how often and how much should my 11 day old be having???

[mrs_rj]

i was just wondering really as sometimes she will take only 30mls but other times she will take 90mls nearly - when she only takes 30mls she tends to wake up only an hour or so later hungry again - is this ok? do i just carry on feeding her how often and how much she wants or should i encourage her to eat more if she only takes a little bit? xxx

 

[mrs_rj]

anyone???

 

[angelae36]

At 11 days old I would just feed as and when they want and let her dictate how much she wants.
If she has too much she will just bring back what she doesn't need.

You are both still getting to know each other and work out what she wants.
One thing to check though is that the flow of milk isn't too slow.
Sometimes it's too hard for babies to suck the milk out and they fall asleep before finishing the feed.