Overfeeding - Formula feed
Is anyone else’s 3 week old on 120ml (4oz ish) and draining the whole bottle on majority of feeds?
I feed on demand and she is going around 3hrs between feeds in the day and goes 4-5hr during the night (on odd occasions 6hrs). On average she has between 6-7 bottles a day
She looks to be gaining weight and is getting plenty of wet nappies poos at least once a day (some day 2/3 poos)
Would you say I’m overfeeding her? I’ve seen that people are being told by doctor/midwifes not to give a newborn more than 60ml (2oz) ever 2 hr
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Mine is 4oz every 2-3 hours but if she’s hungry before then I’ll always give her more 🤷♀️ I asked on here last week and it seemed like a normal amount for babies to be having
My 3 week old is exactly the same. He sometimes takes even more than 4oz and the midwife said this is totally fine, especially as he goes longer than 3 hours some times
Yep my baby is 3 weeks and 2 days and if I even dared try to give him less than 4oz he would scream the house down 🤣🤣
My girl drinks a tonne. She's growing her 20grams a day and everything is fine. If I don't feed her enough she just cries and eats her hand
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Feed on demand if babys hungry babys hungry ,,hospital tried telling me my daughter at 3 weeks should have only been drinking 1oz🤦♀️absolute joke ,,if babys putting on weight and following her growth chart nicely then there is no issue at all some babys need more then others and some need less it all depends on your little one!xx