really worried im overfeeding

[staycutee]

lucas is 11 days old and is drinking 4oz (doesnt always finish it) every 2.30-3 hours. the midwife said its ok but thats way for than the 6 recommended feeds in 24 hours (as it says on tin)

does anyone elses LO drink this much this often?x

 

[aimee-lou]

Please try not to worry about overfeeding him. He wont be able to overeat at 11days old...if he does it will come back up.

I would continue to feed him what he wants and a healthy appetite is a good thing. Earl was on about this much, if not a little more at that age.

He sounds like he's doing very well!

 

[staycutee]

ok thats reassuring, thanks

 

[alice&bump]

ella's drinking that much and is 2 weeks tomorrow. my HV said it was fine to be drinking that much. the stuff on the tins is just a guideline, each baby's different and its impossible to overfeed them! like aimee-lou said, they'll just throw it up if they've had too mcuh!! is he a big baby? i know both mine have always drunk loads (katie was BF, so dont know how much exactly she was having) and they were both right chunks

 

[staycutee]

hahaha he was 8.4lb at birth and is now 8.15lb. you are bo9th right, he just got sick from drinking too much

 

[Kit]

My baby was on the small side but he still managed to put away 5oz every 3 hours before 3 weeks old. He was up t 7 oz before 6 weeks!

 

[Kit]

Forgot to say - he is still only on the 25th centile.

 

[dom85]

Brady was 8lb 6 at birth and was about this much, it seemed like it was just going up and up but he got to 5-6oz every 3 hours during the day at 5 weeks and hasnt changed since, although for the last couple of weeks he started going through the night!

 

[elainegee]

my wee boy was 11lbs when born and when i got home he was on 4-5oz every 3-4 hours, the midwife said this was ok because he was holding out sometimes for 4 hours and during the night he was lasting 5 hours.

Now at 8 weeks he is taking 6oz bottles every 3-4 hours draining most of them, it is really hard to hold him off sometimes for the 3 hours. to be honest i cant wait until he is on solids and counting down the days till 16 weeks if i can hold him off that long! (health visitor said he would be a 4 month baby for solids, cant imagine holding him off till 6 months!)

If the midwife is happy with his feeding pattern i am sure it must be ok, they would be the first to tell you otherwise x

 

[scottsbride]

DS was 7lbs 3oz at birth and is taking 3-4oz, usually closer to 4oz, every 2.5-3hours. He'll even wake up at night. and if he's eaten too much, he spits it up. I wouldn't worry too much about it at this age.

 

[alice&bump]

we're on 5oz now at 2 weeks