supplement last feeding of the day with formula?

[Anonymous]

10:09 here again. The amount that my baby eats in the evening makes no difference whatsoever to his sleep. He nurses around 6, gets cereal plus a veggie or fruit afterward, and then a bottle at 7. The bottle is formula and he'll eat anywhere between 3 and 7.5 ounces. There is NO difference in how long he sleeps if he drinks 3 ounces vs 7 ounces. None.

[Anonymous]

I found that doing the dream feed encourages the baby to get up in the night for that dream feed instead of learning to go to sleep all the way through the night by themselves.

[Anonymous]

I'm the one doing the dream feed...and to the PP, I was afraid he'd get up at that time n/c he's getting used to being fed, but 1 - he's not. He barely wakes up and 2- waking at 10 or 11 to be fed is better than 4 (which is what it was before) as far as I"m concerned. Maybe it's selfish, but after 8 months, I needed to get some sleep too.

[Anonymous]

that was supposed to be b/c not n/c

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you trying to help yourself or your baby? If yourself, supplement. If your baby, don't supplement.

Keep in mind, mama, that sometimes helping yourself does help your baby, especially if it means you are better rested and happier in the morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:sleeping through the night is a developmental milestone that happens in the brain not the belly.

When do most babies start sleeping through the night? My DD is 13 months old and she still wakes up once a night for feeding.

[Anonymous]

mine is 10 months old and wakes up 2 or sometimes 3-4 times at night.

He sleeps in his cribs he is a good eater I just dont understand why he cries...

[Anonymous]

It helped both me and the baby. I was running on empty in many ways by nighttime and loved supplementing w/ a bottle.

[Anonymous]

I don't know, I EBF mine until 8 months and never supplemented. When I weaned him at 8 months and switched to formula he started sleeping through the night

[Anonymous]

If there truly is a difference for some kids, I'd think it more likely to be that they take more out of a bottle than out of the breast at that same feeding. Babies stop when they're full while nursing but drink past full more frequently when bottle feeding. Your call as to whether that's a payoff you're fine with for more sleep or not.