Poinless Night Feed

[mrsmacc]

My ds is 7 weeks. He only gets up once in the night to feed at around 4.30am and takes just 1oz. It seems so pointless. Once or twice he has managed to go through till around 6am. I know he is very young, but he was a big baby 10lb 6oz, so is taking good quantities during the day. Any tips on eliminating the 4.30 feed?

You could try not giving him the bottle at all. Just a cuddle in the dark until he nods off again. Well, it might work!!

Or wake him up more fully so he takes more before having his next phase of sleep?

I know it's tempting to wish he'd sleep through, but he's very young yet. Very long periods of sleep aren't ideal for very young babies.

he's a baby. he knows what he needs.
imagine if you were breastfeeding, you'd have no idea what he was taking, you'd just feed him right?
so ignore the amount and trust that he knows what he needs.

he's only tiny

Just feed him, he is far too young to do without.

Agree, he is too small to be worrying about eliminating feeds yet. He'll drop it when he's ready - or start eating more in the middle of the night!

Thanks for the responses. I think you are all right, just go with the flow. It's just such a pain getting up and preparing a bottle for him to just take an ounce (I am a frustrated breastfeeding mother - wanted to, but ds has cleft palate so unable to suck). Anyway, these days (or more importantly nights) won't last long I'm sure!