Sleep and feeding advice 3 1/2 month old

[ChloeBo85]

So DD has always been a good sleeper only waking for food then straight back to sleep... I noticed she has got into routine herself at 6pm-ish of wanting a bottle (she has in total 5x6oz bottles) and after I do bedtime routine of books etc with my other daughter who is in bed around 6:45pm.. we come downstairs where we have a little time one on one but by 7:15/30 she crying because she wants to go to sleep, I put her in sleeping bag give a little cuddle to settle her then into cot she goes.... she sometimes wakes throughout the even but goes back to sleep Without crying etc.. by 10/11Pm I’m ready to go bed so end up waking her to change nappy and give her 5th bottle which she’ll near enough drain then go back to sleep till the next morning.. I guess I’m wondering should I be waking her for bottle? She is not showing signs of needing more oz’s and I feed her on demand which is roughly every 3/4 hours but I doubt she’ll through without that last feed? Just feels odd waking her?!

Any advice?

Ps I realise I am lucky she’s a good sleeper for now-that sleep regression is just around the corner I know!

I would wake her for her last bottle if she is draining it. I would say I’m similar to you and the one time we decided not to wake her there was a 3am rise.

What if try is yo get one extra bottle in during the day. So reduce the time between bottles - if they were every 4h make them every 3h for example.

Then, if you don't mind that there might be an interim period of a night feed - go for it.

When my bottle fed son wasn't waking for his 11pm feed and was sleeping 11-7, it only took 3 weeks after I stopped waking him for him to sleep through 7pm-7am.

So I had 3 weeks of waking for a middle of the night feed. But it soon went from being at 3amto 4am to 5am then not until morning. You have to bite the bullet and deal with a few night feeds to get there though.

Instead of waking her can you just make the last bottle a dream feed? If she is drinking it all then I would carry on giving it, she will let you know if she doesn’t want it.

Yeh I thought about squeezing in extra feed, just seem bit odd when she isn’t showing signs of hunger to give anyway?

I don’t wake her up but the cold air when I do sleep bag and change nappy does so she isn’t wide awake...

I dot. Mind giving that last bottle obviously I just wasn’t sure I should. She never drinks much in morning and always likes and always has 3rd and 4th bottle close together like she’s gearing up for sleep.. I’ll keep what I’m doing and once sleep regression has been and gone look to reduce times between bottles!

Thanks guys x

She never drinks much in morning

This is another tell that the night feed isn't needed.

I'd just stop giving it. Accept you may have an interim period with a night feed. Just go for it.

I never thought of it that way... I just thought it was bonus she did t wake up crying for her bottle! Feel bit silly now! I BF last time so bottle feeding is a bit of different world to me! Thanks for advice x