Do low birth weight babies take longer to sleep through?

[BunNtheOven]

I really think they just need more food then a bigger baby! Or maybe their bellys cant take as much as a bigger baby. My first one was pretty average, at 6.6 but my second one was only 5 8. She eats wayyy more often then my first. If shes more breastfed then formula, then that probably is completely normal since their bodies absorbs that faster then formula. My little one only wants boob in the evening so she wakes me up in 4 hours after she goes to sleep. Since your baby is over the 6 months mark, put rice or oatmeal cereal in a bottle of formula or breastmilk. When i started doing that, my first daughter started sleeping through the night.

Sorry to interject but you really shouldn't put anything other than milk in a bottle as its a choking hazard, it should be served by spoon.

Never had a problem with it with my first, actually my doctor recommended it for reflux earlier then the 6 month mark. Its perfectly fine, eating itself has a choking hazard

https://www.eatright.org/resource/f...ing/send-a-message-in-a-bottle-but-not-cereal

I honestly don't see how it could help reflux. Reflux is when acid escapes from the stomach into the oesophagus due to immature muscles. In the UK its strongly advised against, but maybe this has changed since your eldest was younger.

Who knows. We americans have a different thing when it comes to health lol. Doesnt it make you wonder why we all have such different guidelines? Just an idea for her. And i dont think its changed, apprently it makes the milk heavier to be more proned to stay down (it doesn't help the actual acid, just the vomiting part). I go to a different pediatrican for my youngest (we moved) and she also has reflux(moderate and treated with medicine) and they told me the same thing. I just wont do it with her this young, not comfortable with it.