3 hourly fed at almost 5 months am I going wrong somewhere?

[ilikedrivinginmycar]

hi

I really need some help baby is almost 5 months this is my second child, however I dont seem to have a clue what I am doing anymore?

She has 6oz bottles every 3 hours in the day and can go 12 hours at night without a feed has been like this for some time. so she starts at 7am and finishes at 7pm. The 3 hourly feeds are killing me I just dont stop have an almost 4 yo and all I ever seem to be doing is feeding the baby. We can never seem to get anywhere or do anything as I am car less and live rurally and it seems once we are set to go its feeding time again and buses only run once per hour so we have done absolutly nothing all summer hols apart from move house and feed the baby. I am at my wits end. I know this isn't forever but I am not really sure how to make her go onto 4 hours.

I dont remember it being this hard with DS he was 4 hours and went through the night at 3 months (dc 2 went through earlier at 8 weeks but isnt a great sleeper) and was really easy to wean.

Ive had a go at solids today and she went an extra half an hour this morning after a small amount of baby porridge.

She wont take anymore milk as she just pukes it up.

ilike, really feeding a baby every 3 hours during the day is very very normal.

I don't really see why you can't go out of the house though? You can give your baby a bottle in a cafe, playgroup, park bench, picnic blanket (or even in the pram if necessary - not ideal but sometimes the only way!)

Re the changing bag - I always get everything ready the night before - put a steralised bottle or two in a bag, a couple of cartons of ready made formula, clea bibs, nappies and wipes and you are good to go.

I am out and about with my twins every day, would drive me nuts to stay in. And now they are on solids I have to feed them milk 1 hr before food so its more or less every 2 hours. You should try to get your confidence up before solids come into play!

to be honest I feel as though the constant feeding thing is holding me back from being able to get on with jobs round the house

3 hours is not constant though, it really isn't.

It sounds like you need to get yourself into a better routine - can you keep your changing bag packed and ready so that it is easier to get out of the house like others have suggested?