10mo growth spurt - taking an extra 8oz at night - what to do?

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DS is having a growth spurt, he's not eating much during the day - I am giving him meat and veg but needs to be v tender meat mixed with pureed veg - and smaller amounts than he was eating before. His milk intake is up a bit during the day - few oz more - but he's having a whole extra bottle at night! we had a few nights where he kept waking up all thru the night so i gave him 4/5 oz and it's somehow gone up to 8 oz. I was offering water but he did actually seem hungry for milk so I switched to milk.

Not sure what to do now - last couple of nights we have given 8oz around 11pm or midnight, it's meant he'll go to 5 or 6am. It seems ridiculous to be giving him this much at night tho - should I just start watering it down to wean him off or keep offering because it's a grown spurt and he'll take as much as he needs?

This is all doing my head in as 3.10yo DD is being fussy about food right now and I really want DS to keep expanding the range of foods he eats... except there isn't much he wants to eat! Also, if he rejects the first bit of puree/finger food, should I offer alternatives or keep trying? I can't figure out whether it is spoiling him or whether it's best to ensure he eats enough during the day. I tend to offer ella purees if he doesn't want the homemade stuff. Super sweet i know. But meal times are a total PITA so am just trying to get thru the days atm.

Have googled and people say this can go on for 2 months! Am a bit scared about him having too much milk ( he has 4/5 oz in the morning, 4/5 oz in the afternoon and 8oz and bedtime, plus this new 8 oz midnight feed and boob at around 5am to get him thru to 7am brekkie), and how we will get him sleeping thru again ( he was doing 7 till 5am, but I can't remember when he last did that).

He is a pain to settle in the middle of the night and we end up bringing him in with us - but I guess if he is having a growth spurt and trying to crawl, teething etc, now is not the time for full on sleep training/PUPD.

DH and I are exhausted, hence my confused ramble.

Please help!

I have dtds who are 10.5mo and they don't eat well when teething so could be that.

You should aim for a minimum of a pint of milk a day so at least 20oz - but some babies need more. I would look at upping the daytime amounts as 4/5oz isn't much at a time.

I can only go from my experience and all babies are very different, but dtds have 3 bottles a day - 7oz at about 6.30am, 7oz at 10.30am, and 7oz at night (but they were having 8oz at night since we dropped the afternoon 7oz bottle at 10mo, but they seemed to leave an oz each night this week so we dropped it down)

Basically, at 10mo dtds had 4x7oz bottles, then we dropped one bottle but upped bedtime one by an oz.

It doesn't sound like your dc is having too much, just at the wrong times. Try upping it in the day and hopefully he won't need it at night.

Also, don't worry too much about meat at this stage (wafer thin ham goes down well in my house) but dd1 only really embraced meat at about 3yo, veg and fruit plus carbs like rice and pasta are far more important at this stage.

Good luck - hope it makes sense, I'm not getting as much sleep as I'd like as dtds waking at 5am at the moment (not hungry just wanting to play!)