Eating less at night

[jasssattar]

Hi everyone. So my baby is 11 weeks old EFF from birth. He just recently started taking 5 ounce bottles. But since he has he has dropped his night bottles to 2.5/3 oz. Typically goes 8 am (5-6oZ) 11 am (5 oz) 2 pm (5 oz) 5:00(5 oz) 7:30 (4-5 oz). Then he wakes up at 12:30/1 for a 3 oz and then at 4:30 for another 2.5-3 oz. He's up for the day at 7. My question is, is the eating less at night a sign he might drop a feed? I tried to get him to take a 5 oz at 2 30 am so it's one feed and not two. But then he still won't finish it and still gets up at 4:30 for an ounce. Any tips on trying to get him to go for one larger feed at night?

 

[cookiedough7177]

@jasssattar I don’t have any advice on trying to drop it, but it could be sign your baby will start sleeping longer stretches and not waking up for a feed.

But then the 4 month regression starts and baby is back to eating at night and multiple wake ups lol

This is what has happened with my now 4 month old.

 

[jasssattar]

@cookiedough7177 Okay thanks. It's just frustrating cause he usually eats 5 or 6 oz. But at night he eats half or less. Thanks for this.

 

[cookiedough7177]

@jasssattar Yeah my baby did the exact same thing and it always varied at night but was less than what she ate during the day. It’s frustrating to waste formula unfortunately.