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Dropping bottles.....
My dd is 24 weeks. When she was first born I tried to bf but didn't produce milk. I combi-fed for a while before reluctantly switching to formula. My dd would take 2-3oz of milk, which was about right for her age, but then as she grew older didn't really increase the amount of milk she took. Some days it was a battle to get her to have even half of the recommended amount. I assumed this was because she had colic, but even when Colief alleviated the symptoms, she still wouldn't take milk in any real quantity. Before we started weaning she was up to taking 5 5oz bottles a day, sometimes. Sometimes more, sometimes less. She dropped two centiles but eventually made one of them up. She was born on the 75th, is now on the 47th.
Anyway, she has really come on with weaning and seems to love her food, but over the last couple of days is refusing milk. She wakes twice in the night and takes 4oz at each feed, but in the morning will only take 2-4oz of her first bottle. She has breakfast at about 8.30 and her next bottle is due at 11, but the last couple of days she has flatly refused to take it. She takes 4oz in the afternoon after lunch and 4-6 before bed after tea, but on average that is only 16oz at most over the course of 24 hours. In reality on most days it is closer to 12oz I know I cant force feed her, but is this okay? I really do not want to go through dropping centiles again. People keep telling me that if I want her to sleep through the night I have to break the habit of feeding her when she wakes, but I darent stop otherwise her milk in take would be even lower. Any advice appreciated x
Anyway, she has really come on with weaning and seems to love her food, but over the last couple of days is refusing milk. She wakes twice in the night and takes 4oz at each feed, but in the morning will only take 2-4oz of her first bottle. She has breakfast at about 8.30 and her next bottle is due at 11, but the last couple of days she has flatly refused to take it. She takes 4oz in the afternoon after lunch and 4-6 before bed after tea, but on average that is only 16oz at most over the course of 24 hours. In reality on most days it is closer to 12oz I know I cant force feed her, but is this okay? I really do not want to go through dropping centiles again. People keep telling me that if I want her to sleep through the night I have to break the habit of feeding her when she wakes, but I darent stop otherwise her milk in take would be even lower. Any advice appreciated x
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