DS is almost 8 weeks and throwing me off with his night feeds. I didn’t have any of this with my elder milk guzzler so any advice much appreciated!
He started dropping off for the night at 8pm a few weeks ago so we started a bedtime routine and he is now generally settling anywhere between 7.30 and 8pm. From there we get a 3/4 or once or twice it’s been a 5 hour sleep until he wakes for a feed. He only takes around 2oz at this first night feed and then continues to wake every 2/3hrs for the same amount. I know this is all very normal and my expectations are pretty low but should we be encouraging him to take more milk at the first feed and subsequent feeds? It seems he’s started to snack rather than take full feeds overnight and falls asleep half way through.
As I said my elder DS was very different and would wake for a full bottle maybe once at this age then drop back off to sleep. He was doing 7-6 from 11 weeks!
Thanks in advance.