Hi
My little girl is just over three weeks old now, she was 7lb 10oz at birth and at two weeks still only weighed 8lb? I'm giving her Aptamil 1st formula after we had terrible problems with breastfeeding (I could still cry over it now)! I managed three weeks of BF, but still torture myself daily that I had to give up BF?
Anyway, she is taking between 3-4 oz but less than two hours later she is screaming, arching her back and going bright red in the face? She also chews/sucks her hands whilst screaming? We give her more formula and she calms down, is she not being filled up by the Aptamil 1st and maybe she needs the hungry baby formula or do you think she is having a growth spurt?
I feel like a terrible mummy because she just won't settle in the day, but we feed her at night and she will sleep for four hours, wake up, feed and then go another four hours, so I can't complain about that!
We tried her with some cooled water tonight and she took it readily until she worked out it wasn't milk and then had a right paddy!! I'm feeling so anxious about what to do next, any suggestions would be great!
Thanks
Willow
xx
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
Get advice and support with infant feeding from other users here.
Infant feeding
Is it a growth spurt or is she a hungry baby?
2 replies
Willowwisp · 13/09/2007 21:51
OP posts:
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.