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confused about how much to feed my nearly 4 week old!!
hello all,
Well done on becoming Mummy's. How are you all coping? I have fab days and crap days but thinhs are getting better. My concern is that I am bf and formula feeding my lo as he is so hungry! He was 9lbs at birth and is now over 10lbs at 3 weeks and 5 days. In his formula he happilys takes 5oz and wants to feed every 2-4 hours. Should I be giving him 6oz as standard? When he BF he takes both sides and always needs a top up of 3oz.
Can anyone help?? xxx
Well done on becoming Mummy's. How are you all coping? I have fab days and crap days but thinhs are getting better. My concern is that I am bf and formula feeding my lo as he is so hungry! He was 9lbs at birth and is now over 10lbs at 3 weeks and 5 days. In his formula he happilys takes 5oz and wants to feed every 2-4 hours. Should I be giving him 6oz as standard? When he BF he takes both sides and always needs a top up of 3oz.
Can anyone help?? xxx
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He takes 45 minutes for both sides. I will see what the HV says on Tuesday. Its so hard when BF as you ahve no idea how much they are taking. I try and express so that I get an idea. Not that easy to do when DH is at work. How are you all getting on? x
sounds like your doing really well, and his weight gain is very good; so your obviously doing a fab job. xx
My lo is very erratic sometimes taking 4oz but other times only taking 2oz so I won't up it until he is consistently taking 4oz xx
Im bottle feeding, and Bella just has what she wants, at like say 8am she'l have 2oz then an hour later 1oz then the other 0z an hour later so by this time its nearly dinner time and i try and give her another 2oz before we go out and she falls asleep, then she'l maybe wake about 4 for a full 4oz maybe then she'l maybe pick at an odd oz and at bed i try and give her a full bottle, but its useless sometimes, but through the night she is a pig, she'l have say at 1am 3oz then at 3am she'l have another 3oz then 5 maybe 2-3oz and then wakes at 7,.....arghhh its torture like, so ive bought her a cot bed and shes going in it tonight so im gonna try and fully feed her and then put her donw and hope she sleeps, the problem is is when she wakes she just want fed and thats it,
Lxxx
Mari
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Mari
Loz Monster- i found that if ds settles for longer the more he eats. he used to pick but now I make sure he takes at least 4oz so that he settles. More feeds during the day also reduces the feeds during the night. I hope this works for you! Oh and if your lo falls asleep on the bottle and its not finished put them on the floor. Babies hate hard surfaces!! x
Don't be afraid to try different things if your not completely happy, every baby is different.