Hi Just posted this on the sleep board and it was suggested I post here:
My baby is 18.5 wks. Almost on the 75th centile, so a good size baby and in recent weeks has been a very fussy eater so any chance to get calories in her I have been taking.
I have noticed the morning feed is one she habitually refuses. I started to think that she did not need to feed so much at night (x2)
I combination feed BF and top up at every feed, although increasingly she falls asleep at the end of the night bf's and the top up goes unused.
Recently she skipped the 2nd night feed herself, and ate 'properly' all the next day, including first thing. No fussing or refusals. Then she went back to the two feeds and we were back not hungry in the mornings then me not sure when to feed her etc etc
How can I in a loving way refuse the 2nd night feed, I feel quite sure it is time she dropped it but is going to keep holding on. I have started to settle without offering the boob if dd wakes less than 3 hours since having a feed, I was thinking of increasing this time - she has gone 6/7 hrs more recently, but it is quite random what she does at night now
(Please note combination feeding was sadly unavoidable, dd is about 2/3 ff, I have topped up for over 3 months - long sad sob story, my question is about encouraging the drop of one night feed, rather than get back to EBF - I've done that question to death)