Feeding routine

[MrsCobes44]

Hello all

I am just after a bit of advice regarding my DS feeding pattern. He is 9 weeks old and formula fed. He tends to go about 3.5 hours between each feed in the day time. However the feeds are not at set times, it all depends what time he wakes up. So for example, he woke at 5.45 this morning and had a feed then and will prob feed again (3.5 to 4oz at each feed) about 9.15, 12.45, 4.15 etc. However my question is, do any of you do 'top up' feeds before bedtime? As on some occasions, his late afternoon feed could be as late as 5.30pm but then I would be giving him another feed about 7pm before bedtime? I've tried this on a couple of occasions and he seemed to be a bit windy and unsettled so just wondered if this was a coincidence or whether I am 'force feeding' him as such and he doesn't need that feed at 7pm? But it would then mean it is a long wait from the last 5.30pm to his dream feed at 11pm?

Sorry for the long post! Any feedback would be appreciated.

Hi, at 9 weeks I was just feeding on demand, for most of the day DD was going 3-3.5 hrs between feeds, then from about 6pm she would 'cluster feed' she would take 1-3 oz every 1-2 hrs until about 10/11pm then feed once or twice over night.

By 12 weeks she started to go longer between feeds (she would have more oz at each feed) she stopped cluster feeding and by 14weeks she started to sleep through.

Be led by your baby, its the same as breast feeding in that you should feed on demand. Hopefully she'll get in her own routine.

I never did a dream feed, but a friend of mine has done, her DS is now 7months and weaning and she's starting to bring that feed forward to try and combine the pre bed and dream feed.