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Guzzleguts! Worried about overfeeding
My ds is now 27days old and after many bfing issues I'm currently (and hopefully temporarily) mix feeding ebm by bottle and ff (about 60% ebm 40%ff), as he was having top ups of ff anyway. This has only been since his bfed at 9.30am yesterday but he seems to be consuming a huge amount!
The guidelines on the formula suggest he should be having 5x 5oz/150ml feeds so 25oz/750mls in total. The calculators I can find for amount of feed in 24hrs say 2.5-2.7xweight in lbs, he weighed 9lbs on Tuesday so= 23-24 oz/ 690-720mls, even if he now weighed 10lb (ridiculous I know) that's only 25-27oz/ 750-780mls.
Yesterday he had 3x 15min bfeeds then 28oz/850mls throughout the day, today he's had one 15min bfeed (still trying one in the night) and 34oz/1010mls so far and he may still want another feed before the nights over!!
Is he just very hungry? Or am I overfeeding him? Offering him the recommended 5oz/150mls then only making up more if after that and burping he's still acting hungry and getting upset and rooting for more. Although admittedly he is clearly feeding more than 5 times in 24hours.
Any ideas where I'm going wrong? Or is he just a little piglet?
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The guidelines on the formula suggest he should be having 5x 5oz/150ml feeds so 25oz/750mls in total. The calculators I can find for amount of feed in 24hrs say 2.5-2.7xweight in lbs, he weighed 9lbs on Tuesday so= 23-24 oz/ 690-720mls, even if he now weighed 10lb (ridiculous I know) that's only 25-27oz/ 750-780mls.
Yesterday he had 3x 15min bfeeds then 28oz/850mls throughout the day, today he's had one 15min bfeed (still trying one in the night) and 34oz/1010mls so far and he may still want another feed before the nights over!!
Is he just very hungry? Or am I overfeeding him? Offering him the recommended 5oz/150mls then only making up more if after that and burping he's still acting hungry and getting upset and rooting for more. Although admittedly he is clearly feeding more than 5 times in 24hours.
Any ideas where I'm going wrong? Or is he just a little piglet?
xx
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Good luck with the bf, expressing that amount is impressive
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well I'd say they're really only guidelines that are on the boxes. My DD was a little piggy with her milk too and I fed on demand. I, and this is my opinion, don't actually think you can "overfeed" as a baby would only take what they're happy with. Don't worry, it could be a growth spurt too but if your HV isn't concerned (don't see why she would be though, think they'd only worry if he wasn't taking enough & not gaining weight).
Keep doing what you're doing, he'll let you know when he's had enough ) xx
I'm starting to relactate now after 4 weeks of FF and know I will start worrying when I can't measure what he's having! We just have to trust our instincts I think.
Keep up the good work hon!
Hxx
Good luck renri, that can't be easy xx