Sarahdisco
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LO is now 2 weeks old she lost 100g from her birth weight but that's coming back up now (30g shy of her birth weight)
She was 7lb 3 at birth. We're formula feeding and thanks to the perfect prep, doing it on demand. Sometimes she'll take 100ml, sometimes it'll be 60, at lunchtime we often only get 40ml before she loses interest. Over the course of the day she takes around 350-400 but this has gone up from 250-300 a few days ago. She will take a feed around every 3-4 hours (4-5 at night) and when I spoke to one midwife she said that's fine as she's a really content baby, and obviously healthy.
Had a different midwife out today and she basically said bubs isn't getting enough and we have to wake her before 3 hours is up to get a feed down her. Been doing this today and LO is obviously unhappy at being woken and is refusing to take more than 40ml at a time, then waking an hour later wanting another 30 etc.
I know she has a little tummy but we were doing quite well and she was quite content and now I feel like I'm forcing her to eat when she doesn't want it!
So confused whether to trust my instinct or keep waking her up!
She was 7lb 3 at birth. We're formula feeding and thanks to the perfect prep, doing it on demand. Sometimes she'll take 100ml, sometimes it'll be 60, at lunchtime we often only get 40ml before she loses interest. Over the course of the day she takes around 350-400 but this has gone up from 250-300 a few days ago. She will take a feed around every 3-4 hours (4-5 at night) and when I spoke to one midwife she said that's fine as she's a really content baby, and obviously healthy.
Had a different midwife out today and she basically said bubs isn't getting enough and we have to wake her before 3 hours is up to get a feed down her. Been doing this today and LO is obviously unhappy at being woken and is refusing to take more than 40ml at a time, then waking an hour later wanting another 30 etc.
I know she has a little tummy but we were doing quite well and she was quite content and now I feel like I'm forcing her to eat when she doesn't want it!
So confused whether to trust my instinct or keep waking her up!