Making up 5 hlf oz bottles

[Janidog]

Sebastian is coming up to 6weeks and at the moment is on 5oz Apitmal comfort every 3/4hrs, but it seems today that he wants to feed every 2/3hrs, but reading on the packet that he shouldn't move up to 6oz till he is 8 weeks - does anyone make up 5 1/2oz bottles?

 

[cherryglitter]

Jake's exactly the same! He's 6 weeks and is having 5ozs. I dont really pay attention to the side of the box and just use it as a guideline. I too was worried about moving up to 6ozs but if your baby is hungry then he must obviously need it hun Jake has aptamil comfort too.

Maybe it's the milk lol! I thought because it was thicker he might not want it all but he does. He feeds every 2 and half to three hours as well. xxx

 

[Eala]

Bottles with a half oz amount would be difficult to do, as how would you do half the scoop? It's a difficult shape to gauge it by eye.

What I always did was make up 1oz more than she was taking, and then up it when she started draining that amount. So when she was taking 5oz, I was making 6oz, etc. It meant I always knew that she'd had as much as she'd wanted.

I also second what cherryglitter says about the "guidelines" on the packets. They were totally useless where my baby was concerned. She was never on what they recommended for her age, and very rarely for her weight. They are purely to give something of a guide, they are not set in stone.

Your baby will let you know how much he wants

 

[cherryglitter]

The guidelines are just that, guidelines
I think it would be a bit of a worry if your baby was having say 2 ozs at 6 weeks, but he's not. He seems right on track!x

 

[Janidog]

Thanks girls - i will start doing some 6oz bottles and see how he goes

Also reading the guidelines, it says he should be having the bottles every 5hrs - ha there's no way Sebby will wait 5hrs between feeds!!!!!!

 

[ellie27]

Your LO is doing fantastic! A 6oz bottle!!! My Anna wouldnt take a 6oz bottle til around 4 months! And she still wouldnt take more than a 6oz bottle!

 

[cherryglitter]

Yeah I know! 5 hours is ages.. Jake feeds every 3 hours during the day but then he does sleep for 8 hours at night, he's dropped his 4am feed for some reason!!

Not that im complaining of course!! xx

 

[Lara310809]

What's written on the pack, in my opinion, should be ignored. I was obsessed with my LO only having the amount of formula it said on the pack, but then she got really hungry, and it was heart-wrenching to watch her scream for more milk and me not be "allowed" to give it. I would also give her a feed, and she would be hungry again within 3 hours. How can you refuse to feed them for another 2 hours if they're already hungry?

Eventually we started demand feeding, which is esentially giving them a bottle whenever they're hungry. She would start sleeping through the night, so the feeds she had during the day totalled what the guidelines were on the pack anyway. She woudl have less bottles (because no feeds during the night), but bigger bottles.

Then she decreased, and would only eat half of the guideline amount. But she's weighed regularly and she's always been in the 50th centile, and a happy baby, so everyone's happy she's getting what she needs.

She's recently (over the past week) started taking more, but still only 2/3 of what she "should" be taking. Again, she's healthy. In the States they don't have guideline amounts on their formula packs; the mums just give what their baby wants. A baby doesn't understand the concept of greed, and will only cry for a feed when it needs it.