Dd is 3 weeks old and was 10lb 6oz at birth so obviously I expected her to be a good feeder but she is constantly starving!
She feeds every 2 hours and is on 5oz bottles (wont take any more than this)
Have given her water between feeds which she takes but it makes no difference to how much milk she wants.
She maybe goes one 4 hour gap in 24 hours (usually during afternoon sleep) but the rest of the day she feeds every few hours.
Example- last night at 9pm
she took 2 5oz bottles back to back (this was unusual as she would normally only take 5 and no more)
12.30am- 5oz
3am-5oz
5am-5oz
6.30am-5oz
9am-5oz
11am-5oz
1pm-5oz
3pm-5oz
The health visitor said she should have about 30oz a day for her weight and she has had 50 in less than 24 hours!!!
Don't know why I'm posting as obviously I can't not feed her but it can't be good for her wee belly having all that milk can it?
I bought a tin on Wednesday which was finished yesterday so had to go out for another. I'm sure a tin is supposed to last a newborn more than 4 days.
She only has one poo a day so it's not like its running through her.
Nipped out for Hungry baby milk at this point
6pm-5oz hungry milk
8pm-5oz hungry milk(starving at this point!)
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Bluemonkeyspots · 29/04/2013 20:42
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