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5 month old feeding advice

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Flippajh · 23/11/2011 09:33

Hi, just after a bit of advice really, my LO is 22 weeks this weeks and just coming out of the hourly nightly wakings of the 4 month sleep regression. Up to the regression she'd sleep from about 11pm when we went to bed until about 7ish. This worked for all of us quite well and she got her 5 feeds a day in, most feeds were between 5 and 6 oz (FF). Now she's better sleeping and taking more food, about 7oz a feed 5 times a day and is a lot more settled, so after much reading on here we have decided to get her into a bit more of a routine. Her feeds during the day are between 4 and 5 hours apart she naps well in between these and we have good awake time. We give her a bath around 7ish, pj's and read and then feed her about 7.30 and put her in her cot about 8ish. This is her 4th feed of the day, she then sleeps til about 1.30am for her final feed which she downs like a demon then sleeps til about 7ish. Now don't get me wrong this is fab, however before the regression she was going through the night, and I'm wondering if we can help her do it again. My question is should we keep her up til 10.30ish and feed her to see or are we better getting her into the proper bed time routine? I'm guessing once we start weaning she may drop to 4 bottles over the day and we can fit them in a bit better for her to go to bed at a proper time. I have to admit she does seem more content now she's getting a better evening routine, but that could also be as she's now not waking every hour through the night! Sorry if I've rambled, first question on MN!

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ShowOfHands · 23/11/2011 09:37

Honestly? I'd leave it as is. You have a brilliant natural routine emerging, you could make it 10x worse fiddling with it and you'll be weaning in a couple of weeks. Save the disruption till then. It's normal for their routines to change and normal to need a nightfeed at 5 months.

Flippajh · 23/11/2011 14:19

Thanks for the reply, she does seem happy with the way things are and like you say it will all no doubt change in a few weeks when I attempt the weaning!!

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