help feeding issues
my lo is 11 weeks old and is so hungary all the time. yesterday she was taking 3 1/3oz every 2 hours. and today she has only gone more than 3 hours once. she started like this last week so i started to wean her onto sma white for hungrier babies. with one bottle a day and one scoop in each feed, eg 5 oz bottle made up of 4 sma gold and 1 sma white. the sma has made her sick so i have had to take her off it and stick to the sma gold.
she isnt thirsty as io have offered her water and she spits it out and cries harder. she has never had a dummy, as while she was in special care she never looked for one or needed one so they didnt give it to her. when i have tried to give her a dummy to help her go longer she gets really upset when she realises that there is no milk coming through it and cries even more.
i just dont know how to satusfy her hunger. hv agreed that she isnt going to wait until 6 months for solids and to try the sma white. but there is another 5 weeks until i can give her food.
any help will be greatfully recieved
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if honest, when i changed mine to hungrier baby milk, i just changed full stop. i kept a little of the first milk just in case they objected, but if they were that hungry, they just took it no arguing! it was the same with my last changing to cows milk at 1, but my other 2 did take a couple of days - but then they were fully weaned so it didnt matter then for nutritional value the same!
i wouldnt wean her until your HV suggests it - the guidelines are only before 6 months if advised to.
she now weighs 8lb 11oz so still little.
with prems they are treated the same as other babies at their actaul age. ideally you should wait with them but that wouldf make her 8 months old which would be too old as this can cause more issues with food.
She will settle down soon, promise!! x