This is getting silly now!
Hi
Maiya will be 15 weeks on sunday and is totally out of control with her milk. she has been wanting more and more over the past 2 and a bit weeks so finally decided to move her onto hungry baby milk on tuesday but she is still taking 3 x 7 ounce bottles, 1 x 8 ounce and when tried to put her down tonight she has happily taken about 11 ounces!!! we try everything else to settle her but just wants more food. she's waking again at about 3/4am and you can hear her tummy rumbling and she's clearing 8 ounces. she's having 5 bottles in total in 24 hours. she was 11 days over her EDD and was born 8 llbs 3 ounces and now nearly 14 pounds. is it time to bring out the baby rice???? don't want to wean her too early but this is getting silly. I would see HV but she's 9 million years old and just spouts the gov guidelines about weaning at 6 months etc.
any advice as am worried she'll get ill with this much milk.
p.si have tried offering cooled, boiled water and doesn't want it. don't thik she's thirsty as feeds every 3 hours in the day.
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Maiya will be 15 weeks on sunday and is totally out of control with her milk. she has been wanting more and more over the past 2 and a bit weeks so finally decided to move her onto hungry baby milk on tuesday but she is still taking 3 x 7 ounce bottles, 1 x 8 ounce and when tried to put her down tonight she has happily taken about 11 ounces!!! we try everything else to settle her but just wants more food. she's waking again at about 3/4am and you can hear her tummy rumbling and she's clearing 8 ounces. she's having 5 bottles in total in 24 hours. she was 11 days over her EDD and was born 8 llbs 3 ounces and now nearly 14 pounds. is it time to bring out the baby rice???? don't want to wean her too early but this is getting silly. I would see HV but she's 9 million years old and just spouts the gov guidelines about weaning at 6 months etc.
any advice as am worried she'll get ill with this much milk.
p.si have tried offering cooled, boiled water and doesn't want it. don't thik she's thirsty as feeds every 3 hours in the day.
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Sorry not that much help!
what ever you do wait till 16 weeks hun and youll see it get better,
godd luck
marthaxxxxx
Maiya sounds like Brodie - tho thankfully he doesn't wake through the night - but he polishes off 8oz bottles every 3 hours during the day - has about 40oz of hungry baby milk since about 10 weeks when i put him on to hungry baby milk on advice of HV as he was waking after previously sleeping through - she also thought at that point he was ready for weaning but was obviously too young !!
Brodie is 15 weeks today and at the HV on monday she was amazed i hadn't started to wean him as he is a big boy - he was 10lb 3 1/2 oz at birth and now 17 lb 7oz - My HV said having that volume of liquid is a bit much and she shouldn't be recommending it due to gov guidelines - but she said not all babies conform to standard guidelines and in these circumstances she would give him a bit of baby rice for a couple of weeks then move onto purees.
I love my HV
Do what u think is right for Maiya - as u know both her and Brodie were late and they actually say its ok after 17 weeks from due date
Leah xxx
i've started to wean Charlie he is nearly 20 weeks but doing it very slowly just on one meal a day & to be honest has just had some jabs so has had no solids for the last two days as he just cried when they were offered & just prefered his milk.
Charlie is also a big boy born 2 weeks early at 8 pounds 6 ounces & I had him weighted about 7 weeks ago and he was a whooping 15 pound odd! (lol must bring him back again!!)
having said all this no body knows your baby like YOU do so trust your instincts! xx
thanks again ))
xxx