 · February 2014

Around 5oz of BM and still burp. She's very floppy but I can usually get a burp out while I stand with her on my chest.

LEMSA · February 2014

4-5oz BM before bed.

cinderin · February 2014

DS only takes 4 oz bottles.

A bf baby should really only have 5 oz max at a time/per bottle.

MyBaby2013 · February 2014

4oz of Formula or 5oz of BM for bedtime. And he usually does not burp after if he falls asleep. But I still try everytime.

Kebert618 · February 2014

Thanks! That helps guide me!

JilllyBean · February 2014

You could also try a faster flow nipple, it didn't have a negative impact on BFing for me. He got tired of eating with the newborn nipple and does much better with the faster flow now. He used to fall asleep mid bottle befor and now he finishes it

CharmedBAcMF · February 2014

cinderin said:

DS only takes 4 oz bottles. A bf baby should really only have 5 oz max at a time/per bottle.

Why? I'm blanking here if there is a reason besides supply tankage problems?

cinderin · February 2014

https://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/pumping/milkcalc/

It has to do with the size of the baby's stomach. BM increases is calories not quantity over time.

Formula always has the same make up, so you have to increase the quantity.

BM changes to meet the needs of the baby so that the quantity stays about the same.

A lot of advice is based on ff, which is not good advice for bf.

If baby is hungry they will eat more frequently, not larger amounts.

PB102012 · February 2014

LO gets 6 oz before bed (she normally does 4 oz during the day).

pb&jojo · February 2014

mine is EFF and will usually take 6-8oz before bed. She is not ready to eat again until the AM.

MammaBear81 · February 2014

Day or night LO gets 6oz of BM if I'm not home. He eats when he wakes up though, not right before bed.

ETA: LO still gets up once a night to nurse before morning.

APK141 · February 2014

O gets 6 oz BM at the sitter and if he gets a bottle before bed.
But I agree w/ PP about looking into a faster flow nipple.

CharmedBAcMF · February 2014

cinderin said:
https://kellymom.com/bf/pumpingmoms/pumping/milkcalc/

It has to do with the size of the baby's stomach. BM increases is calories not quantity over time.

Formula always has the same make up, so you have to increase the quantity.

BM changes to meet the needs of the baby so that the quantity stays about the same.

A lot of advice is based on ff, which is not good advice for bf.

If baby is hungry they will eat more frequently, not larger amounts.

Thanks for the info. That's weird. Sometimes she eats 4 oz but at night she'll eat up to 5. If she doesn't she cries and won't go to sleep. Good to know.

TexasGirl81 · February 2014

4 during the day, at night before bed sometimes we do 5 oz.

Kebert618 · February 2014

The faster flow made a huge difference! She'll actually take a full bottle and not graze throughout the 1+ hour.
Haven't tried bedtime but planning on it soon!
Thanks for the help ladies!

AACaHa13 · February 2014

8 oz for his bedtime bottle! The rest of the day he has 4oz bottles every two hours.

kanned0121 · February 2014

If he gets formula is about 6 oz before bed. Other bottles are 5oz. I try to get a burp, but he pretty much does it on his own now.

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