When do routines and bad habits start?

Julz, B is almost 11 months and still has 2.5 bottles on a bad day in sessions! That said tho because she fed so often during the day she never woke up more than once from about 9 weeks unless something was wrong. I did not demand feed straight through the night.

(I'm talking about an older baby, not a newborn who has to be fed a couple of times at night)

Marijke it took Dylan about 7 months to take a full bottle so we also fed less more often. He was used to demand breastfeeding though and was a lazy drinker. Not anymore though.

I demand fed my bottle/formula fed baby from 3-4 months onward when I realised that perhaps she doesn't like only having her milk every 4 hours. I fed her half a feed every 2 hours or less because she is a distracted drinker and has never finished a full feed in one go. Saved me a lot of sanity. The guide on the tins are just that but she never went over the amount per 24 hours that was 'advised'

Jo c that is fine but just remember that at this age the tummy is really small still and may not be able to handle large feeds. If it is breastmilk that you are giving, then it is metabolised quickly so it won't last as long either.

Eve - Shame man. I was thinking of you at 2.30am this morning, trying to remember what worked for me when my son went through this. I'm really sorry to have to disagree with the advise of demand feeding (this is fine for breastfed babies), but formula guys should last longer between feeds and like we said yesterday not finishing a feed means you end up in going round and round and round. So I rememember maybe you can try. It was suggested to me at the time that I stretch him between feeds, like 5 or 10 minutes longer. So if he should be feeding 70mls every 3 or 4 hours, but is feeding 40 mls every 2 then try push the next feed to 2hr10 minutes. This way he will be a little hungrier, so eat more and you can slowly stretch him back into a 3 or 4 hourly routine (3 hours during a growth spurt), 4 hours normally. Good luck and hang in there

Eve at this age demand feeding is ideal and they can feed this much, but it;s tough on mommie. They may take on too much which is why they bring some up. Try and elevate him after feeds to prevent reflux which is normal too.

Hi ladies

So I got the nappies to work last night eheheheh but I think it was because Connor was waking up every 2 hours to feed. Seriously not sure what is going on - he's not supposed to feed this much.

Someone told me 150 x kgs of baby = mls of formula for the day divided by the number of feeds per day = how many mls per feed. He's supposed to have about 60 - 70mls for 8 feeds.

I put Connor in his carry cot last night while he was awake - he fussed for a while but wasn't crying. I thought I had won and then a little while later he started choking on milk so I had to pick him up (this is even though I burped him)

The second time I put him down, he fussed a bit and then started crying afterwards so I had to pick him up again. Ai toggie toggie!