Hi
I have a DS just under 2 weeks old, his first 6 days were spent in SCBU oxygen, infection, and feeding through a tube.
We managed to get him up to about 70-80ml per feed in a bottle before we were allowed home, and I'm doing a mixture of both FF and Expressed.
However now we find that he needed more so up'd the amount of mild to 100ml and all OK at first now however, he takes about 60ml and falls asleep (we did struggle with this in hospital) however it doesn't matter what you do - change nappy, blow on face, undress him he wont' wake up to take the remainder of his bottle.
He then naps and about an hour later wants the rest then an hour or so later wants more food and so the whole cycle begins again.
Neither is satisfying him breast or normal infant formula, the flow of the teat is right as he is not struggling to suckle milk through teat.
I'm wondering if I should move him to hungrier baby milk that way he can fall asleep but had a full feed - not sure any advise to a very frustrated and worried mother would be very gratefully received.
Thanks
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Piercy · 25/04/2013 08:56
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