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any thoughts?
its taken us a while to get Charlie settled, been thru numerous bottles, teats, formula, etc... but i feel like we're getting there, he's not taking so long to feed, and settles better afterwards BUT he is wanting his feeds more regularly and screams till he gets it - am finding it hard to stretch him more than 2 1/2 - 3hrs.
He tends to have about 5oz, he cant want more as i do a 6oz bottle and he always leaves a bit. We've tried the hungrier baby milk at night but doesn't seem to make a difference, also offer water in between but no luck. im now at a loss - any thoughts?
He tends to have about 5oz, he cant want more as i do a 6oz bottle and he always leaves a bit. We've tried the hungrier baby milk at night but doesn't seem to make a difference, also offer water in between but no luck. im now at a loss - any thoughts?
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Is he the same at night? Nathan will have a bottle bout 8-9pm then can sleep til 4 or 5am.
There's no need to stretch feeds out at all really, as soon as Gabe wanted the bottle I always feed him and still do, and sometimes he wants it after 3 hours and occasionally if we're out he will wait happily for 5 hours though usually he has 4 bottles a day.
His weight will slow down anyway, you can't overfeed a baby. Gabe was 14lb 6 at 10 weeks and HV had a go and told me not to overfeed but I ignored her & he has levelled off himself, he now weighs approx 20lb 5 at 8 months which I think is a steady gain 6lbs in 5/6 months xx