to everyone ive had a go at for weaning before 6 months. because im starting to believe you have to go off what your child signals.. not what doctors say to do..
i wanted to get to 6 months.. as well as 1-2 breastfeeds a day edwards draining 5 9oz bottles a day.. so ive made him an extra bottle at night and hes snacking on that.. and finishing it by the morning so thats 6 9oz bottles in 24 hrs.(i know the packet says he should be on 7oz for his weight and 5 feeds a day but if hes hungry i have to give it to him)
over the last 3 weeks edwards night time sleep has been progressivly gettign worse.. going from waking 2 xs a night to 33 times from 7pm to 1.30 am..with snacks of about 2oz in that 6 and a half hour long fidgit.. i got up at 1.30 gave him full bottle, changed his nappy.. took him back to bed he slept solidly for an hour and then started fidgiting again..
its diving me insane.. im crap on little sleep anyway.. but when you get about 2 hrs and that 2 hrs is disturbed sleep most people would go bonkers..
i decided that somethings not right.. so told alex to take the cot off the side of the bed and put the cot side on and he was getting some baby rice before bed to try and fill him. he had about 2 spoonfulls of rice mixed with milk.. he ate almost all of it then had a little drink of milk about 2 oz.. i washed him and dressed him for bed.. and layed him in his cot.. i put the tv on and he layed there for aobut 20 mins before getting ratty.. so i posted my arm through the cot side and fed him his bottle.. he drained it while sleeping and fell asleep in hs cot by himself (he couldnt see me as i was laying out of his view)
he stured at around 10pm and 1am so i gave him his bottle he had about 2 oz each time.. then he woke around 5.. so i took him out of his cot and layed him in bed with us and fed him the rest of his bottle and half of another (10oz) and slept till 7.30coz i had to wake him up for school and work run.
i would like honest opinions on what you would do.. would you wean or just carry on upping the milk..hes having about 50-54oz in 24 hrs right now. and hes 20 weeks..
i wanted to get to 6 months.. as well as 1-2 breastfeeds a day edwards draining 5 9oz bottles a day.. so ive made him an extra bottle at night and hes snacking on that.. and finishing it by the morning so thats 6 9oz bottles in 24 hrs.(i know the packet says he should be on 7oz for his weight and 5 feeds a day but if hes hungry i have to give it to him)
over the last 3 weeks edwards night time sleep has been progressivly gettign worse.. going from waking 2 xs a night to 33 times from 7pm to 1.30 am..with snacks of about 2oz in that 6 and a half hour long fidgit.. i got up at 1.30 gave him full bottle, changed his nappy.. took him back to bed he slept solidly for an hour and then started fidgiting again..
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i decided that somethings not right.. so told alex to take the cot off the side of the bed and put the cot side on and he was getting some baby rice before bed to try and fill him. he had about 2 spoonfulls of rice mixed with milk.. he ate almost all of it then had a little drink of milk about 2 oz.. i washed him and dressed him for bed.. and layed him in his cot.. i put the tv on and he layed there for aobut 20 mins before getting ratty.. so i posted my arm through the cot side and fed him his bottle.. he drained it while sleeping and fell asleep in hs cot by himself (he couldnt see me as i was laying out of his view)
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he stured at around 10pm and 1am so i gave him his bottle he had about 2 oz each time.. then he woke around 5.. so i took him out of his cot and layed him in bed with us and fed him the rest of his bottle and half of another (10oz) and slept till 7.30coz i had to wake him up for school and work run.
i would like honest opinions on what you would do.. would you wean or just carry on upping the milk..hes having about 50-54oz in 24 hrs right now. and hes 20 weeks..