3 hourly sounds ok to me!  We had a lovely 3 hourly routine going on but ds2 is having a growth spurt atm and we're back to 2 hourly day and night for the pat 4 days - I'm bf and shattered!  Stick with it, maybe try offereing another ounce of milk each time, def don't add anything to the bottle.  If you stretch his feeds in the day, he'll be taking less milk and be more likely to wake at night!

I put a spoonful of sugar in boiled water and leave it till he seems hungry at night and then try giving him that as may not be as boring as water? this may settle him before having to feed milk and if he gets bored of it he should sleep through? mine doesnt particularly like water instead of milk but with sugar it seems to work and he will drink the whole bottle! (must change nappy though or gets very very wet!)  mind you when they start getting teeth I will have to stop this! but worth a try for a bit?  

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My lo has fed every three hours since he was born.  In the early days I took the advice of the hv as I didn't have a clue being a first time mummy and let him be a misery for the last hour.  In the end when my confidence was starting to build I fed him every three hours and life although, hectic became much more happier for the both of us.  He is now six months and still feeds every three hours, but now he is fully weaned he has dropped one bottle and only has three oz of another.  A while ago when I went to get him weighed the hv asked how things are going, I told her he feeds every three hours and she said this should not be happening (not in the textbook perhaps?), I then told her I am happy with that as from nine weeks he slept through the night, she then went quiet and said oh that is good, stick with it then.  So 3 hours for me is normal, don't worry, do what your baby tells you to do they are not robots after all not all babies are programmed the same (the world would be a bit boring if they were and there would be no need for these forums!!) and ignore what everyone else says, if it makes you and your lo happier then stick with what you are doing.

xxx

sounds like your doing really well, if you can settle him without a bottle then great, if not i wouldnt worry about feeding him, i was up at 4am myself........... last 3 nights before that she had slept through. we will get there in the end, yes its a massive learning curve, and everyone, especialy mums and mums in law think they know best lol good luck xx

Theres no rule out there that babies should only eat every 4 hours - if your LO is happy feeding every 3 hours, go with it. You'll have a happy baby, be less stressed and at least you know he's gettign enough!

DS1 was FF, but fed on demand - some days he'd go 2 hours, some 4 - but more often than not he was a 3hrly baby too.

Natt xx

I generally bath him at 7 and he's normall in bed after his last bottle by 7.30 - 7.45.  He then wakes anywhere between 2 and 5 in the morning.   He woke last night at 2 and I just settled him back down and he seemed to accept the fact that he wasn't getting a bottle, however all the other times I've given it to him he'll finish the whole bottle so who knows.

if he is draining the bottle then add another oz definately. i wouldnt worry about weaning him off the night bottle. your lo will sleep through when ready. how does he wake? and what times? does he usualy take a full feed in the night?

Tried dream feeds and he just started to expect it and still wake for another bottle later on.  Its a big learning cruve this parenting thing!!! I've not mentioned it to my hv because she's a little bit mad and always ends up telling me all about her children and what she did which of course does not apply to every baby!!!!

they sleep through when they are ready, is he waking at the same time??? sometimes they can wake out of habit, My eldest still woke up at 8 months old. Its very rare for 4 months to be sleeping through, It depends what time they go to bed aswell because mine go to bed at 6.30 and my friends go at 11 and class that as sleeping through whereas if they go to bed earlier they have a longer period with out food

i really dont think if you stretch feeds out it will help your little one sleep through. it sounds like your doing a good job the way you are.

ps you could try a dream feed to help with the night feeds, didnt work for me but my friend swears by it. xx

That makes me feel better.  He takes about 6 ozs at each feed during the day and has 7 ozs at bedtime.  Its hard sometimes knowing whats right and whats wrong.  For instance as I'm trying to wean him off his bottle during the night, the minute he starts to cry my husband tells me to give him a bottle to stop him from crying even though we've agreed to try and wean him off it.  It causes an argument then! 

Yes I have tried that but he'll only take what he wants to take. With the water he gets wound up when he realises it is only water and then he wants his milk.    I suppose every baby is different I just worry I'm doing it all wrong!   My mum tells me I'm not strict enogh and need to just put up with the crying and that if I stretch his feeds out he may sleep through.  Who knows!!

Hi

My little man is 17 weeks and feeds every 2 1/2 - 3 hours wirh out fail, He sleeps through the night most mights but does still wake up once sometimes, I havnt weaned as he is very happy on milk and has a fortifier as he is struggleing to put on weight,  but it doesnt bother me getting up in the night when he does wake,  My Midwifwe and HV adv that feeding 3 hourly is normal and at 4 months its very rare that babies sleep through

snap. my dd is also 4 months old today. im also feeding every 3 hours, some nights she sleeps through some nights she has a feed. ive tried stretching out feeds to 4 hourly but then she wakes more in the night so im sticking with it.

how much is your lo having in each bottle? could you put it up an oz? if not id just say carry on doing what your doing, lots of babies are stil on 3 hourly feeds at this age.

have you tried getting him to have another ounce or two at each feed then stretching it to every 4 hours.

give cooled boiled water in between feeds to keep satisfied. works for me xx

Hi - can anyone advise me please!!!  My little one is 4 months old today and still feeds every 3 hours during the day.  I've recently started him on baby cereal which he really enjoys but its making no difference to the time between each feed and he still wakes up at night (for a bottle - but I have just started trying to wean him off this one).  Help - am I doing something wrong?  He's putting on the right amount of weight and is a fairly happy baby but I get comments from people that I should try stretching his feeds out to 4 hours.  I have tried this but I end up having him scream for the last hour and I don't think thats fair on him.   Help help help!!!!