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Question about 6 week growth spurt
Hello. James was 6 weeks yesterday, and normally goes nearer 4 hours between feeds, usually polishing off 4-5 oz (120-150mls). Overnight and throughout today he's been wanting a bottle 3 hourly, well the last one was 2.5 hours. But he's only taking 2.5 oz (about 70-80 mls). Is this usual for a growth spurt, for the amount of bottles to go up, but the amount to go down? Or should the bottle amount increase but the amount of milk taken stay the same? I've just started using TT anti-colic bottles, and he's finding it harder to get the milk out, feeding is taking longer. Just wondering if he could be getting tired, and just giving up trying! Thanks for any help. xx mithical and James 6 weeks 1 day.
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I have been told that babies want to feed constantly during growth spurts, because I am BF I can't tell how much mine takes but she is never on that long, I can only guess this is because they want to stimulate you to produce more so maybe it isn't the taking on more at each sitting but to stimulate you to produce more......the same theory can be applied to bottles, if it is in babies nature to feed little and often during groeth spurts then it doesn't matter whether this is from a boobie or bottle??? Errmmmm does that make sense???
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It took Poppy a while to get used to the bigger teats, but she now takes a feed in around 10 mins and is much less colicky. You could try using a sterile needle to make the hole bigger in one of the size one teats, and if this works, you could repeat it with the others. xx