My 3 month old has to eat every 2.5 hrs

My 3 month old only makes it to 2.5hrs between each feed. He eats between 5-6 oz every feed but will not make it to 3hrs unless he is sleeping. Any advice on how to make him last 3hrs? He often falls asleep on the bottle not sure if he drinks out of comfort but…
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I used to blow on my son's face to wake him, or change positions once I stay him start to get sleepy.

Sometimes they're snackers. Mine rarely took more than 6 oz per feed, even around 10-11 months. She just preferred to eat less and more often. It's a bit inconvenient, but she was and is growing fine so I'm not concerned.

At 3 months our schedule was wake, feed, play, sleep repeat. Most times it was 2.5 maybe 3 hours between feeds. 4-6 oz bottles. 1-1.5 hour wake windows. Longer stretches at night with 1 feed usually in the middle of the night. I wouldn’t say that’s far off from ‘normal’. If falling asleep and you don’t want that try the feed a little earlier than his sleepy cues start. That’s the only thing I can think of. I always do bottles after naps not before personally. Some people prefer to feed to sleep.

When mine was 3m, he fed every 2hrs, always 4-5oz. Now that he is almost 8m, he still takes 4-6oz every 2.5-3hrs unless sleeping. We thought introducing solids might help but not really. Some are just hungry kids!

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