My 5month old usually sleeps through the night and feeds four hourly during the day, so he is down to four 7oz bottles and two small solid meals. He was ok with that up to a few days ago but the past few nights he's been up in the night grumbling every hour or so as if he's hungry again.
He isn't ravenous as he will go back to sleep with a dummy and a cuddle, but he is mouthing his hands a lot so I know he would have a bottle if offered.
I've no objection to feeding him in the night (this isn't a moan about having to wake up with him, I know we're very lucky that he's such a good sleeper) but it seems like a step backwards since he's been sleeping through for a couple of months.
So today I've tried giving him 8oz at every feed as he's been draining his 7oz bottles, but he won't take the extra ounce.
What should I do? As far as I can see my options are to either give him an extra bottle in the night, persevere with the 8oz bottles during the day, up his solid feeds a bit so he feels fuller, or switch to hungry baby milk.
I like the hungry baby milk idea the best as obviously his routine is great right now, but I keep on making mistakes in my decisions so opinions would be appreciated.