i cant fill him up :s

[kimbobaloobob]

just wondering if any one has any better advice than my health visiters 'just give him more'
all he wants to do is eat more and more
he had 21 oz on sunday
20 yesterday
and is on his third bottle since 9am today already and has had 9oz in 4 hrs and wanting more
he seems to be having it in bits like he will have 2 oz for example go sleep for half hour then wake up again have another 1oz go sleep for 1 hr wake up have 2 oz ikywim but at night has 4 or 5 oz in one go and sleeps through till his next feed.
is it worth moving him up a stage onto the cow and gate stage 2 for hungrier babies.
my health visiter agreed that it was alot more than what a 2 week old should be having but didnt give me any advice

 

[05wilkesm]

have you tried him on hungry baby milk? like sma gold?
xx

 

[Chaos]

At only 2 weeks old you are going to have to feed on demand. He's going to have no schedule yet, all he knows is he's hungry when he's hungry. He's also going to be having a lot of growth spurts where he will cluster feed like this.

You also have to remember his belly is very small at the moment and cannot hold much milk to sustain him!

For the first month, Autumn would want to eat every 2 hours and would take 2 or 3 oz a time. It was exhausting, but it does get better.

Does he vomit at all after feeds? Or does he keep it all down?

 

[kimbobaloobob]

he vomits about once a day on average, somedays more somedays not at all... he has had a growth spurt apparently as hes put on just under 1lb in a week

 

[ellie27]

i think this is all normal - same here with anna.

she was 2oz every 2-3hrs, but in last few days now taking 3oz every 2-3hrs- so well over 20oz a day - feed on demand at the moment. i am not too sure when we can start trying a routine?

i have been told by midwife never to go onto anything past stage 1-ever!!- as they are like cement in babys tummy just to clog it up!!

 

[Kota]

my little boy is the same age as your and has been having between 25-30oz a day for the last 4-5 days now.

 

[Chaos]

Hmm maybe he has a lil bit of acid reflux? Is he fussy when he eats? Sometimes with acid reflux, they eat more because they are vomiting food up and not getting full .. I'm talking about projectile vomit tho.

Re what the last poster said, I agree, he's far too young for anything than basic milk. Discuss change of milk with your HV first.

 

[aimee-lou]

Growth spurt territory once again IMO. They occur at approximately 1wk, 2wks, 4wks, 2months, 3months, 4months and 6 months according to my book, but Earl just has days off lol.

If I were you I'd go with it. I know it's exhausting but it will settle down. If he's still feeding erratically after say a week contnuously you might have to think about the HB but at the moment you just have to see how he ets on. Also, make sure he's not 'mistake eating'. My LO used to eat if he got tummy ache, which made him worse. After a bittle I would lie him on my legs with a dummy in and rub his tummy. He would then start to calm right down.

 

[kimbobaloobob]

no its not projectile vomiting. my mum sugested giving him water as he may be thirsty not just hungry (appatently there different ??) hes just woke up again after 1 hr had 1.5 oz and vomited up about half of it...

 

[Chaos]

You shouldn't be giving a 2 week old water. Formula is all they need. If you fill him up on water, he's not going to get the stuff he needs to grow.
If he's wanting to eat, he's hungry. They are growing so fast, they need all the nutrition they can get.

 

[Vicks]

I'd say just carry on feeding on demand hun. At that age Joe fed every 2 hours having 2or so oz and they can have loads of growth spurts in the early weeks.
Their tummies are also very small and so they can only take so much at each feed. We asked our MV about hungrier baby milk and she said it wasn't suitable for such young babies, we asked at about 10 days old I think.
Hope that helps x

 

[Chaos]

I'd say just carry on feeding on demand hun. At that age Joe fed every 2 hours having 2or so oz and they can have loads of growth spurts in the early weeks.
Their tummies are also very small and so they can only take so much at each feed. We asked our MV about hungrier baby milk and she said it wasn't suitable for such young babies, we asked at about 10 days old I think.
Hope that helps x

haha you waited that long?? After 4 days of no sleep, I was ready to offer a roast dinner with all the trimmings!

 

[aimee-lou]

Our hv suggested we offer Earl 1/2 an oz of water about 1hour after 1 feed per day to 'keep him regular'....... to begin with I dd but he often wouldn't take it. Now I only offer if his lips are dry or his soft spot is sunken. FF babies shouldn't need it but sometimes differences in the ratios in the bottles can mean they become a tiny bit thirsty.

But I agree....milk 99% of the time as it should be all they need.

 

[winipeg1]

i went throught this with hollie for the first 3 weeks.
feeding at random times some times hr sometimes 2-3 hrs taking different ammounts each time sometimes 30ml (1oz) othertimes 60ml (2oz) if we were lucky she would take 90ml (3oz)

we also tried hungry baby at 2 weeks old and it really upset her tummy and made her uncomfortable (she only had 2bottles of it)

unfortunatly you just have to feed as and when they want it and as much or little as they take.

we have had days where im feeding every 1hr 1/2...... these days were tough goin...but they do find a routine .

it does get better. xxx

also DONT give water at this age it will fill him up with empty nutrients, at this age he need all the goodness from milk

 

[Keljane1980]

Hi, when my son was born i breastfeed for 5 weeks then went onto bottle.

He had 4oz every 3 hours, then i started to up the milk and stretch out the feeds to 4 hourly.

By the age of 12 weeks, he was on 7 oz every 4 hours and slept through from week 8.

He used to have 6 - 5 oz bottles a day - he was a hungry fella!

Now he is 6 months and has 3 feeds per day, 9oz bottles and I am weaning.

If by week 4/6 he is still the same, try him on the next stage milk, which is thicker and more satisfying!

If you need more help - drop me a line!

GL

K

 

[Keljane1980]

However i know its not as easy as that! Carry on doing what you are doing, he will get in his own routine!

 

[Keljane1980]

LOL!!

 

[pheobe]

defo as the ladies say I'd recommend keep on feeding on demand for the next few weeks until baby settles down...it's so hard I know God Niall fed every hours or so for the first couple of weeks = NO SLEEP (((

Although I did put him on hungry milk at about 5ish weeks I think all the HV's in the world would tell you no way do this but when he settled into his own routine he was talking 9oz every 3 hours and was still hungry and pissed off and unsettled all the time so I wouldn't rule that out in a few weeks if you feel it's needed

fingers crossed you get some sleep soon chick xxx