3 month old increasing night feeds

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Mcousin99 · 22/07/2024 19:23

Over the past week or so I have noticed a decrease in my daughters "need" for feeds during the day. She will have an 1-2oz here and there and only really finish one or two bottles of 5oz. She is now waking twice during the night for a feed as she had previously gone down to just one as I'm assuming she's making up for what she's not taking during the day. Is this a growth spurt thing even though she's not increasing her overall feeds? She's just less interested in the day at the moment and refusing it alot of the time. I don't know if there's anything I can do?!

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Brightandbreezey · 22/07/2024 20:07

It might be that your LO is entering the 4 month fussies! Completely normal and basically just baby coming out of 3rd trimester and becoming more aware of the world. They struggle to feed in the day because there is just too much going on! Have a read of this to see if it seems like it’s what’s going on?
https://laleche.org.uk/what-happens-at-four-months/#:~:text=Then%20around%20four%20months%20(or,in%20your%20baby%20right%20now.

What happens at four months? - La Leche League GB

After the first three months, many mothers start to settle into a bit of a rhythm with their baby and begin to feel like life has become a bit more predictable. Then around four months (or anywhere between three and six months), babies seem to change a...

https://laleche.org.uk/what-happens-at-four-months#:~:text=Then%20around%20four%20months%20(or,in%20your%20baby%20right%20now.

Wingingitmum11 · 23/07/2024 02:00

Yeah my baby did this.
We just had to keep pushing milk in the day.

We found he didn't like being held to drink either so we had to lay him down or in the pram.
It corrected itself eventually.

Look up reverse cycling.

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