Very, very hungry baby.. need help!!

[un1corn]

Hi Ladies!

I had my beautiful baby girl on 01/06/2010 by elective c/section and tried very hard to bf but she just couldnt latch, we tried for 3 days solid but it just wasnt to be

She was 6lb 4oz born and has a hole in her heart along with an enlarged heart and jaundice so the hospital decided that I needed to express as much bm as poss but suppliment with formula.

At 1 week old her weight had dropped to 5lb 12oz at 2 weeks she had gained up to 6lb 8oz and at 3 weeks she was 7lb 6oz... now for the questions!!

She is 4.2 weeks old now and I have had to put her on hungry baby milk as she was taking 4oz every 2 hours and just seemed starving and now she is on 5oz every 3 hours until night time when she goes 4 hourly, is this way too much milk? Am I over feeding her? I cant hold her off for a feed as she screams really bad and it makes me feel terrible

Also when counting hours between feeds do you start counting at the beginning of the feed or the end ie if I feed Brooke at 12 and it takes half and hour to feed and I feed her again at 3 has she went 2.5 hours or 3? I asked my mw and hv and neither 'knew'???

Thanks ladies

Donna xx

 

[MrsSyd]

I wouldn't worry hun, sounds like she's doing fine. You can't overfeed a baby, she'll soon let you know when she's had ebough.
As for the timings, we used to count from the time I started a feed

 

[blahblahblah]

It sounds fine, just go with what she wants. She should be having a growth spurt about now, so the chances are things will settle down again soon.

 

[suzib76]

i never counted the time, and never tried to hold her off either - if your baba wants it just let her have it - as said already they really dont overfeed congratulations btw z

 

[claralouize]

I wouldn't worry, i also have a hungry baby. she started out on 3oz but quickly moved onto 4 0z every 4 hours and since 3 weeks she's been taking 5oz every 3/4 hours and she's now coming up to 5 weeks.

Also she tends to take more in the evening and sleep longer for the last 4 days she's been taking 5oz at around 7/8 and then taking anything up to 5oz again a couple of hours later & sleeping till 6ish am.

 

[Vici]

As said, you can't overfeed her hun, if she's hungry then i'd feed her. Everytime Imi started finishing her bottle, i upped it an oz. We wew very quickly up to 8oz bottles

 

[un1corn]

Thanks everyone.. I guess I can stop worrying about how much she feeds, wonder what I can worry about now then?!?

 

[Windmills]

Daisy is 6 weeks on Minday, she takes 7-8oz every 4 hours during the day!